****Official Royals Vs Phillies Gamethread 4/5****
 

@ Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
3:05 CT

Wade Davis (KC) vs. Kyle Kendrick (PHI)

***** the Phillies!

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Pumped to see Davis. Let's get to .500!

Hopefully this is the last time we'll have to say that this season.

Looks like the rain that was forecasted has already moved off to the East. Looks like they're getting this one in.

isn't the pitching staff for the Phillies really good?


our bats teh suck

I like you Zeke, but we should have continued to ride the SPchief train.

How is the end of the Phillies' rotation?

Kendrick had a 3.90 ERA in 2012 over 159 IP. Not bad for #4 starter.

This morning Buster Olney said Davis and Kendrick were pretty much the same caliber of pitcher.

Check this though

2012 April ERA 6.59

Philly is -130 for this game, that is about what the ChiSox were yesterday.

Go Royals!

Don't use up all his mojo so quickly. We may need him for a dark 14-losses-in-a-row day.

I like the way you think. We can hold him back for our playoff run too.

He's got the asteriks in place, we are good to go

Tough to watch Michael Young's game decline. He's one of the few non-Royals players who's jersey t-shirt I bought a few seasons ago.

I'm using it as a great excuse to hit happy hour early!

You need an excuse?:p

True,I should probably save the excuses for after I get home.

I would have used SPchief again, but whatever. I am just the bench coach.

Meh, I approve of this thread
yep
hell yeah
This

It's a long season. Lets see how many people we can get to have good mojo. The more the better

Oh, and Butler not starting because Yost said he wasn't comfortable putting Hosmer in LF. Hey ned, JEFF FRANCOUR IS STARTING IN LF NOW. Hosmer can't be that much worse.

Why did I stick myself with the thread, the day Yost would go full reerun again? Talk about an uphill battle.

When I worked in advertising, we called it market research time. :p

Did you actually expect Hosmer to play right field? I didn't. When he briefly tried last year, he was awful defensively.

Can someone explain what this means?

it means the Phillies have to score 131 runs to cover.

Yost plans to start Butler and sit Hosmer on Saturday and Sunday. They believe Butler matches up better against the 2 weekend starters, and they did not want Hosmer to be on the bench for the whole series.

No, but I thought it was a great way to express further disdain for Frenchy.

Philly is 130 pt underdogs against our offense.

Bet $130 to win $100.

If it were +130, then that would mean bet $100 to win $130.

Told you guys Cain was gonna break out. Just didn't know it would be today.

How many games did Butler play in left?

Cain's legs are rested.

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Royals win 5-3. Calling it.

Cards fan here, but I seriously hope the Royals can right the ship.

Lets do this!

Ok thanks for the explaniation.

Sucks not having Butler in there. Could be a good pinch hitter later in the game I guess.

Damn, unlucky Escobar.

that's because it went off the pitcher's glove, doofus.

Nice hit, Hos.

2 really good swings from Esky and Hosmer

No it didn't it pulled out a parachute and defied several laws of physics /HUD

Good swings by the Royals

Royals are K-ing lots of people.

BUST

We lose the trade

Phillies are going to break this one open early.

Gah!

Wade Davis is leaving shit all over the plate and up. Yeesh.

big game wade

Lucky double play - Wade Davis is just serving shit up at this point.

Whew! 1 run not bad all things considered.

DP!

If bad pitching was a video Wade Davis would be the final boss

****

That's game. Absolute shit across the plate.

Well, ****.

Crushed.

Ryan and Rex both saying it was the wind. It was clear off the bat

Damn, another pitch up. Got away with it this time.

Pre game said the wind is blowing in.

Found the short porch 420 feet away

Bruce better start getting loose

He's still leaving shit up.

Wade Davis is pitching a batting practice here.

JFC there goes another...

You get a gopher ball
And YOU get a gopher ball

Wade has gone off into the deep end.

Only positive is that they have all been solo's. But at this point I'd almost rather see Chen pitching.

I don't think we're getting 6 innings out of Davis today

It's the ****ing pitcher

The ****ing pitcher missed a HR by like 2 feet.

I don't think we're getting 3.

What the **** is going on?

Jesus christ. The guy with a .135 career BA was six inches from putting that one out. Pull him Ned. Jesus.

With our offense that's game.

JFC

Keep throwing 90 mph fastballs over the middle of the plate, and you will get hammered. He had success with TB out of the pen because his fastball was 94-95. 90 with a lack of movement isn't shit.