*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Colorado Rockies Game Thread (8/19) ***
 

<table border=3 cellpadding = 4>
<tr><td>Final</td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 7 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 9 </td><td> R </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (70-55) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 7 </td><td> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> COL (49-76) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 4 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Royals Magic Number: 37

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/ima...s/80x80/kc.png

Win, (12-6) James Shields 6IP 2R 2ER 1BB 6K 1HR
Hold, (14) Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 2BB 0K
Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Francisley Bueno ⅔IP 2R 2ER 0BB 0K 1HR
Save, (39) Greg Holland ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/ima.../80x80/col.png

Loss, (2-9) Tyler Matzek 6⅔IP 3R 3ER 3BB 5K
Blown Save, (4) Adam Ottavino ⅓IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K
Rex Brothers ⅔IP 3R 3ER 2BB 1K
Nick Masset ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Brooks Brown 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

COL

Nolan Arenado, (13) - Bottom 5th solo shot to left
Drew Stubbs, (13) - Bottom 9th 2-run homer to right

Other Relevant Games

Final: SEA 5, PHI 2
Final / 11: DET 8, TB 6
Final: LAA 4, BOS 3
Final: BAL 5, CWS 1
Final: NYM 2, OAK 6

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
1. Kelvin Herrera, P
1. Christian Colon, ph
1. Wade Davis, P
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Salvador Perez, C
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Lorenzo Cain, CF/RF
7. Mike Moustakas, 3B
8. Alcides Escobar, SS
9. James Shields, P
9. Josh Willingham, ph
9. Jarrod Dyson, CF

COL

1. C. Blackmon, RF
2. Drew Stubbs, CF
3. Justin Morneau, 1B
4. Nolan Arenado, 3B
5. Corey Dickerson, LF
6. Mike McKenry, C
7. Josh Rutledge, SS
8. D.J. LeMahieu, 2B
9. Tyler Matzek, P
9. Adam Ottavino, P
9. Rex Brothers, P
9. Nick Masset, P
9. Brooks Brown, P
9. Matt McBride, ph

We are the 2nd-biggest road favorite today in Vegas. The Mariners are slightly-more favored over the Phillies.

Big fan of the Rays today as well....

bruiser is slipping

The rotation for the Tigers lines up about as good as it can at this point against the Rays. That being said, I'm confident at least one of those starters (and probably two) will be betrayed by the worst bullpen in baseball. :evil:

Sherzer wins a low-scoring game against Cobb...Porcello loses as Odorizzi helps his former team's cause...Price pitches well, but leaves early due to pitch count and his bullpen does what they do while Archer holds the Tigers at bay. Rays take 2 of 3.

Sign me up

bruiser slept in today.

BRUISER HAD A BUSY MORNING GET OFF HIS ASS

Tigers' bullpen be like,

http://img.pandawhale.com/post-26199...ed-yo-utbl.gif

Just keep your heads down and keep winning, boys. Nothing but good happens when you're in first place and win.

Something about playing in Colorado scares me a bit, but the absence of Tulowitzki and CarGo along with the pitching matchup works for me.

Let's do this.

Let's rock!

big game

http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2...ick.gif?w=1000

LMAO

I do want to make a comment that Infante should not be in the top half of the lineup for a while. Since All Star break he is hitting .190 with an OPS of .493. He needs to be moved back to 7th or 8th.

Go Rays! Go Phillies!

In for the win!

Would also be nice to see the Orioles stumble. I'd rather have the #2 seed than the #3 seed.

Go White Sox as well.

Isn't there supposed to be some jab at the other team in the thread title like ****orado Rockies or something? I don't like the looks of this now.

we're too good for that now

69-55 vs. 49-75.

so did the 1985 royals go 70-55 or 69-56?

the tiggers don't have their best base-runner no mo' http://media.mlive.com/tigers_impact...2981-large.gif

Ned Yost knows better. And he also hates you.

Was he safe?

The 2nd baseman? Hell no! Did you see that tub of lard plow into him?

I really hope Colon gets a start today, preferably for Infante at 2B but I'll accept a start at 3B too.

I'd go:

Aoki RF
Colon 2B
Gordon LF
Butler 1B
Willingham DH
Cain CF
Kratz C
Moose 3B
Escobar SS

Hah, you are lucky there's stars and an "official". For years I just did "Team @ Team Game Thread (date)" until finally giving in last year to Chiefsplanet tradition for game threads.

I just looked it up. After reaching 69-55, the 1985 Royals were swept in a 3-game series at Texas before they got their 70th win at 70-58.

Prince may not be fast, but when was the last time Billy gave an effort similar to that on the basepaths?
I'd rather have him flop head first and be safe than be lazy and get tagged on the leg standing up at 3rd like he did in the Indians game.

EDIT: upon more review, doesn't look like Prince was safe

Well Moustakas hits .200 indefinitely, we don't feel the need to do anything.

In for win #70!

Kratz hits three HR's tonight. For sure.

He's already towards the bottom of the lineup card. Since trading Valencia we kind of knew what to expect there. I'd love to see Colon get to play a little bit more, at both 2nd and 3rd.

But defense

Shields is going yard tonight

@McCulloughStar: Foot Of The Mountain Lineup: Aoki 9, Infante 4, Perez 2, Butler 3, Gordon 7, Cain 8, Moustakas 5, Escobar 6, Shields 1. #royals

Once again Colon gets blocked by Infante and Moose against a lefty.

Not sure I care in an NL park game. I'll care if Yost doesn't bring him in as the first guy off the bench.

Yeah it's a dick move for me to bitch when we're 21-5 recently.

But with that said, Moose can't hit lefties...and having him as a potential PH against a righty would be nice. Colon just impresses me with his AB's...he seems to be one of the few guys who can work the count and put the ball in play.

Can we PLEASE get more Colon? WTF is this kid sitting so much? I sure as **** hope he's playing for Moose tomorrow when we see De La Rosa

EDIT: Sorry, I didn't see that California Chief had already bitched about thiso:-)

Mouse can't hit righties either.

I had no idea the Rockies were playing so poorly this season. Feels like a good time to go ahead and sweep them though.

We're playing the two worst teams in baseball (record wise) back to back in Colorado and Texas.

Why does it always seem like these situations never, ever, turn out the way they are supposed to turn out?

You mean like going 3 of 4 in Minneapolis?o:-)

Because you've followed the Royals for approximately 28 years (at least).

The only thing about the Rockies is that they are at .500 at home this year. Definitely tougher to win there. But we should be able to do it.

On a positive note, just looking at the bench for tonight I give credit to GMDM for strengthening the roster significantly since the beginning of the year.

Compare:

Hayes
Valencia
Dyson
Some other guy

to

Willingham
Ibanez
Colon
Dyson
Kratz

Following the Tigers/Rays game. Scherzer vs. Archer.

3 run bomb for Loney in the 1st!

Hello Tigers bullpen. Fill up those gas cans!

James Loney you beautiful, beautiful man....

Through 1 inning:

Tigers 0
Rays 3

Scherzer threw 25 pitches in the 1st. :D

And is going to get one of his guys hit.

Who could have believed this team would be in first place in the middle of August without Moose or Hosmer performing anywhere close to what was expected? Only possible because of great pitching and it's why pitching arms are always valued over good offensive teams.

Alright Archer, lock it down. Giving the Tigers a loss on a Scherzer start would be epic, especially if we take care of business tonight.

1,2,3 inning for Archer.

He's struck out 4 of the 6 he's faced, and has a 3 run lead.

Let's do this Rays!

Rays threatening again...

Cause it's never, ever been 2014 before.

4-0!

Now 4-0 Rays.

4-0 Rays.

Scherzer up to 47 pitches through just 2 innings.

Paging Joba the Hut, Jim Johnson, and Joe Nathan...

What about bunch of shit stained douches that bullpen lineup is right there!

Detroit losing in a Scherzer start would be just dandy

Happy birthday, Ned!
Have a good one! :thumb:

They're bad no doubt. And we're really good. And once we DFA Crow and bring up guys like Finnegan or Zimmer, we'll be even better.

Can't embed or show as IMG, but it's pretty funny.

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos_h264h...x_dkLnGiyo7qI2

Edit: Yes, it is safe for work.

I heard Finnegan is absolutely flying through the farm system. Pretty cool.

Come on Twins, be nice if you can unload your frustrations out of the Indians tonight.

Not worried bout the Indians whatsoever

The good news about these next two series is that it seems both teams have all but checked out. As long as we don't play down to them no reason why we can't take four out of five at least.

Not that we're worried about them, but it would be a bonus if they took a loss to the Twins because they could get hot and pull closer.

Tigers waste a leadoff double and come up empty with the heart of their order.

4-0 Rays headed to the bottom of the 4th.

Great news, appreciate the updates

Colorado's pitching staff must be atrocious, they've always been a team who could hit, but their record is awful

LMAO at the Tigers. Vince Belnome is now 2-2 with a ground rule double and a solo home run.

5-0 Rays.

Scherzer gives up another HR. 5-0.

Another upside to the Royals success this season is that I'll bet I've ordered 1/2 price Papa Johns at least 20 times in the past 5 months!

Damn...reviewed it and it was foul...batter then strikes out.

Still 4-0.

Wow.

Shields has not allowed a hit to a right handed batter in month of August (0-23).

Not only Papa Johns, Sonic is not losing any money because we never hit HR's during the slam inning lol