*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (6/8) ***
 

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<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> H </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr><td> KC (32-23) </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr><td> MIN (33-24) </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Win, (5-2) Jason Vargas 6IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Hold, (7) Ryan Madson 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 2K 1HR
Hold, (5) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Save, (10) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.

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Loss, (4-6) Phil Hughes 7⅔IP 3R 3ER 1BB 3K 1HR
Aaron Thompson ⅓IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Ryan Pressly 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

Kendrys Morales, (7) - Top 2nd 2-run homer to right

MIN

Eddie Rosario, (3) - Bottom 7th solo shot to center

AL Central

Final: HOU 1, CWS 3

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Alex Rios, RF
8. Salvador Perez, C
9. Omar Infante, 2B

MIN

1. Brian Dozier, 2B
2. Torii Hunter, RF
3. Joe Mauer, 1B
4. Trevor Plouffe, 3B
5. Kennys Vargas, DH
6. Kurt Suzuki, C
7. Eddie Rosario, LF
8. Eduardo Escobar, SS
9. Aaron Hicks, CF

Vargas will pitch a perfect game through seven.

And Hererra will lose it in the 8th

Meh, Kelvin didn't pitch bad yesterday...their hits just found some holes....they were lucky

F those square-headed Canadian wannabes

6-3 Royals

Time to take first place from these posers.

In!

In

2.08 ERA
1.11 WHIP
23 K/21 2/3 IP
5.8 Hits/9

Half the teams in baseball would kill to have a closer with those numbers.

Wished I could be this positive I just think the team is still in a funk and yesterday isn't the turnaround.Please let me be wrong.

Lets knock these Twinkies back to earth

In before Twinkie batting practice...

in for the Vargas domination and the offensive explosion

I've had a hard time whipping up a good baseball hate for the Twinkies, but I think I can manage....

Again, we got spoiled last Sept and Oct.

I want to see some god damned postseason effort tonight. blood, sweat and tears.

Just a side bar note, KC is picking 21 and 33 on today's MLB draft, I believe.

This team has become boring. the first 20 games were fun, but now they're Blah !

Yesterday's game was fun...dramatic but fun

Royals 2

Twins 6

They forgot how to bat since NY.

They started batting better 2 games ago. It started to show up towards the end of the 2nd game against Texas. Yesterday they did good. A lot of hard hit outs which will happen. But not a lot of striking out, swinging at bad pitches or weak ground balls. Rios absolutely crushed the ball yesterday as did Morales and Moose. Dyson even added to it as did Escobar.

Anyhow, noticeable difference in the last 1.5 games compared to the last 2 weeks.

I'll try the game thread tonight and see how bloody the bleeding vaginas are tonight.

That was quick

No plate discipline at all

Franchise Pitcher please!

Just how I like my sex.

That was a wicked change up to Hunter. Sit yo ass down!

Quick, minimal effort and ugly?

wtf was that last pitch?

There you go Vargy

9 pitch 1st inning. I like!

i missed the 1st inning..we really let this douche off with a 7 pitch inning???

Why does Joe Vargas look so disinterested

Yet your posting remains scintillating.

He's disappointed in his son for becoming a pitcher apparently.

BOOM!

Kendrys!!!

Boom!

Boom bitch!

Nice

BOOOOOOOOM. Kendry's!

Man oh man, that was smoked!

Welcome to Dongtown

Man I really felt that coming. When he gets his pitch he is locked in right now.

Morales dropped a load in the upper tank.. Thanks Rex.

How far was that?

All-Star DH right there

Kendrys trying to earn his 1st place All Star Game-voting status.

Did he really say that? That's a great prank btw.

I just bought a shirt that says those very words

I am wondering where I will be able to appropriately wear it at.

That's a hell of a play by Dozier

rotten luck there for rios but he is hitting balls hard the last 2 games

Sal thinking about... walking here?

SAL WALKED!!

awful late appeal

Holy shit! A Salvy walk

That was close. Don't know how he took that.

Whoa, Salvy just walked

(Thanks ump for giving Sal a walk.)

I can't believe what I just saw!

Omar promptly grounds out on the first pitch on queue.

Omar.... Why are you still here? Jesus...

and ended the inning.....we're back on track

If we voted for Altuve to start on the Royals all star team I wouldn't be upset.

Kaboom!

But, don't forget the milestone.

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Didn't we go on a huge streak last year starting with the Fathers trip?

Love me some Altuve.

last time we were in minny, vargas blew the lead i believe twice in one game. id really like to see that not happen tonight.....at all, even though we won that game

then again if he has to blow it for us to win then okay

Nice

Wow. Great job Esky!

Now there's an all star!

esky..........esky

That's an All-Star type play

Esky does need to move down in the order though.

5 god damn pitches?????

esky..2 pitches..1 out
moose..2 pitches..base hit
cain..1 pitch..2 outs
:banghead:

vargas didn't so much as sit down before he had to get back up...