*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros Game Thread (4/17) ***
 

<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> H </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (7-7) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 9 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> HOU (5-11) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
</table>

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

Win, (1-2) James Shields 8IP 1R 1ER 2BB 12K
Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.

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

Loss, (2-1) Scott Feldman 6IP 5R 4ER 1BB 2K
Anthony Bass 3IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

none

AL Central

Final: CLE 5, DET 7
Final (game 1): TOR 0, MIN 7
Final (game 2): TOR 5, MIN 9
Final: BOS 3, CWS 1

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Eric Hosmer, 1B
4. Salvador Perez, C
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Billy Butler, DH
7. Mike Moustakas, 3B
8. Alcides Escobar, SS
9. Jarrod Dyson, CF

HOU

1. Dexter Fowler, CF
2. George Springer, RF
3. Jason Castro, C
4. Jose Altuve, 2B
5. Marc Krauss, 1B
6. Chris Carter, DH
7. Matt Dominguez, 3B
8. Alex Presley, LF
9. Jonathan Villar, SS

word.

hope we make scott feldman look like corey feldman

Feldman's stat line is lookin' mighty purdy...how's about we dirty that sumbitch up tonight?

In for the sweep

Doesn't Feldman usually own the Royals?

In

I looked up his career split. He doesn't dominate KC, but he has been pretty good against us.

Man. What a stupid logo.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>&quot;I think we&#39;re going to drop (Billy Butler) down to the six-spot and see if we can get some pressure off him.&quot; - Ned Yost on the <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DayShift&amp;src=hash">#DayShift</a></p>&mdash; 610 Sports Radio- KC (@610SportsKC) <a href="https://twitter.com/610SportsKC/statuses/456837552600010752">April 17, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Did Chen get skipped?

Yeah, slight injury.

good decision...get his confidence back up (not sure it matters but he still needs to get reg ab's)

His butt hurts so they moved his next start back to Saturday.