Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (4/9)
 

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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> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> MIN (4-4) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 4 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (5-3) </td> <td> 5 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> X </td><td> 7 </td><td> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
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Eduardo Escobar hits his 1st career MLB home run

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

Loss, (1-1) Mike Pelfrey 2IP 6R 6ER 0BB 1K
Anthony Swarzak 4IP 1R 1ER 0BB 2K
Ryan Pressly 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.

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

Win, (2-0) Jeremy Guthrie 6⅔IP 4R 4ER 1BB 2K 3HR
Hold, (1) Tim Collins 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Save, (2) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 2BB 2K

Home Runs

MIN

Joe Mauer, (1) - Top 1st solo shot to left
Josh Willingham, (2) - Top 3rd solo shot to left
Eduardo Escobar, (1) - Top 5th solo shot to center

KC

none

AL Central

Final: TOR 3, DET 7
Final: CWS 7, WSH 8
Final: NYY 14, CLE 1

Starting Lineups

MIN

1. Darin Mastroianni, CF
2. Joe Mauer, C
3. Josh Willingham, LF
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Ryan Doumit, DH
6. Trevor Plouffe, 3B
7. Chris Parmelee, RF
8. Jamey Carroll, 2B
8. Wilkin Ramirez, ph
9. Eduardo Escobar, SS

KC

1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Mike Moustakas, 3B
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Eric Hosmer, 1B
7. Jeff Francoeur, RF
8. Lorenzo Cain, CF
9. Chris Getz, 2B

I'll update with the fancy box score when I get home.

Forecast calls for scattered storms at 7pm through 8pm. Strong storms and near-100% chance sometime after 8pm.

You better put **** these around the title ****

Is this "official"?

rain, rain, eat a dick

According to Yost, Holland is still the closer. But as we've seen Sunday, if he's unravelling and Herrera's available, he could pull him.

We don't score until the fifth inning. How are we supposed to win in five innings?!

This thread is a lie.

Pelfrey isn't a very intimidating pitcher. Ignore 2012 thats less than 20 innings, for his career he's been a bit under MLB average. 93 ERA+, only about 5 K/9, and only about 1.5 K/BB.

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Where are they?

Official thread this is not.

AL gets lifetime redemption from asterisks and all other mojo responsibility's.

Is there a snow-wrapped tornado heading for KC?

In for a second helping of smashed twinkie pie.

Just the Royals luck, when we are playing well Mother Nature is trying to mess with us.