Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (7/9)
 

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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> </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> TOR (49-39) </td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (31-56) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Win, (12-2) Roy Halladay 7IP 1R 1ER 1BB 6K
Scott Downs 1IP 1R 1ER 2BB 0K
Ty Taubenheim 0.2IP 1R 1ER 2BB 1K
Brian Tallet 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.

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Loss, (3-2) Jimmy Gobble 3.1IP 5R 5ER 2BB 4K
Todd Wellemeyer 1.2IP 4R 4ER 1BB 0K
Joe Nelson 1IP 2R 2ER 0BB 2K
Jeremy Affeldt 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Ambiorix Burgos 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Starting Lineups

TOR

1. Reed Johnson, LF/CF
2. Aaron Hill, SS
3. Vernon Wells, CF
3. Chad Mottola, ph/LF
4. Troy Glaus, 3B
5. Shea Hillenbrand, DH
6. Bengie Molina, C
7. Lyle Overbay, 1B
8. Eric Hinske, RF
9. John McDonald, 2B

KC

1. David DeJesus, LF
2. Tony Graffanino, 2B
2. Esteban German, ph/2B
3. Doug Mientkiewicz, 1B
4. Emil Brown, RF
5. Matt Stairs, DH
6. Mark Teahen, 3B
7. Angel Berroa, SS
8. Joey Gathright, CF
9. John Buck, C

Let's get this. End thr first half of the season with a high note and build some momentum for the 2nd half of the season.

Gonna be a tough one going up against Hallday. Let's hope Gobble keeps it close, the offense works Halladay's pitch count up and they get to the bullpen. Of course, that didn't help yesterday.

Futures game is on today as well, Butler and Gordon will be playing at 4ET on espn 2. I will def. check that out.

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Johnson walks
Hill singles to right, Johnson to second
Wells flies out to left
Hill steals second, Johnson steals third on double steal
Glaus homers to deep left, Hill and Johnson scores
Hillenbrand pops out to third
Molina grounds out to pitcher

3 runs, 2 hits

Bottom 1st

DeJesus grounds out to second
Graffanino singles to center
Mientkiewicz lines into a 4-3 double play, Graffanino out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

2nd inning
 

Top 2nd

Overbay flies out to left
Hinske strikes out (swinging)
McDonald doubles to left
Johnson singles to left, McDonald scores, Johnson to second on the throw to home
Hill hits infield single to second, Johnson to third
Wells grounds out to third

1 run, 3 hits

Bottom 2nd

Brown grounds out to third
Stairs grounds out to first 3-1
Teahen grounds out to first

0 runs, 0 hits

3rd inning
 

Top 3rd

Glaus strikes out (looking)
Hillenbrand doubles to left
Molina flies out to center, Hillenbrand to third
Overbay strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 3rd

Berroa singles to left
Gathright grounds out to first 3-4, Berroa to second
Buck grounds out to third
DeJesus pops out to second

0 runs, 1 hit

4th inning
 

Top 4th

Hinske walks
McDonald singles to right, Hinske to third
Johnson strikes out (swinging)
Hill singles to left, McDonald to second, Hinske scores

Todd Wellemeyer relieves Gobble

Wells walks, Hill to second, McDonald to third
Glaus grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Wells out at second

1 run, 2 hits

Bottom 4th

Graffanino hits infield single to shortstop
Mientkiewicz singles to left, Graffanino to third
Brown reaches on a 5-4 fielder's choice, Mientkiewicz out at second, Graffanino scores
Stairs lines out to right
Teahen strikes out (swinging) 2-3

1 run, 2 hits

superbowl bound

I feel stupid asking this but are there any Royals message boards around kinda like Chiefsplanet ??(but obviously nothing will be as good)

I don't think so. There is a ESPN message board there, but I doubt that it's worth a shit.

Yeah I didnt really think so either, I was just wondering. Thanks though.

The Royals board at scout.com has a few people

Would it kill our starters to go 6 or 7? Damn.

5th inning
 

Top 5th

Hillenbrand pops out to first
Molina grounds out to shortstop
Overbay grounds out to pitcher

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 5th

Berroa grounds out to second
Gathright grounds out to shortstop
Buck grounds out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits