Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (9/27)
 

Spoiler alert, round two.
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<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> <center>H</center> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td>KC (75-86)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 4 </td><td> <center>12</center> </td><td> 2 </td></tr>
<tr> <td>MIN (87-74)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 1 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> <center>8</center> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Win, (14-11) Gil Meche 6IP 2R 1ER 3BB 7K
Hold, (2) John Bale 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Hold, (21) Ramon Ramirez 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Save, (42) Joakim Soria 1IP 0R 0ER 2BB 0K

VS.

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Glen Perkins 5IP 1R 1ER 0BB 4K
Blown Save, (2) Boof Bonser 0IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K
Craig Breslow 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Loss, (6-9) Matt Guerrier 0.2IP 2R 2ER 0BB 0K
Jesse Crain 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Dennys Reyes 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Jose Mijares 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Mike Aviles, SS/2B
2. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
2. Joey Gathright, CF
3. Jose Guillen, RF
3. Tony Pena Jr, SS
4. Ryan Shealy, 1B
5. Mark Teahen, LF
6. Billy Butler, DH
7. Alex Gordon, 3B
8. John Buck, C
9. Mitch Maier, CF/RF

MIN

1. Denard Span, RF
2. Alexi Casilla, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Jason Kubel, DH
5. Matt Tolbert, DH
6. Delmon Young, LF
7. Brendan Harris, 3B
8. Nick Punto, SS
9. Carlos Gomez, CF

I'm certainly pulling for the Royals to win out, but I definitely would rather see Minny get the division than the Sox.

screw them both

Me too. Ideally, the Royals will sweep the Twins while the Sox also keep losing, maintaining Minnesnowta's half-game lead.

Man, it is really nice to have middle infielders who dont suck at the plate. Good teams almost always have a couple of those.

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Aviles flies out to center
Callaspo pops out to second
Guillen grounds out 1-5-3

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 1st

Span strikes out (looking)
Casilla walks
Mauer grounds out to first, Casilla to second
Casilla steals third
Morneau strikes out (looking)

0 runs, 0 hits

LMAO

2nd inning
 

Top 2nd

Shealy strikes out (swinging)
Teahen pops out to shortstop
Butler grounds out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 2nd

Kubel doubles to left
Young grounds out to first, Kubel to third
Harris doubles to center, Kubel scores
Punto singles to left, Harris to third
Gomez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Punto out at second

1 run, 3 hits

thanks for the updates

If anyone is watching live I'll be way behind today. TV is showing the cubs, and the radio is going with Notre Dame, so I've just got MLB.com's delayed audio feed.

3rd inning
 

Top 3rd

Gordon grounds out to second
Buck singles to center
Maier strikes out (swinging)
Aviles flies out to right

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 3rd

Span reaches on an Error by 1B
Span steals second
Casilla bunts an infield single to pitcher, Span to third *
Mauer sacrifices (fly) to left, Span scores
Morneau singles to right, Casilla to second
Kubel grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, Morneau out at second

1 run, 2 hits, 1 error

* Meche was ready to throw him out at first, but Callaspo failed to cover

4th inning
 

Top 4th

Callaspo grounds out to pitcher
Guillen doubles to right
Shealy strikes out (swinging)
Teahen strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 4th

Young flies out to center
Harris strikes out (swinging)
Punto singles to right
Gomez singles to right, Punto to second
Span grounds into a 4-6 fielder's choice, Gomez out at second

0 runs, 2 hits

5th inning
 

Top 5th

Butler singles to right
Gordon flies out to left
Buck doubles to left, Butler to third
Maier hit by pitch
Aviles sacrifices (fly) to center, Buck to third, Butler scores
Callaspo lines out to second

1 run, 2 hits

Bottom 5th

Casilla strikes out (looking)
Mauer walks
Morneau strikes out (swinging)
Kubel strikes out (looking)

0 runs, 0 hits

6th inning
 

Top 6th

Boof Bonser relieves Perkins

Guillen singles to right
Shealy singles to left, Guillen to second
Teahen singles to second deflected by pitcher, Shealy to second, Guillen scores
Butler singles to left, Teahen to second, Shealy to third

Craig Breslow relieves Bonser

Gordon strikes out (swinging)

Matt Guerrier relieves Breslow

Buck reaches on a 5-2 fielder's choice, Butler to second, Teahen to third, Shealy out at home
Maier lines out to first

1 run, 4 hits

Bottom 6th

Young strikes out (swinging)
Harris grounds out to second
Punto grounds out to first 3-1

0 runs, 0 hits

Wow, the wheels are starting to come off against the Royals at their home. This doesn't look like a playoff team to me.