Kansas City Royals @ Tampa Bay Rays game thread (5/2)
 

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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> H </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (10-15) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> TB (18-7) </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> X </td><td> 1 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
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Zack Greinke throws the 4th Complete Game Loss of his MLB career.

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CG, (1); Loss, (0-3) Zack Greinke 8IP 1R 1ER 0BB 6K 1HR

VS.

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/te.../80x60/tam.gif

Win, (3-1) Wade Davis 7IP 0R 0ER 3BB 5K
Hold, (3) Randy Choate 0.2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (3) Dan Wheeler 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (6) Rafael Soriano 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

TB

Evan Longoria, (6) - Bottom 4th solo shot to left

AL Central

Final: LAA 1, DET 5
Final: CWS 3, NYY 12
Final: MIN 8, CLE 3

Starting Lineups

KC

1. David DeJesus, RF
2. Scott Podsednik, LF
3. Billy Butler, 1B
4. Jose Guillen, DH
4. Willie Bloomquist, pr/DH
5. Alberto Callaspo, 3B
6. Jason Kendall, C
6. Rick Ankiel, ph
7. Mitch Maier, CF
8. Yuniesky Betancourt, SS
9. Chris Getz, 2B

TB

1. Jason Bartlett, SS
2. Ben Zobrist, RF
3. Evan Longoria, 3B
4. Carlos Pena, 1B
5. Willy Aybar, DH
6. B.J. Upton, CF
7. John Jaso, C
8. Reid Brignac, 2B
8. Carl Crawford, LF
9. Sean Rodriguez, LF/2B

heh... here's a funny headline to brighten your day.

Royals sold RP Roman Colon's contract to the Kia Tigers, of the Korea Baseball Organization.

message to the bullpen: improve or we'll ship your ass to Asia.

Heh. I guess Hillman knows the shitty teams to invoke over there if the need arises, eh?

Does Zach continue the excellent pitching (minus Hocheaver's crapping of the shorts) against one of the hottest teams in MLB? He's looked pretty good his last couple of outings.....

Rupe, ya know?

Can we sweeten the deal with an over-hyped GM?

On another note, time to get Greinke a win and take our first series.

Crazy, huh? But hey, at least we haven't been swept so far! [/annoying cup-is-half-full-guy]

Its hard to remember, but we did take the April 12-14 series @ Detroit

10-14 isn't bad. I know we are 5 games out of first place, but taking this series against the team with the best record, could help build some confidence. I think the team could get a hot streak going.

Can't see TB dropping 3 straight.

Greinke is pitching, so I like our odds, especially if he keep his pitch count down.

Logic would say to agree with you, but hopefully Grienke can bring his A game today. He'll need it against a group of hitters like that who are likely pissed at being stymied at the plate by a team like the Royals.

1st inning
 

Top 1st

DeJesus flies out to left
Podsednik strikes out (looking)
Butler flies out to right

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 1st

Bartlett flies out to center
Zobrist flies out to left
Longoria singles to center
Pena flies out to right

0 runs, 1 hit

Ol boy got a nasty curve

That's what I'm talking about. 4 pitches, two outs.