Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers game thread (5/9)
 

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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> </td><td> E </td></tr>
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<tr> <td> TEX (18-14) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> X </td><td> 6 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Royals inexplicably fail to appeal for a 3rd out in the 3rd (no tag up), allowing 2 extra runs to later score.

May 9th, 2010: On this day, Dallas Braden throws the 2nd Perfect Game in Oakland Athletics Franchise history, vs the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Luke Hochevar 2.2IP 4R 4ER 4BB 1K
Loss, (0-2) Brad Thompson 2IP 1R 1ER 1BB 2K
Robinson Tejeda 3.1IP 1R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.

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Scott Feldman 4IP 4R 4ER 2BB 4K 1HR
Win, (1-0) Doug Mathis 2IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Hold, (3) Darren Oliver 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Hold, (6) Darren O'Day 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Save, (9) Neftali Feliz 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

KC

Mike Aviles, (2) - Top 4th solo shot to right

TEX

none

Royals prospects today (adv A or higher)

AA: Aaron Crow (SP) - 5IP 7R 7ER 3BB 0K 1HR
AA: Mike Moustakas (DH) - 1/4
Adv. A: Eric Hosmer (1B) - 3/4 (1 double), 1K

Starting Lineups

KC

1. David DeJesus, RF
2. Scott Podsednik, LF
3. Billy Butler, 1B
4. Jose Guillen, DH
5. Alberto Callaspo, 3B
6. Mike Aviles, 2B
7. Jason Kendall, C
8. Mitch Maier, CF
9. Yuniesky Betancourt, SS

TEX

1. Elvis Andrus, SS
2. Michael Young, 3B
3. Josh Hamilton, LF
4. Vladimir Guerrero, DH
5. Ian Kinsler, 2B
6. David Murphy, RF
7. Justin Smoak, 1B
8. Max Ramirez, C
8. Matt Treanor, C
9. Julio Borbon, CF

I decided that, barring some miracle run, I no longer care about AL Central scores. So, I'll put up how well top prospects did for the day. I just took the top 9 from Baseball Prosectus, and saw who was playing today in Adv. A or higher. (I dont care how well you are doing in A or rookie ball, those are video game stats)

I like the prospect thing, thats about the only thing worth watching

It will be huge if Myers can stick at catcher.

Yeah, I looked for him. He's starting his first year in Burlington. We'll hopefully know more about him next year.

starting lineups are the same as 2 days ago. Except for Texas, which is starting their other catcher. Imagine that, a team which allows both catchers to start every week.

When you have an asset like Kendall, you simply have to utilize it to its fullest.

Meche says on royals pregame trey asked how he felt, more like 'i made trey my bitch and my arm doesn't hurt, well atleast today' 128 pitches is ridiculous

Jason Kendall in his last 17 games: .228/.343/.298

Great signing!

Hey Trey, there's this strange chemical, "adrenaline", in our body that can do remarkable things. It can make you temporarily ignore pain and injuries, sometimes even override the body's safety mechanisms to tear muscle in an attempt to do what the mind thinks is important. Maybe you've heard about it.

Bad average.....Power of a second grade girl......Noodle arm with JaMarcus Russell-esque accuracy.

What's not to like?

Go into the repository thread, rany has a great post

The game is delayed a few minutes because the umpires are too lazy to come out on time.

1st inning
 

Top 1st

DeJesus strikes out (swinging)
Podsednik grounds out to second
Butler grounds out to shortstop

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 1st

Andrus grounds out to third
Young walks
Hamilton reaches on a 1-6 fielder's choice, Young out at second
Guerrero strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Where the hell was that pitch