*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Colorado Rockies Game Thread (8/19) ***
 

<table border=3 cellpadding = 4>
<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> KC (70-55) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 7 </td><td> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> COL (49-76) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 4 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Royals Magic Number: 37

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

Win, (12-6) James Shields 6IP 2R 2ER 1BB 6K 1HR
Hold, (14) Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 2BB 0K
Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Francisley Bueno ⅔IP 2R 2ER 0BB 0K 1HR
Save, (39) Greg Holland ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.

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

Loss, (2-9) Tyler Matzek 6⅔IP 3R 3ER 3BB 5K
Blown Save, (4) Adam Ottavino ⅓IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K
Rex Brothers ⅔IP 3R 3ER 2BB 1K
Nick Masset ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Brooks Brown 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

COL

Nolan Arenado, (13) - Bottom 5th solo shot to left
Drew Stubbs, (13) - Bottom 9th 2-run homer to right

Other Relevant Games

Final: SEA 5, PHI 2
Final / 11: DET 8, TB 6
Final: LAA 4, BOS 3
Final: BAL 5, CWS 1
Final: NYM 2, OAK 6

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norichika Aoki, RF
1. Kelvin Herrera, P
1. Christian Colon, ph
1. Wade Davis, P
2. Omar Infante, 2B
3. Salvador Perez, C
4. Billy Butler, 1B
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Lorenzo Cain, CF/RF
7. Mike Moustakas, 3B
8. Alcides Escobar, SS
9. James Shields, P
9. Josh Willingham, ph
9. Jarrod Dyson, CF

COL

1. C. Blackmon, RF
2. Drew Stubbs, CF
3. Justin Morneau, 1B
4. Nolan Arenado, 3B
5. Corey Dickerson, LF
6. Mike McKenry, C
7. Josh Rutledge, SS
8. D.J. LeMahieu, 2B
9. Tyler Matzek, P
9. Adam Ottavino, P
9. Rex Brothers, P
9. Nick Masset, P
9. Brooks Brown, P
9. Matt McBride, ph

We are the 2nd-biggest road favorite today in Vegas. The Mariners are slightly-more favored over the Phillies.

Big fan of the Rays today as well....

bruiser is slipping

The rotation for the Tigers lines up about as good as it can at this point against the Rays. That being said, I'm confident at least one of those starters (and probably two) will be betrayed by the worst bullpen in baseball. :evil:

Sherzer wins a low-scoring game against Cobb...Porcello loses as Odorizzi helps his former team's cause...Price pitches well, but leaves early due to pitch count and his bullpen does what they do while Archer holds the Tigers at bay. Rays take 2 of 3.

Sign me up

bruiser slept in today.

BRUISER HAD A BUSY MORNING GET OFF HIS ASS

Tigers' bullpen be like,

http://img.pandawhale.com/post-26199...ed-yo-utbl.gif

Just keep your heads down and keep winning, boys. Nothing but good happens when you're in first place and win.

Something about playing in Colorado scares me a bit, but the absence of Tulowitzki and CarGo along with the pitching matchup works for me.

Let's do this.

Let's rock!

big game

http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2...ick.gif?w=1000

LMAO

I do want to make a comment that Infante should not be in the top half of the lineup for a while. Since All Star break he is hitting .190 with an OPS of .493. He needs to be moved back to 7th or 8th.