Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (7/16)

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK (44-46)	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	1
KC (39-50)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2

Win, (8-6) Gio Gonzalez 7IP 1R 1ER 1BB 3K
Craig Breslow 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Michael Wuertz 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Loss, (5-9) Zack Greinke 6IP 5R 2ER 4BB 3K
Kyle Farnsworth 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Robinson Tejeda 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Joakim Soria 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K

Home Runs

none

Royals Prospects Today

AAA: Alex Gordon, (LF) 1/4, 1BB, 2K
AAA: Kila Ka'aihue, (1B) 0/4
AAA: Mike Moustakas, (3B) 0/4, 1BB, 1K
Adv. A: Christian Colon, (SS) 3/5 (1 triple)
Adv. A: Eric Hosmer, (1B) 2/5
Adv. A: Wil Myers, (DH) 1/4, 1K

Starting Lineups

OAK

1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Daric Barton, 1B
3. Kurt Suzuki, C
4. Jack Cust, DH
5. Kevin Kouzmanoff, 3B
6. Mark Ellis, 2B
7. Gabe Gross, RF
8. Rajai Davis, LF
9. Cliff Pennington, SS

KC

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

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by petegz28

I don't know but I would wager that if you went back and looked at the stats that you would see Yuni has an error in just about every one of Zack's starts.

sounds like a fun distraction. I have no idea if you are right or not before starting this, I'm just bored.

April 5, Yuni error, 1 unearned run for Zack
April 10, clean
April 16, Bloomquist error, 2 unearned runs for Zack which led to him taking a loss instead of ND.
April 21, Gordon error, no damage
April 27, clean
May 2, clean
May 7, Yuni error (only his 3rd, 2 of them now while Zack is pitching), 1 unearned run for Zack
May 13, clean
May 18, Bullington (pitcher) error, no damage
May 23, Yuni error (#4 for him, 3 while Zack is pitching!), 1 unearned run for Zack
May 29, 3 errors by Aviles, Yuni (#6, 4 while Zack is pitching), and Tejeda (pitcher), somehow no damage from any of them
June 3, Getz error, no damage
June 8, Butler error, no damage
June 13, Kendall error, no damage
June 19, Yuni error (#8, 5 with Zack), 1 unearned run for Zack, Tejeda takes 1-run loss
June 25, Kendall error, 1 unearned run for Zack
June 30, clean
July 6, Aviles error, 1 unearned run for Zack
July 16, 2 errors by Zack (pitcher) and Yuni (#11, 6 with Zack), 3 unearned runs for Zack, all from Yuni's error

starts: 19
starts with no errors: 5

Total errors for the year: 60
Yuni errors for the year: 11

Total errors when Zack starts: 18
Minus pitcher errors: 15

So, Yuni accounts for 1/3 of errors during starts by Zack, and only 1/8 of errors when someone else starts. To be fair, shortstops usually get most of the errors just because it is a tough position, so its not unusual to see them lead a team in errors, but that difference between Zack starting/not starting is kind of weird.

[Sure-Oz]

Good to see Colon starting to hit. Moose 0-7 and 0-9/10 from the all star game?

[alnorth]

cool, Gordon, Kila, and Moustakas are coming up bases loaded down 1 no outs.

edit: and Gordon ties the game, still loaded for Kila.

edit2: Kila pops out, still loaded for Mike Moustakas

edit3: Mike strikes out, still looking for his first AAA hit

[Sure-Oz]

damnit moose!

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by alnorth

sounds like a fun distraction. I have no idea if you are right or not before starting this, I'm just bored.

April 5, Yuni error, 1 unearned run for Zack
April 10, clean
April 16, Bloomquist error, 2 unearned runs for Zack which led to him taking a loss instead of ND.
April 21, Gordon error, no damage
April 27, clean
May 2, clean
May 7, Yuni error (only his 3rd, 2 of them now while Zack is pitching), 1 unearned run for Zack
May 13, clean
May 18, Bullington (pitcher) error, no damage
May 23, Yuni error (#4 for him, 3 while Zack is pitching!), 1 unearned run for Zack
May 29, 3 errors by Aviles, Yuni (#6, 4 while Zack is pitching), and Tejeda (pitcher), somehow no damage from any of them
June 3, Getz error, no damage
June 8, Butler error, no damage
June 13, Kendall error, no damage
June 19, Yuni error (#8, 5 with Zack), 1 unearned run for Zack, Tejeda takes 1-run loss
June 25, Kendall error, 1 unearned run for Zack
June 30, clean
July 6, Aviles error, 1 unearned run for Zack
July 16, 2 errors by Zack (pitcher) and Yuni (#11, 6 with Zack), 3 unearned runs for Zack, all from Yuni's error

starts: 19
starts with no errors: 5

Total errors for the year: 60
Yuni errors for the year: 11

Total errors when Zack starts: 18
Minus pitcher errors: 15

So, Yuni accounts for 1/3 of errors during starts by Zack, and only 1/8 of errors when someone else starts. To be fair, shortstops usually get most of the errors just because it is a tough position, so its not unusual to see them lead a team in errors, but that difference between Zack starting/not starting is kind of weird.

I knew I was close. 1/3 of the errors when Zack pitches is pretty ****ed up.