*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers Game Thread (9/9) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (79-64)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	10	2
DET (80-65)	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	4	8	0

Loss, (11-8) Jason Vargas 5⅓IP 4R 4ER 3BB 6K 2HR
Aaron Crow 1⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Win, (16-5) Max Scherzer 6⅔IP 1R 1ER 4BB 6K
Hold, (17) Al Alburquerque ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Blaine Hardy 0IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Hold, (25) Joba Chamberlain 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Save, (30) Joe Nathan 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Home Runs

KC

none

DET

Rajai Davis, (8) - Bottom 2nd 2-run homer to left
J.D. Martinez, (20) - Bottom 5th solo shot to left

Other Relevant Games

Final: OAK 11, CWS 2
Final: HOU 2, SEA 1

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Norchika Aoki, RF
1. Jarrod Dyson, pr
2. Omar Infante, 2B
2. Terrance Gore, pr
3. Alex Gordon, LF
4. Salvador Perez, C
5. Eric Hosmer, 1B
6. Josh Willingham, DH
7. Mike Moustakas, 3B
8. Lorenzo Cain, CF
9. Alcides Escobar, SS

DET

1. Ian Kinsler, 2B
2. Torii Hunter, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, DH
4. Victor Martinez, 1B
5. J.D. Martinez, LF
5. Don Kelly, 3B
6. Nick Castellanos, 3B
6. Ezequiel Carrera, pr/CF
7. Alex Avila, C
8. Andrew Romine, SS
9. Rajai Davis, CF/LF

[Hootie]

well once Scherzer gets through a few innings unscathed the game is pretty much over...

we aren't scoring more than 1 or 2 in this one...he's on cruise control

[Strongside]

Pay attention to every one of our AB's. EVERY BATTER takes a meat pitch right down broadway and then swings at something in the dirt or at the chin. This team has no plate discipline from top to ****ing bottom. It's sickening.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by lewdog

I missed that one. Damn.

I'm having a hard time getting into this game.

It's not much of a game. Thank god I get to go to work in 10 mins, I get to miss this exciting 7-0 final score of a game

[TLO]

Good AB from Willingham.

Moose needs to park one.

[Hootie]

but like I said...while I may quit watching this one early because I'm tired and don't want to invest my night watching Jason Frasor pitch...I'm not freaking out, because I didn't think we had a great shot to win today anyways. Tomorrow...on the other hand. We lose that one and we might see a classic Hootie 2.0 meltdown.

[KCUnited]

Pitched around Willingham to get to Moose.

[Hootie]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

Good AB from Willingham.

Moose needs to park one.

The hilarious thing is...even when he gets out, or strikes out, or whatever...HE ALWAYS HAS A GOOD AT BAT. ALWAYS.

he's the one guy we have that takes pitches...and he takes pitches every at bat...and he generally swings at strikes and doesn't chase

He is literally the most important hitter in our lineup sans MAYBE Gordon because he works counts

he needs to be an every day player...and it should be in RF. It kills two birds with one stone.

and he should also be hitting 3rd or 4th

[Hootie]

that's just unfortunate...

Moose and Salvy both hit the ball well.

[Strongside]

Even when we rip the shit outta one it amounts to nothing. Scherzer is off tonight though. If we can hold them from scoring again, we'll have a chance to make this a game.

[Hootie]

I literally thought Salvy's was gone...and that Moose had a run scoring double.

[cmh6476]

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Strongside

Even when we rip the shit outta one it amounts to nothing. Scherzer is off tonight though. If we can hold them from scoring again, we'll have a chance to make this a game.

Yeah, Scherzer is by no means unbeatable tonight... for a normal team with at least an average offense.

[Al Bundy]

Moose had zero chance on that one. Like I said.. career ending injury for that pussy would be a good for everyone involved.

[Strongside]

Let's rename the hot corner the shit corner. Because our third baseman is shit.

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

that's just unfortunate...

Moose and Salvy both hit the ball well.

This. Both were good solid hits just couldn't get lucky.