Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/28)

[alnorth]

Final / 10	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MIN (27-25)	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	9	11	2
KC (21-32)	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	16	0

Livan Hernandez 6IP 8R 6ER 0BB 2K
Juan Rincon 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Bobby Korecky 1.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Dennys Reyes 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Win, (3-2) Jesse Crain 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Save, (14) Joe Nathan 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Zack Greinke 8IP 3R 3ER 2BB 8K
Ramon Ramirez 0.2IP 4R 4ER 0BB 2K
Blown Save, (1); Loss, (0-2) Joel Peralta 1.1IP 2R 2ER 0BB 0K

Starting Lineups

MIN

1. Carlos Gomez, CF
2. Alexi Casilla, 2B
2. Craig Monroe, ph
2. Matt Macri, 2B
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Justin Morneau, 1B
5. Michael Cuddyer, RF
6. Jason Kubel, DH
7. Delmon Young, LF
8. Mike Lamb, 3B
9. Brendan Harris, SS

KC

1. Davis DeJesus, RF
1. Ross Gload, ph/RF
2. Joey Gathright, CF
3. Alex Gordon, 3B
4. Jose Guillen, LF
5. Miguel Olivo, C
6. Mark Teahen, 1B
7. Billy Butler, DH
8. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
9. Tony Pena Jr, SS

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by shakesthecat

Thank you Jose Guillen, for saying what needed to be said.

no shit!

[Fish]

Originally Posted by shakesthecat

Thank you Jose Guillen, for saying what needed to be said.

Yeah... I just heard this on 810 this morning.

****ing well said Mr. Guillen. This team desperately needs to find an identity, and to do that, they're going to have to cut the lazy pieces of shit that are bringing this club down.

Last night was a harsh reminder of how far this club has to go yet....

Originally Posted by Jose Guillen

Bunch of ****ing babies.....

[Demonpenz]

guillen's comments needed to be said, but he is also the kind of player that will just loaf. Don't be surprise if fans love him after the outburst but then later on punches a fan or swings a bat at an umpire. Either way I guess it is entertainment

[gblowfish]

Exciting Kansas City Royals Baseball!

[Sure-Oz]

Anyone have a transcript, i didnt get to read the tail end last night, but guillen went off? Was this taped??

edit-found something....

May 29 RF Jose Guillen, the Royals' walking time bomb, blew up with a profanity-laced tirade after the team's losing streak reached 10 games Wednesday night. "We've got too many (bleeping) babies here who don't know how to play the (bleeping) game," Guillen said. "This (bleep) is going to stop soon. You believe it. You'll find out how we're going to learn to win games." Credit Yahoo Sports



about ****ing time

and on Trey

And don't get Guillen started by insinuating that it's the new manager's fault. "He cares more than anyone here about winning," Guillen said. "That guy cares. Every single day. It's killing him. We've just got to be smart and know what we need to do to win games. That's it. There's too many guys that won't do this, do that, like they've given up, like they don't care." Credit Yahoo Sports

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Anyone have a transcript, i didnt get to read the tail end last night, but guillen went off?

Guillen rails teammates after Twins rally by Royals in 10
ESPN.com

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- This one hit the Kansas City Royals like a sucker punch to the belly, and perhaps planted the seeds of an ugly clubhouse rebellion.

Craig Monroe's three-run homer with two out in the ninth capped a five-run rally, then Justin Morneau hit a leadoff homer in the 10th to lift Minnesota to a 9-8 victory Wednesday night and stun the Royals with their 10th straight loss.

Afterward, Royals outfielder Jose Guillen let loose in the clubhouse a profanity-filled denunciation of unnamed teammates.

"Too many babies here," Guillen stormed while seated in front of his locker and spicing his language with obscenity. "They don't know how to play the game and win the game right, the way it's supposed to be played. And that's the problem here. Now I know why this organization's been losing for a while. Now I know."

Guillen was incensed that anyone might blame the loss on manager Trey Hillman, whose late-game decisions included leaving Peralta in to face Morneau in the 10th after he had allowed Monroe's pinch homer in the ninth.

"He cares more than anyone here about winning," Guillen said. "That guy cares. Every single day. It's killing him."

Guillen declined to name players he felt were not doing their share.

"We've just got to be smart and know what we need to do to win games," he said. "That's it. There's too many guys that won't do this, do that, like they've given up, like they don't care."

While Guillen spoke forcefully, Peralta's voice hardly rose above a whisper.

"I've faced [Monroe] before," he said. "I just made a mistake. Fell behind in the count and had to throw a strike and -- home run."

Peralta said frustration carrying over from the ninth had nothing to do with the first pitch he threw in the 10th, which Morneau sent sailing over the fence.

"It was a good pitch. He's just a good hitter and hit it, that's all," Peralta said.

Jesse Crain (3-2) pitched one-third of an inning for the win, giving him two victories in two nights when he's gotten a total of four outs. Joe Nathan worked the 10th for his 14th save in a wild game that had the sparse crowd cheering for most of the night as the Royals, the lowest-scoring team in the majors, rapped out 16 hits and seemed almost sure to snap their demoralizing streak.

The 10-game skid started when the Royals were no-hit by Boston's Jon Lester on May 19 in Fenway Park, and is their longest since a 13-game slide May 12-25, 2006.

Monroe, who pinch hit for Alexi Casilla, jumped an inside fastball with a 3-2 count.

"I hit it hard and it was a loud sound for me like at the plate, I could feel it," he said. "I don't think we ever quit. I went down and hit off the tee, so I was loose."

Royals starter Zack Greinke gave up five hits and three runs and threw a career-high 117 pitches, handing an 8-3 lead to Ramon Ramirez starting the ninth. But after Mike Lamb and Carlos Gomez delivered RBI singles off Ramirez to make it 8-5, Peralta came in to face Monroe.

"Disappointing, obviously," said Hillman, whose bullpen was exhausted after a 12-inning loss the night before. "From the extra innings last night, we didn't have anybody else available."

Hillman said reliever Leo Nunez, who got the loss Tuesday night, will go on the DL on Thursday with a sprained muscle.

"We knew that before the game but we didn't say anything," Hillman said. "After we got in a jam in the ninth, we went to our most dependable guy and he left pitches out over the plate."

Greinke walked two and struck out eight and gave up three runs and five hits.

"It's a fun way to come back and get a win, I can tell you that," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. "It says a lot about the character of the guys getting after it and never quitting. I know how tough it is on the other side."

Billy Butler and Alberto Callaspo singled in the Royals fourth, and David DeJesus followed with an RBI single to make it 4-2. The runners moved to second and third on Delmon Young's bad throw to the plate from left field. Then Joey Gathright, who was 3-for-4 with two runs scored, made it 5-2 with a sacrifice fly.

With two out, Young misplayed Gordon's deep fly ball for his second error, allowing DeJesus to score the second unearned run of the inning.

"We kept getting after it even though it was a really ugly ballgame up to that point," said Gardenhire.

Game notes
The Royals 16 hits were a season high. The first three men in KC's batting order, DeJesus, Gathright and Gordon, went 8-for-13. ... Crain is 6-2 career against Kansas City.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

guillen's comments needed to be said, but he is also the kind of player that will just loaf. Don't be surprise if fans love him after the outburst but then later on punches a fan or swings a bat at an umpire. Either way I guess it is entertainment

ill take that fire over teh awww shucks crap that most of this team has night in and night out

[Fish]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

ill take that fire over teh awww shucks crap that most of this team has night in and night out

The team has been complacent for too long now. I welcome the fire and criticism. Let's see who really wants to win and who's just out there collecting a check.

I can't be mad at Guillen for this at all. He may not be an ideal leader, but at least he wants to win.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by KC Fish

The team has been complacent for too long now. I welcome the fire and criticism. Let's see who really wants to win and who's just out there collecting a check.

I can't be mad at Guillen for this at all. He may not be an ideal leader, but at least he wants to win.

I am glad he didn't totally throw anyone and everyone under the bus, he did it the right way, if anything im hoping this lights a fire under this team.

I wonder who he specifically thinks sucks, probably most of our offense. Can't really blame the pitching

[shakesthecat]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

I wonder who he specifically thinks sucks, probably most of our offense. Can't really blame the pitching

DeJesus, Teahen, Buck, Gload, Pena, Butler, German, Tomko, Yubota, Peralta.......

Pretty much everyone except Grud, Gordon and Olivo.

[Sure-Oz]

Someone has to find a link to this rant, i heard 810 was going to replay it haha

I believe that list shakes....wtf does Yabuta even do for this team? I see him out there in mop up roles....

I think Tomko just sucks, thats the problem, i dont see him being too much of a baby like the rest of them

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by shakesthecat

DeJesus, Teahen, Buck, Gload, Pena, Butler, German, Tomko, Yubota, Peralta.......

Pretty much everyone except Grud, Gordon and Olivo.

I'd take DeJesus out of that list.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by petegz28

I'd take DeJesus out of that list.

Im sure he tries really hard, and he is one of the few consistent players on the team...but i hate the bubble gum popping, crack some skulls duuuh jesus

[Demonpenz]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

ill take that fire over teh awww shucks crap that most of this team has night in and night out

I hear that. The last surly charcter we had was Mike Tucker. This team has needed an "redass" kind of a chewing ass bad guy for awhile. I can't really think of many the royals have ever had. You know what would be nice if they didn't kill each other would be AJ perninski or whatever from the white sox. All I am saying is I won't be surprised if Guillen up and doesn't go out to the field or something like that until he is training. That would make for good thread. All time surly baseball players Ones that chew tabacoo grab their crotches and get into fights.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Im sure he tries really hard, and he is one of the few consistent players on the team...but i hate the bubble gum popping, crack some skulls duuuh jesus

That's foolish. The kid is one of our best players.