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

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (70-55)	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	7	11	1
COL (49-76)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	11	0

Royals Magic Number: 37



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.



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

[stonedstooge]

Originally Posted by lewdog

And that right there. Rex tells a story and he makes some arrogant comment.

"the kid hasn't gone through puberty." Really, why was that needed. Fever is very arrogant and talks down to Hudler a lot.

The other night they ran a segment on the pregame show or KC news about him battling depression. Guess it gives him license to be a hateful ass

[Coach]

Bueno warming up in the pen.

[alnorth]

Andy McCullough ‏@McCulloughStar 4m
I am holding up a sign in the pressbox that reads "If Bruce Chen doesn't pitch the ninth, we riot"

[Dartgod]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

They've scored 2 runs on 1 ****ing hit.

Make that 3 runs, still one hit.

[jimidollar]

Tigers were lucky tonight.

[Canofbier]

Originally Posted by lewdog

And that right there. Rex tells a story and he makes some arrogant comment.

"the kid hasn't gone through puberty." Really, why was that needed. Fever is very arrogant and talks down to Hudler a lot.

Fair enough. I've always figured that those sorts of comments to Hud (which I noticed, too) were the result of a dry sense of humor and Hud's willingness to be the butt of a joke. It's part of why I like watching them broadcast together.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

7-5 Tigers.

Shit.
Oh well. When you're in 1st, it's still one game closer to the goal.

[KChiefs1]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Andy McCullough ‏@McCulloughStar 4m
I am holding up a sign in the pressbox that reads "If Bruce Chen doesn't pitch the ninth, we riot"

That's racist

[ChiTown]

Originally Posted by Coach

I'll have Dr. James Andrews on speed dial, just in case.....

Since I haven't thrown a fastball in over 30 years, I'd like to make sure he's capable of performing an emergency episiotomy, just in case. I may need the extra space.....

[alnorth]

Before TB started scoring, we weren't really counting on a DET loss tonight anyway

[Coach]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Andy McCullough ‏@McCulloughStar 4m
I am holding up a sign in the pressbox that reads "If Bruce Chen doesn't pitch the ninth, we riot"

And I think he deleted that tweet.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

Fair enough. I've always figured that those sorts of comments to Hud (which I noticed, too) were the result of a dry sense of humor and Hud's willingness to be the butt of a joke. It's part of why I like watching them broadcast together.

I think they are noticing it this way because the internet (including me, I think Hudler is a horrific broadcaster) has been so brutal to him.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Coach

And I think he deleted that tweet.

yep, he did. I caught it.

[Canofbier]

Originally Posted by petegz28

I just don't like him. I think he is fake, arrogant and I get tired of constant excuses when the team doesn't do well.

I guess I've never interpreted him in that way. To each their own.

[duncan_idaho]

I get disliking LeFebvre. He spends a lot of talking talking about ridiculous stuff, tells too many stories, and seems to think we're all tuning in to listen to him talk.

Fever+Rex is just a brutal pairing.