*** 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

[KevB]

Just can't believe Rajai ****ing Davis is out there banging home runs and we can barely scratch a run on the board

[ROYC75]

If I have said it once, I have said it a 100 times this year, The Royals batting coaches do not give out hitters a good report on the pitchers. The pitchers have their way with our hitters because we do not have a clue to what the pitcher is going to throw. Our batters are clueless at the plate, leaving the bat in the batters hands to swing at whatever they think may be a good pitch!

We never go up there expecting to get the pitch we can hit, it's always a wait and see what the pitcher is going to throw and take a chance early in the count. The Royals never know, NEVER know ( except us fans ) what the hell the pitcher is going to throw.

[mr. tegu]

The A's suck now so at least both wildcards are in play.

[KevB]

big time play Herrera

[ChiefsCountry]

About time something went our way.

[Strongside]

Good job Kelvin.

[cmh6476]

Originally Posted by Strongside

This game:

nothing like a big hard cock to the face

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Bowser

We have single handedly kept Detroit in the race for the Central this year. The Tigers are completely in the royals' heads right now.

Can you imagine how nuts this town would be right now had we swept the Astros earlier in the year and split the division series with these guys?

Not really. The ball just didn't bounce our way tonight. If Alex hits that ball a few feat in the other way it's a different ball game. There's a reason Detroit has struggled to run away with the division this year. They are a flawed team.

[Strongside]

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic

Not really. The ball just didn't bounce our way tonight. If Alex hits that ball a few feat in the other way it's a different ball game. There's a reason Detroit has struggled to run away with the division this year. They are a flawed team.

And we are a flawed approach to offensive baseball.

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

If I have said it once, I have said it a 100 times this year, The Royals batting coaches do not give out hitters a good report on the pitchers. The pitchers have their way with our hitters because we do not have a clue to what the pitcher is going to throw. Our batters are clueless at the plate, leaving the bat in the batters hands to swing at whatever they think may be a good pitch!

We never go up there expecting to get the pitch we can hit, it's always a wait and see what the pitcher is going to throw and take a chance early in the count. The Royals never know, NEVER know ( except us fans ) what the hell the pitcher is going to throw.

We have no approach at the plate. Even HUD can see it it's that obvious.

[Bruiser]

OK GANG BRUISER IS HERE

[cmh6476]

Originally Posted by Strongside

And we are a flawed approach to offensive baseball.

I don't know, watching this team is pretty offensive

[bsroyals54]

Originally Posted by Strongside

And we are a flawed approach to offensive baseball.

I would have said we suck s*** at hitting, but I'll go with flawed

[Kman34]

Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic

Not really. The ball just didn't bounce our way tonight. If Alex hits that ball a few feat in the other way it's a different ball game. There's a reason Detroit has struggled to run away with the division this year. They are a flawed team.

Talk about flawed......Gordon is the only good batter on this team

[PunkinDrublic]

Originally Posted by Strongside

And we are a flawed approach to offensive baseball.

Meh even after losing this series, I'm not convinced Detroit will pull away.