*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Indians Game Thread (7/28) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (61-38)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1
CLE (45-54)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1

Trevor Bauer throws the first Complete Game and first Complete Game Loss of his MLB career.

The Royals pulled off a completely absurd, 9th inning game-saving, defensive play of the year. Go look it up if you didn't see it.



Chris Young 4⅔IP 1R 0ER 3BB 5K
Franklin Morales ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Ryan Madson 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Win, (7-1) Wade Davis 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Save, (22) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K

VS.



CG, (1); Loss, (8-8) Trevor Bauer 9IP 2R 2ER 1BB 6K 1HR

Home Runs

KC

Eric Hosmer, (11) - Top 9th solo shot to right

CLE

none

Important Games

Final: PIT 8, MIN 7

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Salvador Perez, C
7. Alex Rios, RF
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Jarrod Dyson, LF

CLE

1. Jason Kipnis, DH
2. Francisco Lindor, SS
3. Michael Brantley, LF
4. David Murphy, DH
scratched, traded
4. Carlos Santana, 1B
5. Brandon Moss, RF
6. Giovanny Urshela, 3B
7. Roberto Perez, C
8. Michael Bourn, CF
9. Mike Aviles, 2B

[WhawhaWhat]

Bubba Starling just completed the cycle.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Bubba Starling just completed the cycle.

Can confirm.

[WhawhaWhat]

Moustakas on Hosmer's pick: "Hoz picks that thing 17 out of 38 times."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

McCullough: "I am not putting that in newspaper." Moustakas: "Why not?" AM:: "It makes no sense." Moose: "It makes perfect sense."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

[kstater]

McCullough: "I am not putting that in newspaper."

Moustakas: "Why not?"

AM:: "It makes no sense."

Moose: "It makes perfect sense."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

Moustakas on Hosmer's pick: "Hoz picks that thing 17 out of 38 times."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

[penbrook]

Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat

Moustakas on Hosmer's pick: "Hoz picks that thing 17 out of 38 times."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

McCullough: "I am not putting that in newspaper."

Moustakas: "Why not?"

AM:: "It makes no sense."

Moose: "It makes perfect sense."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

God I love this team

[Hootie]

Gotta love these kids. Clubhouse chemistry is sick. Loved seeing Cueto, Ventura and Volquez sitting with one another at the game tonight. Just awesome

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Omg so wrong ... Omar's defense at 2nd is slightly above average. He can still start against all lefties. Zobrist against righties. That makes our team better. Stop with this chemistry bullshit. It's 2nd base lmao

Originally Posted by Hootie 2.0

Gotta love these kids. Clubhouse chemistry is sick. Loved seeing Cueto, Ventura and Volquez sitting with one another at the game tonight. Just awesome

Hootie ...don't ever stop being Hootie..it just wouldn't be the same

[Strongside]

Starling just hit for the cycle. GMDM is jerking off into a pool of other AL GM's tears right now.

[petegz28]

Pirates have bases loaded with 2 outs in the top of the 8th....

[penbrook]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Pirates have bases loaded with 2 outs in the top of the 8th....

Why do we even care about the Twins anymore

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by kstater

McCullough: "I am not putting that in newspaper."

Moustakas: "Why not?"

AM:: "It makes no sense."

Moose: "It makes perfect sense."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

Moustakas on Hosmer's pick: "Hoz picks that thing 17 out of 38 times."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) July 29, 2015

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

I guess I don't know the rules, but I have a hard time seeing how that could be anything but an out.

I think it should have been an out. We'd be going nuts had we got done like that. We got a big break there.

[C3HIEF3S]

The Royals acquire their second star player in 48 hours; they win on a HR in the 9th; and now Bubba Starling hits for the cycle in Double-A.

— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) July 29, 2015

What a day.

— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) July 29, 2015

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by penbrook

Why do we even care about the Twins anymore

Because they are not out of this by any means...don't start getting cocky ...it takes us going on one losing streak and them on one winning streak to catch back up....I won't be happy until we are 8-10 up and it's September 1st, not August 1st.

[petegz28]

6-3 Pirates in the top of the 8th