*** Official Kansas City Royals @ New York Mets World Series Game 3 Thread ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
NYM	2	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	X	9	12	0

Royals Lead the Series 2-1

Raul Mondesi is the first player in MLB history to make his debut in the World Series.



Loss Yordano Ventura 3⅓IP 5R 5ER 0BB 1K 2HR
Danny Duffy ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Luke Hochevar 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Franklin Morales ⅓IP 4R 4ER 0BB 0K
Kelvin Herrera ⅔IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
Ryan Madson 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Kris Medlen 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.



Win Noah Syndergaard 6IP 3R 3ER 2BB 6K
Addison Reed 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Tyler Clippard 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Jeurys Familia 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

NYM

David Wright - Bottom 1st 2-run homer to left
Curtis Granderson - Bottom 3rd 2-run homer to right

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Ben Zobrist, 2B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Mike Moustakas, 3B
6. Salvador Perez, C
7. Alex Gordon, LF
8. Alex Rios, RF
8. Kelvin Herrera, P
8. Ryan Madson, P
8. Kris Medlen, P
8. Kendrys Morales, ph
9. Yordano Ventura, P
9. Danny Duffy, P
9. Raul Mondesi, ph
major league debut
9. Luke Hochevar, P
9. Franklin Morales, P
9. Paulo Orlando, RF

NYM

1. Curtis Granderson, RF
2. David Wright, 3B
3. Daniel Murphy, 2B
4. Yoenis Cespedes, CF/LF
5. Lucas Duda, 1B
6. Travis d'Arnaud, C
7. Michael Conforto, LF
7. Juan Lagares, CF
8. Wilmer Flores, SS
9. Noah Syndergaard, P
9. Juan Uribe, ph
9. Addison Reed, P
9. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, ph
9. Tyler Clippard, P
9. Jeurys Familia, P

[KChiefs1]

If the Royals comeback you can thank me. I'm leaving to take care of my woman.

[alnorth]

This umpire's strike zone has been spectacular tonight. Too bad its getting wasted on this shit show

[Rasputin]

Mods why are people aloud to make threads just after they get banned from threads?

[Mama Hip Rockets]

Originally Posted by tk13

Because we have games the next two nights. You use Hoch for 2 tonight and he's probably out tomorrow. Now you can pitch him if you need him.

Even if Hoch gets through the 6th, who do you bring out for the 7th? Morales was probably pitching at some point tonight. This is what happens when your starter can't get deep enough into the game. Somebody has to cover all those outs.

Medlen, Madson, Herrera, Davis. Morales is the only pitcher on the entire team that made absolutely no sense in that situation.

[fishnut]

We will win it at home. Kansas City will go crazy.

[MeatRock]

Originally Posted by thurman merman

He had a below average year, he's had a terrible postseason, and he's been known to be a bit of a head-case. He's arguably the worst pitcher on the postseason roster. Taking him out of the game was not a big deal.

Morales is the worst pitcher on the post season roster. I honestly can't remember Duffy having a bad post season so far, but w/e.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KC Tattoo

Mods why are people aloud to make threads just after they get banned from threads?

Yep, you're right, better merge them.

[Baby Lee]

Gotta tell you, up close. It's surprising how irritating even one night of happiness is for Mets fans is to me.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by thurman merman

Medlen, Madson, Herrera, Davis. Morales is the only pitcher on the entire team that made absolutely no sense in that situation.

I think you're nuts to use Herrera or Davis in any of these situations, but your mileage may vary.

I still don't think people are thinking 4th dimensionally in these situations. Okay you burn Herrera in the 6th inning. Who pitches the 7th? The 8th? Morales was probably going to pitch tonight at some point. We are going to have to play two more games after tonight without a break. You can't burn up Herrera and Davis too much tonight.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by thurman merman

Medlen, Madson, Herrera, Davis. Morales is the only pitcher on the entire team that made absolutely no sense in that situation.

Because using Herrera and Davis for three straight nights (potentially) is ****ing genious.

[ChiTown]

It doesn't matter who we pitch tonight. They are seeing everyone really well

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Gotta tell you, up close. It's surprising how irritating even one night of happiness is for Mets fans is to me.

This is the only thing that truly upsets me about losing tonight. I think we're still in good position to win the series, but I hate to give these ****ers any daylight.

[Rasputin]

We can get 3 runs top of the 8th and get 4 runs in the 9th. That's doable.

[tk13]

Originally Posted by carcosa

This is the only thing that truly upsets me about losing tonight. I think we're still in good position to win the series, but I hate to give these ****ers any daylight.

It's just the nature of the beast. I think we still have the advantage, but if they win tomorrow night the narrative will completely shift to them... tie series and they have their three aces going again.

[Great Expectations]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Apparently you don't understand the definition of a sunk cost. Bringing in Herrera when down five is throwing good money after bad. Yes, you ideally don't take Duffy out there (he shouldn't have been in yet, anyway), but given that he has already been used and that this game is effectively out of reach, why use Herrera there knowing who is starting tomorrow and what he did on Tuesday?

Nobody disagrees with your sunk cost point.

Duffy was brought in at a critical point where Ventura was imploding. He did a great job getting out of the inning without additional damage. He should've pitched a few moar innings (I think we agree that he shouldn't have been pinch hit for even if we disagree with the call to bring him into the game).

Medlen is being saved for tomorrow night. If CY isn't on his game I'd expect a quick hook with Medlen coming into throw 3+ innings.