Toronto Blue Jays @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (4/28)

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TOR (15-7)	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	8	14	1
KC (10-10)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0

Win, (3-0) Scott Richmond 7IP 1R 1ER 3BB 5K
Jesse Carlson 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Brandon League 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Loss, (1-2) Gil Meche 3.2IP 5R 5ER 5BB 2K
Robinson Tejeda 2.1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K
Horacio Ramirez 1IP 3R 3ER 0BB 1K
Kyle Farnsworth 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Ron Mahay 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Starting Lineups

TOR

1. Marco Scutaro, SS
2. Aaron Hill, 2B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Vernon Wells, CF
5. Adam Lind, DH
6. Scott Rolen, 3B
7. Lyle Overbay, 1B
8. Rod Barajas, C
9. Travis Snider, LF

KC

1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. David DeJesus, LF
3. Mark Teahen, 3B
4. Jose Guillen, DH
5. Mike Jacobs, 1B
6. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
7. John Buck, C
8. Mike Aviles, SS
9. Mitch Maier, RF

[Chiefless]

Originally Posted by alnorth

HoRam's ERA is now within striking distance of Farnsworth, 10.80 to 11.12.

Farnsworth needs to start giving up some bombs if he doesnt want to relinquish his crown.

giving up two runs for HoRam ERA was shrewd. I think he really wants out from under the stigma of having the highest ERA on the team.

[petegz28]

I swear Jacobs sucks! I know he has power but he has to be the easiest strike out on the team

[petegz28]

What a shit game....Buck another 0-4.....Jacobs...0-4....I'll cut Guillen some slack

[Chiefless]

'member when Buck was hitting?

On a similar note, it's no fun watching 4 hitters you were counting on to have predictably solid (if not better) years all suck balls at the same for three weeks and counting. Aviles, DeJesus, Butler, Gordon. Especially Gordon.

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by Chiefless

'member when Buck was hitting?

On a similar note, it's no fun watching 4 hitters you were counting on to have predictably solid (if not better) years all suck balls at the same for three weeks and counting. Aviles, DeJesus, Butler, Gordon. Especially Gordon.

Buck has never hit well. He gets 1-2 games here and there and then sucks for 10-12

[KC_Connection]

The good: We destroyed your team. It was awesome.

The bad: I started Meche in fantasy on both of my teams.

[Chiefless]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Buck has never hit well. He gets 1-2 games here and there and then sucks for 10-12

I was being sarcastic. I agree he is a frustrating player to watch. The 1-2 games are power bonanzas tho...makes people want to play him to see if he can EVER be consistent. It's not looking promising to me.

[alanm]

I don't care what anyone says, I'm ecstatic that they are hovering around .500 as April comes to a close. Now they have to keep it up in May and not fall down a man hole.

[BWillie]

HAHA I told you all Olivio was just as good if not better hitter than Buck. You all scoffed at me. Either way, our catchers are the least of this teams problems. They hit for power, and do what they are supposed to do. Appears Buck has at least learned how to throw runners out occasionally this year. Don't know what the deal was last year.

[WoodDraw]

There is nothing more I love in baseball more than being in contention during the trade deadline, other than October baseball. If that could happen, I'd take a week off just to watch the wires. That's baseball.

Anyway, today isn't a big deal. Toronto has a good offense, and Meche will have a bad game now and then. He's a great #2 though, and we shouldn't get concerned about him. Crappy game - let's recover tomorrow.

[KC_Connection]

I've been thinking Greinke gives up his first ER tomorrow.