Kansas City Royals @ Chicago White Sox Opening Day Game Thread (4/1)

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
CWS (1-0)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	8	0

Loss, (0-1) James Shields 6IP 1R 1ER 0BB 6K 1HR
Aaron Crow 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Kelvin Herrera 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K

VS.



Win, (1-0) Chris Sale 7⅔IP 0R 0ER 1BB 7K
Nate Jones 0IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Hold, (1) Matt Thornton ⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (1) Addison Reed 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

CWS

Tyler Flowers, (1) - Bottom 5th solo shot to left

AL Central

Final: DET 4, MIN 2

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
3. Jarrod Dyson, pr/DH
4. Mike Moustakas, 3B
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Eric Hosmer, 1B
7. Lorenzo Cain, CF
8. Jeff Francoeur, RF
9. Chris Getz, 2B

CWS

1. Alejandro De Aza, CF
2. Jeff Keppinger, 3B
3. Alex Rios, RF
4. Adam Dunn, DH
5. Paul Konerko, 1B
5. Conor Gillaspie, 1B
6. Dayan Viciedo, LF
7. Alexei Ramirez, SS
8. Tyler Flowers, C
9. Gordon Beckham, 2B

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Dayton inferred the rays would have taken Moose instead of Myers, if true, I am unsure why he didn't make the move.

First, DM is dumb as ****, as he's always been. Second, we should have traded Hosmer. Anyway, it's time to move on from that trade...at least until Myers is called up.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Thank goodness that Billy is now out of the game, I doubt we'll need a power hitter if the game happens to go into extra innings.

Dyson bunt single, three SBs. Problem solved.

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by The God Hypothesis

Thought it was Hosmer?

Iirc, Whoever attended that lunch with Dayton said Moore mentioned Hosmer, Sal, and Moose as alternative candidates.

[MeatRock]

Nice to see moose swing at ball 2 and 3 for the strikeout.

[alnorth]

If Butler were at first base and no one was ahead of him, then I'd be fine with subbing in Dyson. However, with Escobar at third, we're already assured of a run if someone gets a hit, we didn't need the extra 90 feet.

[petegz28]

Come on, guys....it's game 1 of 162. Last year we started off 4-0 and look what happened? Relax.

[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Come on, guys....it's game 1 of 162. Last year we started off 4-0 and look what happened? Relax.

Bad call, pete!

[silver5liter]

woop

[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by Chiefspants

Iirc, Whoever attended that lunch with Dayton said Moore mentioned Hosmer, Sal, and Moose as alternative candidates.

With Longoria signed forever, where would they play Moose?

[Chiefspants]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Come on, guys....it's game 1 of 162. Last year we started off 4-0 and look what happened? Relax.

What's frustrating (yet expected) is seeing Leatherhead Ned make the same mistakes he has for his whole career. I just can't get past my fear that his bullheadedness is going to limit this team no matter how talented it may be.

[MeatRock]

Originally Posted by petegz28

Come on, guys....it's game 1 of 162. Last year we started off 4-0 and look what happened? Relax.

I just ****ing hate the white sox.

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by alnorth

If Butler were at first base and no one was ahead of him, then I'd be fine with subbing in Dyson. However, with Escobar at third, we're already assured of a run if someone gets a hit, we didn't need the extra 90 feet.

and you had two out, so no worries about a double-play...

[MeatRock]

Dunn looks like a ****ing douche

[petegz28]

Originally Posted by MeatRock

I just ****ing hate the white sox.

I do too but Sale pitched one hell of a game. Yes, it was a bad AB by Moose but it was 2 outs..odds were gainst us anyway.

[Al Bundy]

I must remember this is just one game.