***Official Kansas City Royals @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ALDS Game 1 Thread***

[alnorth]

Final / 11	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
KC	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0
LAA	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0

Kelvin Herrera exits the game in the 7th with an apparent injury.

Royals Lead the Series, 1-0



Jason Vargas 6IP 2R 2ER 1BB 2K 2HR
Kelvin Herrera 0IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Brandon Finnegan ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Wade Davis 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 2BB 1K
Tim Collins ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Jason Frasor ⅓IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Win Danny Duffy 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.



Jered Weaver 7IP 2R 2ER 2BB 6K
Joe Smith 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Huston Street 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Kevin Jepsen 1IP 0R 0ER 2BB 1K
Loss Fernando Salas 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K 1HR

Home Runs

KC

Mike Moustakas - Top 11th solo shot to right

LAA

Chris Iannetta - Bottom 3rd solo shot to left
David Freese - Bottom 5th solo shot to left

Other Relevant Games

Final: DET 3, BAL 12
Baltimore leads, 1-0

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Norichika Aoki, RF
2. Jarrod Dyson, CF
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF/RF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Billy Butler, DH
5. Terrance Gore, pr/DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Mike Moustakas, 3B

LAA

1. Kole Calhoun, RF
2. Mike Trout, CF
3. Albert Pujols, 1B
4. Howie Kendrick, 2B
5. David Freese, 3B
5. Gordon Beckham, pr/3B
6. Erick Aybar, SS
7. Josh Hamilton, LF
8. C.J. Cron, DH
9. Chris Iannetta, C

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by alnorth

I mean, the Royals have a playoff game TONIGHT. And another one TOMORROW. And again on SUNDAY. I feel like I'm cheating the system somehow.

— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) October 2, 2014

Yeah, the Chiefs have kind of conditioned us to think of playoffs as one and done, but now we've finally earned an actual postseason series, it takes some getting used to. That's why I'm not too nervous about tonight. If we lose, we're still very much alive.

I will say that the five-game format brings back some very traumatic memories, though.

[alnorth]

I think I'd put us at about a 35% chance to win a 5-game series against the Angels. I think I'm fine with those odds. If we somehow get past the Angels, I'd put us at about 40-45% chance to win the ALCS.

[Fairplay]

I have a good feeling about this game.

This game is ours.

[Mr. Laz]

need the bats to show up, they will be ready for the base stealing

[CaliforniaChief]

Just seeing this thread title brought a smile to my face.

Let's do this, boys!!!

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

For some reason, I'm just not scared of the Angels. I know they're good, and score a lot of runs, and Trout is great and all that. But Detroit is much nastier. I'm not taking this series lightly, we're still heavy heavy underdogs, especially coming off the sugar high from the last couple days. I'm guardedly optimistic.

Let's go get em!

I have the same opinion as well.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

For some reason, I'm just not scared of the Angels. I know they're good, and score a lot of runs, and Trout is great and all that. But Detroit is much nastier. I'm not taking this series lightly, we're still heavy heavy underdogs, especially coming off the sugar high from the last couple days. I'm guardedly optimistic.

Let's go get em!

Agreed

[CaliforniaChief]

Angels fans are extraordinarily confident. I think if we win one game, they'll be SHOCKED.

That said, there's no reason we can't steal one in Tomorrowland.

And then we conjure Kauffman Stadium Royals Devil Magic.

[Prison Bitch]

Where do you see their overconfidence? We are 3-3 vs them this year and Anaheim has only made it to one WS. They've had a rocky playoff history even when they've had golden opps

[CaliforniaChief]

Just based on three things, I think:

1. The second half of the season.
2. They don't respect the Royals.
3. They're douchebag Southern California sports fans.

[siberian khatru]

I'm still pissed at the Angels for beating us in 1979.

[okcchief]

Originally Posted by Dartgod

That's not possible. KC fans have proven that they will not support a winner. /prisonbitch

Originally Posted by alnorth

The Royals have, by far, the most expensive playoff tickets on the secondary market.

I guess thats what 29 years does.

If I would have known that tickets were gonna get this damned expensive, I would bought like 12 of them last week and sold them now. Oh well, for now I'm just grateful I bought into the ALDS early and literally saved hundreds of dollars.

Unfortunately, I had to wait to line things up. I was going to purchase yesterday but standing room started at $160. I thought maybe people were being ambitious and they would drop some. Now standing is starting at $220. So far my gamble took a big shit on me so far. Not sure if I should continue to wait it out or bite now. There is also the thought of hoping we go further and purchase ahead. I have the money just didn't expect the market to be like this. It's higher than Thunder playoff games and there are less available seats for those. Speaks volumes of how hungry KC is for post season success.

I'm really sick because going last Monday and Tuesday going to the Chiefs and Royals game fell through for me. What a couple of days that would have been. It was great enough watching from home.

[CaliforniaChief]

Curious to see the roster composition for this round. Gore has to be on the roster. Has to be.

[alnorth]

Our playoff ticket prices are so crazy-high that ESPN wrote a story on it.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2014...-games-soaring

[CaliforniaChief]

What a world we're living in. Playoff tickets for Royals baseball are skyrocketing, while fans are scraping the barrel to waltz into Los Angeles games.

You suck, Crapaheim.