*** Official Los Angeles Dodgers @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (6/24) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
LAD (43-36)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
KC (40-37)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

Win, (8-2) Clayton Kershaw 8IP 0R 0ER 1BB 8K
Save, (23) Kenley Jansen 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.



Loss, (4-7) Danny Duffy 6IP 1R 1ER 4BB 5K
Aaron Crow 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Kelvin Herrera 1⅓IP 1R 1ER 1BB 2K
Michael Mariot ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

none

AL Central

Final: CWS 4, BAL 2
Final: DET 8, TEX 2
Final / 14: CLE 8, ARI 9
Final: MIN 6, LAA 8

Starting Lineups

LAD

1. Justin Turner, 3B
2. Hanley Ramirez, SS
scratched
2. Matt Kemp, LF
3. Yasiel Puig, DH
4. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
5. Scott Van Slyke, CF/RF
6. A.J. Ellis, C
7. Jamie Romak, RF
7. Andre Ethier, ph/CF
8. Carlos Triunfel, SS
8. Dee Gordon, ph/2B
9. Miguel Rojas, 2B/SS

KC

1. Lorenzo Cain, CF
2. Eric Hosmer, 1B
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Alex Gordon, LF
5. Salvador Perez, C
6. Omar Infante, 2B
7. Danny Valencia, 3B
8. Justin Maxwell, RF
9. Alcides Escobar, SS

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by Strongside

Josh Vernier is kicking ass covering the Royals. Even doing TV now.

That's a dream job he has.

[alnorth]

Eric Hosmer's first impression of Clayton Kershaw, the Dodgers' $215 million ace: "I don't think he got enough money."

— Andy McCullough (@McCulloughStar) June 25, 2014

[Prison Bitch]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

Kershaw was nails tonight. The batters rolled over after the Dodgers scored first. They knew it wasn't their night.

They quit after going down 1-0 in the first inning?


Funniest post I've ever read on this board. But it actually might be true, in which case it's even funnier.

[kcxiv]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

They quit after going down 1-0 in the first inning?


Funniest post I've ever read on this board. But it actually might be true, in which case it's even funnier.

People for the last 3 years have quit on him early. Only time he struggled was in the play offs at the end last year as he never pitched that many innings before in his life, so that was new to him. He got down to 2.24 ERA and is going for the ERA title for 4 years in a row. Remember last year his era was like 1.79 or something stupid.

[Prison Bitch]

He was pathetic vs STL> I remember thinking: "This is the guy who's so dominant?" The one team I wanted him to do well against, he pissed his pants.

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

He was pathetic vs STL> I remember thinking: "This is the guy who's so dominant?" The one team I wanted him to do well against, he pissed his pants.

Especially after he made the Braves look like children in the series before the Cards. And it was really 1 bad game against the Cards, the first game he dominated.

[1moreTRich]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/what-it...073146151.html

Pretty neat article about Billy facing Kershaw last night. Has gifs of all the pitches in one at bat with commentary from both Billy and Kershaw.