Royals *** Official Kansas City Royals @ Minnesota Twins Game Thread (7/1) ***

**alnorth** · 07:13 AM

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (43-40)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	2
MIN (38-44)	1	0	1	3	0	5	0	0	X	10	15	0

Loss, (8-4) James Shields 5IP 5R 4ER 2BB 5K
Michael Mariot ⅓IP 5R 2ER 2BB 0K 1HR
Francisley Bueno 2⅔IP 0R 0ER 2BB 2K

VS.

Win, (5-6) Rickey Nolasco 5IP 1R 1ER 0BB 3K
Jared Burton 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Brian Duensing 1IP 1R 1ER 1BB 1K
Samuel Deduno 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

KC

none

MIN

Eduardo Nunez, (3)

AL Central

Final, Game 1: LAA 8, CWS 4
Final, Game 2: LAA 7, CWS 5
Final: OAK 0, DET 3
Final: CLE 10, LAD 3

Starting Lineups

KC

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

MIN

1. Eduardo Nunez, SS
2. Joe Mauer, 1B
2. Josh Willingham, LF
3. Chris Parmelee, LF/1B
4. Kendrys Morales, DH
5. Trevor Plouffe, 3B
6. Oswaldo Arcia, RF
7. Kurt Suzuki, C
8. Eduardo Escobar, 2B
9. Sam Fuld, CF

**alnorth** · 07-01-2014, 05:01 PM

Not sure if anyone else was supposed to start this game thread or not, but its now 6pm, so I'm taking it. (and aside from that, I probably won't be able to do it after today until the middle of next week)

TLO · 07-01-2014, 05:01 PM

In for the win!

bsroyals54 · 07-01-2014, 05:04 PM

5 games over .500 will be nice

detroit losing would be nicer.

C3HIEF3S · 07-01-2014, 05:04 PM

1. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
2. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
3. Billy Butler (R) DH
4. Alex Gordon (L) LF
5. Salvador Perez (R) C
6. Raul Ibanez (L) RF
7. Omar Infante (R) 2B
8. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
9. Alcides Escobar (R) SS

C3HIEF3S · 07-01-2014, 05:05 PM

1. Eduardo Nunez (R) SS
2. Joe Mauer (L) 1B
3. Chris Parmelee (L) LF
4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
5. Trevor Plouffe (R) 3B
6. Oswaldo Arcia (L) RF
7. Kurt Suzuki (R) C
8. Eduardo Escobar (S) 2B
9. Sam Fuld (L) CF

bsroyals54 · 07-01-2014, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

1. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
2. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
3. Billy Butler (R) DH
4. Alex Gordon (L) LF
5. Salvador Perez (R) C
6. Raul Ibanez (L) RF
7. Omar Infante (R) 2B
8. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
9. Alcides Escobar (R) SS

So putting old ass Raul in RF is basically counting on him to do more than Dyson has offensively, hope it works out....

**alnorth** · 07-01-2014, 05:12 PM

Why is Ibanez batting 6th? If you are desperate and want to take a flyer, fine, but.... oh, nevermind. Batting order doesn't matter much anyway. The guys he's batting in front of aren't incredible, other than ESCOBEEF

CaliforniaChief · 07-01-2014, 05:14 PM

These are the games you just have to find a way to win. And hopefully Oakland doesn't wet the bed again tonight, either.

**Shogun** · 07-01-2014, 05:15 PM

I can't wait to see Ibanez in RF (seriously)

**alnorth** · 07-01-2014, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

These are the games you just have to find a way to win. And hopefully Oakland doesn't wet the bed again tonight, either.

Looking at that pitching matchup.... yeah, I'm gonna be unhappy if we lose. We have Shields, and they have a pile of hot reeking garbage.

C3HIEF3S · 07-01-2014, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnorth

Looking at that pitching matchup.... yeah, I'm gonna be unhappy if we lose. We have Shields, and they have a pile of hot reeking garbage.

Getting a win today would put us on a nice little run. I believe it would be 4 out of last 5 games won.

Captain Obvious · 07-01-2014, 05:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alnorth

Why is Ibanez batting 6th? If you are desperate and want to take a flyer, fine, but.... oh, nevermind. Batting order doesn't matter much anyway. The guys he's batting in front of aren't incredible, other than ESCOBEEF

Can't be throwing off the RLRL pattern. It's crucial to our gameplan...

**petegz28** · 07-01-2014, 05:36 PM

****ing Ned Yost. WTF would you bench Dyson? When is this guy going to ****ing get it? If anything Butler should be riding the pine tonight and Ibanez DH. Instead with Big-Run-James on the mound we bench our fastest outfielder

**Shogun** · 07-01-2014, 05:37 PM

Ibanez will hit a home run tonight. Mark it.

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alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57176239	Why is Ibanez batting 6th? If you are desperate and want to take a flyer, fine, but.... oh, nevermind. Batting order doesn't matter much anyway. The guys he's batting in front of aren't incredible, other than ESCOBEEF __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry
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