*** Royals vs Angels GDT 06/28/14 ***

[ROYC75]

Saturday, June 28, 2014
Angels @ Royals

(44-34)
(41-38)

Saturday 6/28, 2:10 PM ET at Kauffman Stadium
Radio: LAA: KLAA 830, KWKU 1220 KC: KCSP 610, Royals Radio Network
TV: LAA: FS-W KC: FSKC

Angels 2014 stats Last 5 years vs. starter
AVG HR RBI SB AB AVG HR RBI
Calhoun, K, RF .270 6 17 3 - - - -
Trout, M, CF .313 18 59 10 - - - -
Pujols, A, DH .259 16 47 3 - - - -
Hamilton, J, LF .319 3 18 3 - - - -
Aybar, E, SS .284 5 40 7 - - - -
Kendrick, H, 2B .275 4 32 9 - - - -
Cron, C, 1B .301 8 22 0 - - - -
Freese, D, 3B .228 2 18 0 - - - -
Conger, H, C .237 3 16 0 - - - -

SP- Hector Santiago
2014 season
0-7, 4.41 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 43 Ks
vs. Royals last 5 years
1-0, 1.04 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 25 Ks

Royals 2014 stats Last 5 years vs. starter
AVG HR RBI SB AB AVG HR RBI
Cain, L, CF .317 3 33 7 5 .000 0 1
Hosmer, E, 1B .249 4 35 2 11 .273 1 1
Butler, B, DH .280 2 34 0 7 .143 0 0
Gordon, A, LF .277 9 41 6 9 .111 0 0
Perez, S, C .288 9 27 1 6 .167 0 0
Infante, O, 2B .247 5 38 3 3 1.000 0 1
Valencia, D, 3B .263 1 7 0 4 .500 0 0
Maxwell, J, RF .162 0 3 0 0 - 0 0
Escobar, A, SS .288 2 24 20 9 .222 0 0

SP- Yordano Ventura
2014 season
5-6, 3.20 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 73 Ks
vs. Angels last 5 years
0-0, -.-- ERA, 0.00 WHIP, 0 Ks
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Let's get us another win today, pitchers news worth noting here.....

Santiago comes in with the disadvantage of not making a start in 13 days after he was skipped over during the last turn of the rotation. He only pitched out of the bullpen once in the interim -- a one-out appearance on Sunday -- but insists he has no issue with the extra rest.

"I've done it a bunch of times. I'm used to it," Santiago said.

Opposite Santiago, the Royals will turn to rookie righty Yordano Ventura, who has gone 3-1 with a 2.67 ERA across his last four starts.

Ventura's last outing against the Mariners was another impressive one -- a seven-inning, two-run affair that saw him register six strikeouts -- but he wound up taking the tough-luck loss on a go-ahead solo shot from Mike Zunino in the seventh inning.

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

Can someone give me an official weather update from the Royals?

@Royals: We are anticipating another line of rain and lightning. We will post updates once available. #RoyalsWeather

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by penguinz

@Royals: We are anticipating another line of rain and lightning. We will post updates once available. #RoyalsWeather

Thanks. I feel like no one was being clear

[TLO]

@Royals: We are anticipating another line of rain and lightning. We will post updates once available. #RoyalsWeather

[Why Not?]

Still confused on weather status

[C3HIEF3S]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

Still confused on weather status

@Royals: We are anticipating another line of rain and lightning. We will post updates once available. #RoyalsWeather

[Why Not?]

So this is what becomes of game thread followers during rain delays huh?

[BlackHelicopters]

Read the where to beat off thread

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by Why Not?

So this is what becomes of game thread followers during rain delays huh?

We were so awesome just flowing over with excitement..

[C3HIEF3S]

@McCulloughStar: Heard there might be a window after 7. But, who knows. RT @Sandbox_22: they must be set on waiting it out?

[TLO]

After 7? Wonder what the players are doing right now.

[Why Not?]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

After 7? Wonder what the players are doing right now.

Beating off at the nearest Chuck E Cheese, I'm guessing.

[C3HIEF3S]

I could only imagine the inspirational words that Ned is passing on to his team right now

[BlackHelicopters]

Originally Posted by Big Smoke

After 7? Wonder what the players are doing right now.

Moose and Hos are reminiscing about the " good ole days"

[chiefqueen]

Originally Posted by C3HIEF3S

@McCulloughStar: Heard there might be a window after 7. But, who knows. RT @Sandbox_22: they must be set on waiting it out?

If they call the game a DH would be played tomorrow and neither team would be able to have a 26th player b/c the DH would be played within 24 hrs of being scheduled.

[Three7s]

If they want to play this game in about 2-3 hours or so, they can, it's just weird that they're waiting that long. Usually, they'd call it.