Chicago White Sox @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (7/1)

[alnorth]

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<td>Final</td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 2 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 5 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 7 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 9 </td><td> R </td><td> H </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> CWS (35-43)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 11 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (34-48) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
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Win, (6-5) Jon Garland 7IP 1R 0ER 1BB 4K
Hold, (4) Boone Logan 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Save, (22) Bobby Jenks 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.

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Loss, (1-1) John Thomson 3.2IP 2R 2ER 3BB 3K
Jimmy Gobble 1IP 1R 1ER 1BB 2K
Joel Peralta 2.1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
David Riske 2IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Starting Lineups

CWS

1. Scott Podsednik, LF
1. Luis Terrero, CF
2. Andy Gonzalez, CF/RF
3. Jim Thome, DH
4. Paul Konerko, 1B
5. A.J. Pierzynsky, C
6. Tadahito Iguchi, 2B
7. Rob Mackowiak, RF/LF
8. Josh Fields, 3B
9. Alex Cintron, SS
9. Juan Uribe, SS

KC

1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Esteban German, 2B
3. Mark Teahen, RF/1B
4. Ross Gload, 1B
4. Emil Brown, ph/RF
5. Alex Gordon, 3B
6. Billy Butler, DH
7. John Buck, C
8. Joey Gathright, LF
9. Tony Pena Jr, SS

[Coach]

Oh joy, I cannot wait to see what kind of a shitty assed lineup Buddy is gonna throw out there today. :shake:

[Mr. Laz]

i'm better now ........ i lost it a bit last night :(

[Coach]

i'm better now ........ i lost it a bit last night :(

I think most of us did anyways. I was pretty upset and just dropped a few F words here and there.

But I just gotta keep reminding me, that we're just only halfway of the season, so the Royals got plenty of time to get out of the cellar.

[Mr. Laz]

I think most of us did anyways. I was pretty upset and just dropped a few F words here and there.

But I just gotta keep reminding me, that we're just only halfway of the season, so the Royals got plenty of time to get out of the cellar.
yea, it's not really even about the wins and losses. It's about playing smart and maximizing what we do have. I just get irritated when it seems like it's the coach that is a liability. No excuse for that imo.

[Coach]

yea, i know.

It's not really even about the wins and losses. It's about playing smart and maximizing what we do have. I just get irritated when it seems like it's the coach that is a liability. No excuse for that imo.

Sure, I can understand that.

Here are our lineups for the game.

Chicago
S. Podsednik lf
A. Gonzalez cf
J. Thome dh
P. Konerko 1b
A.J. Pierzynski c
T. Iguchi 2b
R. Mackowiak rf
J. Fields 3b
A. Cintron ss

Kansas City
D. DeJesus cf
E. German 2b
M. Teahen rf
R. Gload 1b
A. Gordon 3b
B. Butler dh
J. Buck c
J. Gathright lf
T. Pena Jr. ss

[Coach]

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[alnorth]

All of our enemies shall tremble in fear this afternoon at the feet of our mighty cleanup hitter. *Roar!*

[PHOG]

I've been thinking that maybe Gordon would be good at the 4 spot, being that he has seen everybody (pitchers) now. :hmmm:

[Sam Hall]

I don't care how well Dotel pitches from here on out, he's a gas can to me.

[alnorth]

I don't care how well Dotel pitches from here on out, he's a gas can to me.

I dont know, if he suddenly cranks out 20 consecutive saves without a hit, I might have a slightly positive opinion on the guy... but yeah, that aint likely.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

OY!!!

[Hammock Parties]

ya know what i think. Bell should bring dotel in if we're up by 3 going for the save, anything less than that could be horrendous... Gives Dotel a couple runs to work with, lol

[PHOG]

And the next time somebody gets hit by a pitch, come out and plunk their 1st batter, please. :mad:

[Silock]

Lineup doesn't look too bad, actually.

[alnorth]

Top 1st

Podsednik flies out to right
Gonzalez walks
Thome singles to right, Gonzalez to second
Thome to second, Gonzalez to third on a Balk
Konerko walks
Pierzynsky strikes out (swinging)
Iguchi strikes out (looking)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 1st

Luis Terrero replaces Podsednik, playing CF

Gonzalez moves to RF

Mackowiak moves to LF

DeJesus reaches on an Error by SS
German singles to right, DeJesus to second
Teahen lines out to right
Gload lines out to shortstop
Gordon singles to center, German to third, DeJesus scores
Butler grounds out to pitcher

1 run, 2 hits, 1 error

[Mr. Laz]

before the game they said that sweeney,sanders,grud and bale are getting ready to come back.




do we really want them back?

[Mr. Laz]

ground ball time

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

before the game they said that sweeney,sanders,grud and bale are getting ready to come back.




do we really want them back?
yes...

[Mr. Laz]

yes...
why ... for trade bait?

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

why ... for trade bait?
I just think they make us stronger... especially Grudz. Sweeney was doing pretty well and I like Sanders vet leadership. I realize the young guys need to play a lot as we "get ready for the future" but they need backups and days off too... and there's nothing wrong with trade bait getting some playing time now that you mention it.

[Silock]

Yeah, but the young guys are winning and hitting the ball well.

[alnorth]

Top 2nd

Mackowiak grounds out to shortstop
Fields grounds out to shortstop
Cintron singles to right
Cintron steals second
Terrero strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 2nd

Buck grounds out to third
Gathright pops out to first
Pena Jr grounds out to second

0 runs, 0 hits

[alnorth]

Thomson is one lucky bastard. We could be down 6-1 right now, but for 3 apparent homers that were barely foul or in.

[alnorth]

Top 3rd

Gonzalez doubles to left
Thome grounds out to second, Gonzalez to third
Konerko walks
Pierzynsky grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, Konerko out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 3rd

DeJesus flies out to left
German triples to right
Teahen pops out to pitcher
Gload flies out to left

0 runs, 1 hit

[Mr. Laz]

I just think they make us stronger... especially Grudz. Sweeney was doing pretty well and I like Sanders vet leadership. I realize the young guys need to play a lot as we "get ready for the future" but they need backups and days off too... and there's nothing wrong with trade bait getting some playing time now that you mention it.
ya ... but you think Bell will make any of those guys a backup?


sweeney will send Butler to the bench
Grud will send German to the bench
Sanders will cost playing time for Brown,Gathright and Costa will be sent back down.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

ya ... but you think Bell will make any of those guys a backup?


sweeney will send Butler to the bench
Grud will send German to the bench
Sanders will cost playing time for Brown,Gathright and Costa will be sent back down.
Yea Bells a dumbass for sure.

[Dr. Johnny Fever]

Yeah, but the young guys are winning and hitting the ball well.
true enough.

[alnorth]

Bullpen had better be ready to deal, Thomson is up to eleventy trillion pitches so far.

[Mr. Laz]

thomson has nine lives LMAO

[Silock]

Thomson sucks.

[Coach]

Triple!

[Coach]

Goddammit... left the runner on 3rd.

[alnorth]

Top 4th

Iguchi grounds out to shortstop
Mackowiak triples to left
Fields doubles to left, Mackowiak scores
Cintron flies out to left
Terrero hits an infield single to shortstop, Fields to third
Gonzalez hits an infield single to shortstop, Terrero to second, Fields scores

Jimmy Gobble relieves Thomson

Thome strikes out (swinging)

2 runs, 4 hits

Bottom 4th

Gordon flies out to center
Butler grounds out to second
Buck grounds out to pitcher

0 runs, 0 hits

[Coach]

Hopefully somebody's warming up in the pen. I don't think Thomson has it in him, despite keeping the game in check for the most part.

[Coach]

Goddamit....

RBI Double. Tie game 1-1

[Coach]

Shit.

2-1 White Sox leading.

[VonneMarie]

That wasted tripple is huge, now.

[Mr. Laz]

Thomson sucks.
Hardly ....... it's our offense that sucks


.

[Coach]

Hardly ....... it's our offense that sucks


.

Agreed. The pitching have done their jobs in this series, (outside of Dotel blowing it)

It's the offense that laid a big egg.

[VonneMarie]

I hate Garland.

[Silock]

Hardly ....... it's our offense that sucks


.

I think we're LUCKY it's just 2-1 at this point.

[Coach]

Damn, Buck is really struggling...

[Mr. Laz]

I think we're LUCKY it's just 2-1 at this point.
we are ...... but Thomson did great his first game for us.

he's only allow 2 runs this game


hardly suckage

[alnorth]

Top 5th

Konerko homers to left
Pierzynsky strikes out (swinging)
Iguchi grounds out to shortstop
Mackowiak walks

Joel Peralta relieves Gobble

Fields singles to right, Mackowiak to third, Fields to second on an Error by RF
Cintron fouls out to catcher

1 run, 2 hits, 1 error

Bottom 5th

Gathright hits an infield single to third
Pena Jr strikes out (swinging)
DeJesus singles to center, Gathright to third
German grounds into a 3-6-3 double play, DeJesus out at second

0 runs, 2 hits

[Mr. Laz]

time to pull thomson


our offense can't even get it out of the infield right now

[Coach]

**** me....

[Silock]

we are ...... but Thomson did great his first game for us.

he's only allow 2 runs this game


hardly suckage

He only allowed 2 by luck. He gave up 6 hits in like 3 innings >.<

[alnorth]

time to pull thomson


our offense can't even get it out of the infield right now

thomson was pulled in the 4th.

[VonneMarie]

Gobble...

[Mr. Laz]

thomson was pulled in the 4th.
oops .... that's what i get for eating something :)


damnit gobble!! :cuss:

[Coach]

Gobble...

just got gobbled by Konerko.

[Mr. Laz]

great play by pena .....








but i wish he would of made the last one instead.

[Silock]

Keystone Cops...

[Coach]

WTF is going on out there guys?

Goddamn already....

[Coach]

Now can we PLEASE get some f**king runs already!?

[Silock]

L-U-C-K-Y

[Mr. Laz]

maybe Teahan would of had a better read on that if we wouldn't keep moving between right and 1st

[Hammock Parties]

well... we're lucky its still only 1-3 after that horrendous inning.

[Hammock Parties]

maybe Teahan would of had a better read on that if we wouldn't keep moving between right and 1st

well, since gload is back, so he's staying in right(hopefully)

[Coach]

Come on guys, get some f**king runs!

[Coach]

Finally, a basehit by DeJesus. Gathright goes to 3rd.

[Hammock Parties]

there we go and an 8 gamer for DDJ. Beh, i guess that dont mean shit cause most of our guys dont seem to be clutch.

[Hammock Parties]

of course.... holy ****ing jesus ****er...

[Coach]

Are you f**king kidding me? A goddamn double play?

Enough with the double plays Royals! JFC.

[Hammock Parties]

i hate when we ground into double plays, and it makes me so ****ing irrate when they do it on the first ****ing pitch!!!!!!!

[alnorth]

Top 6th

Terrero strikes out (swinging)
Gonzalez grounds out to shortstop
Thome flies out to right

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 6th

Teahen grounds out to first
Gload grounds out to second
Gordon strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

[Hammock Parties]

well... heres to another long losing streak... :-(

[VonneMarie]

SCORE SOME ****ING RUNS!

[Mr. Laz]

well, since gload is back, so he's staying in right(hopefully)
yep .... hopefully

[Coach]

The fans at the K need to start chanting in unsion "SCORE SOME F**KING RUNS ALREADY!"

[VonneMarie]

Well ****

[alnorth]

Top 7th

Konerko hits a ground rule double to right
Pierzynsky lines out to left
Iguchi grounds out to pitcher
Mackowiak intentionally walked
Fields flies out to center

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 7th

Butler hits an infield single to third
Buck strikes out (swinging)
Gathright strikes out (swinging)
Pena Jr singles to left, Butler to second
DeJesus walks, Pena Jr to second, Butler to third
German grounds out, 1-4-3

0 runs, 2 hits

[Mr. Laz]

why do we always suck against these guys?

[VonneMarie]

Bloody hell! :mad:

[Coach]

Sweet dive by Gathright.

[Ultra Peanut]

So, the Cubs are .500.

WTF

[Hammock Parties]

Sweet dive by Gathright.

i stoped watching the game, what happened?

[Coach]

:cuss:

[Coach]

LEFT THE F**KIN BASES LOADED....

:cuss:

[alnorth]

Top 8th

David Riske relieves Peralta

Cintron flies out to center
Terrero strikes out (swinging)
Gonzalez singles to left
Gonzalez caught stealing 2-6, out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 8th

Boone Logan relieves Garland

Juan Uribe replaces Cintron at SS

Teahen strikes out (looking)

Emil Brown bats for Gload

Brown grounds out to third
Gordon grounds out to second

0 runs, 0 hits

[Pitt Gorilla]

German watched his hit?!? That cost us two runs.

[alnorth]

Awesome, radio said that German flipped his bat while admiring his hit, realised it was knocked down, and just barely got thrown out. Without that bullcrap, this is a tie game.

[alnorth]

Top 9th

Teahen moves to 1B

Brown comes in at RF

Thome flies out to left
Konerko grounds out to shortstop
Pierzynski strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 9th

Bobby Jenks relieves Logan

Butler singles to right
Buck flies out to left
Gathright grounds into a 1-6-3 double play, Butler out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

White Sox win, 3-1

[Eleazar]

Nice game ending GIDP by Gathright...

[VonneMarie]

What a shitty sports weekend this has been for KC. :shake:

[Eleazar]

What a shitty sports weekend this has been for KC. :shake:

What else went wrong...?

[VonneMarie]

The Brigade doing the their best Chiefs impression.

[Eleazar]

The Brigade doing the their best Chiefs impression.

Well, I don't think many people noticed.

[VonneMarie]

I guess Meche is our All-Star.

[VonneMarie]

There you have it, Gil Meche.