San Francisco Giants @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (6/20)

[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> <center>H</center> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td>SF (32-42)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 9 </td><td> <center>14</center> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td>KC (31-43)</td> <td> 3 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 4 </td><td> <center>7</center> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/teams/20080123/80x60/sfo.gif

Win, (4-5) Matt Cain 8IP 4R 3ER 1BB 8K
Jack Taschner 0IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Tyler Walker 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.

http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/v/mlb/teams/20080123/80x60/kan.gif

Luke Hochevar 4.2IP 4R 4ER 2BB 0K
Loss, (1-3) Yasuhiko Yabuta 1IP 3R 3ER 2BB 0K
Carlos Rosa 2.1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 2K
Jimmy Gobble 1IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K

Starting Lineups

SF

1. Fred Lewis, LF
2. Ray Durham, 2B
2. Emmanuel Burriss, 2B
3. Randy Winn, DH
4. Bengie Molina, C
5. Aaron Rowand, CF
6. John Bowker, RF
7. Rich Aurilia, 1B
8. Jose Castillo, 3B
9. Omar Vizquel, SS

KC

1. David DeJesus, LF
2. Mike Aviles, SS
3. Alex Gordon, 3B
4. Jose Guillen, DH
5. Mark Grudzielanek, 2B
6. Mark Teahen, RF
7. Miguel Olivo, C
8. Ross Gload, 1B
9. Joey Gathright, CF

[Kraus]

San Francisco is 1-8 in interleague play.

2 pitches, 1 out.

[alnorth]

Top 1st

Lewis grounds out to shortstop
Durham singles to center
Winn walks, Durham to second
Molina grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Winn out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 1st

DeJesus doubles to second (deflected to shallow CF)
Aviles hit by pitch
Gordon flies out to left
Guillen doubles to right, DeJesus and Aviles scores
Grudzielanek singles to center, Guillen scores, Grudzielanek tagged out at second 8-3-4
Teahen strikes out (swinging)

3 runs, 3 hits

[Adept Havelock]

Hooray! An alnorth Royals thread.

Let's continue the streak!

Best thing I've heard all day: "Aviles starting his 14th consecutive game at SS". :)

[KcMizzou]

Hooray! An alnorth Royals thread.

Let's continue the streak!

Best thing I've heard all day: "Aviles starting his 14th consecutive game at SS". :)Keitz said the other day that our pitcher's combined batting average was 55 points higher than Tony Penas. :eek:

[Adept Havelock]

Keitz said the other day that our pitcher's combined batting average was 55 points higher than Tony Penas. :eek:

I wouldn't trust it if that man told me the sun was going to rise in the East tomorrow, but that, I can believe.

;)

[Adept Havelock]

Jose can you see....



2-0 Royals. :)

[VonneMarie]

Guillen is a GOD.

[Adept Havelock]

Guillen is a GOD.

Well, at least a minor deity like Anoia. (Ankh-Morpork Goddess of Things that get Stuck in Drawers). :)

[VonneMarie]

Well, at least a minor deity like Anonia. (Ankh-Morpork Goddess of Stuck Drawers). :)

LMAO

[Kraus]

3 hits, 3 runs. Good start for the boys'n'blue.

[alnorth]

Top 2nd

Rowand grounds out to third
Bowker grounds out to second
Aurilia hits an infield single to pitcher
Castillo flies out to right

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 2nd

Olivo flies out to right
Gload flies out to left
Gathright strikes out (looking)

0 runs, 0 hits

[alnorth]

Well, at least a minor deity like Anoia. (Ankh-Morpork Goddess of Things that get Stuck in Drawers). :)

A discworld reference. Awesome. I award you 3 points and possession of the ball.

[Adept Havelock]

A discworld reference. Awesome. I award you 3 points and possession of the ball.

Thank you. I will treasure it. Is this like when Ralph gave me the Conch? :)


For some reason everytime they show Luke Hochevar's face this runs through my mind...

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[VonneMarie]

Alice strikes again!

[Adept Havelock]

Alice strikes again!

I don't think she lives here anymore.


Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all night. Don't forget to tip your waitresses.

[Kraus]

I think we got a favorable call on the Teahen bobble.

[VonneMarie]

I don't think she lives here anymore.


Thank you, thank you...I'll be here all night. Don't forget to tip your waitresses.

You lost me...

[alnorth]

we got lucky there. Apparently the rules of baseball have changed: if the ball hits the palm of the glove on the fly, you are out. Retaining possession of the ball and keeping it from hitting the ground (ie a "catch") is strictly optional.

[Adept Havelock]

You lost me...

You just made Martin Scorsese, Vic Tayback, and possibly "Fire Me Boy!" cry. :p

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071115/

It was the movie that inspired the TV series "Alice".

We now return you to your ballgame, already in progress.

we got lucky there. Apparently the rules of baseball have changed: if the ball hits the palm of the glove on the fly, you are out. Retaining possession of the ball and keeping it from hitting the ground (ie a "catch") is strictly optional.
:hmmm: LMAO

[alnorth]

Top 3rd

Vizquel grounds out to second
Lewis grounds out to second
Durham flies out to left

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 3rd

DeJesus walks
DeJesus steals second, DeJesus to third on an Error by C
Aviles sacrifices (fly) to center, DeJesus scores
Gordon strikes out (looking)
Guillen flies out to center

1 run, 0 hits, 1 error

[alnorth]

Cool. At the moment, that last run is unearned. We'll have to see how Gordon and Guillen does to see if it stays unearned.

[alnorth]

Top 4th

Winn singles to center
Molina grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Winn out at second
Rowand doubles to right
Bowker doubles to right, Rowand scores
Aurilia singles to right, Bowker scores
Castillo grounds out to shortstop

2 runs, 4 hits

Bottom 4th

Grudzielanek strikes out (looking)
Teahen grounds out to first
Olivo strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

[VonneMarie]

I love how FSN KC tried to give SF a run.

[VonneMarie]

That ball looked foul, but whatever.

[teedubya]

my kids and I went to the game tonight... but uh, it was SOLD OUT!!!

[Kraus]

my kids and I went to the game tonight... but uh, it was SOLD OUT!!!

Yeah, my dad got tickets yesterday and was in the upper deck row zz or something like that.

[alnorth]

Top 5th

Vizquel walks
Lewis singles to left, Vizquel to second
Durham singles to left, Lewis to second, Vizquel to third
Winn sacrifices (fly) to center, Lewis to third, Vizquel scores
Lewis caught stealing 2-5 and out past third on a pitchout, Durham steals second on the play
Molina singles to center, Durham scores

Yasuhiko Yabuta relieves Hochevar

Rowand flies out to center

2 runs, 3 hits

Bottom 5th

Gload flies out to center
Gathright bunts an infield single to third
Gathright caught stealing 2-6, out at second
DeJesus flies out to center

0 runs, 1 hit

[Frazod]

Well, if KC can thrash Arizona and St. Louis, they ought to be able to pisspound these clowns. :thumb:

[VonneMarie]

What the crap is going on here? You mutha****ers better wake up.

[KcMizzou]

Well, if KC can thrash Arizona and St. Louis, they ought to be able to pisspound these clowns. :thumb:You'd think so, wouldn't ya...

[ChiTown]

What the crap is going on here? You mutha****ers better wake up.

I like it when women talk dirty...............

[VonneMarie]

Pull him... pull his ass right now!

[VonneMarie]

And then these ****ers bring in Yabuta, great...

[alnorth]

Top 6th

Bowker grounds out to second
Aurilia fouls out to first
Castillo hits an infield single to shortstop
Vizquel walks, Castillo to second
Lewis walks, Vizquel to second, Castillo to third

Carlos Rosa relieves Yabuta

Durham doubles to right, Lewis, Vizquel, and Castillo scores
Winn doubles to right, Durham scores
Molina pops out to first

4 runs, 3 hits

Bottom 6th

Emmanuel Burriss replaces Durham at 2B

Aviles pops out to second
Gordon flies out to center
Guillen flies out to right

0 runs, 0 hits

[Kraus]

Yabuta is a waste of a pitcher. Why'd we pay this guy again?

[VonneMarie]

And then these ****ers bring in Yabuta, great...

:#

[Kraus]

Looks like Rosa sucks too. We seriously need to clone Mahay.

[alnorth]

Top 7th

Rowand strikes out (swinging)
Bowker flies out to right
Aurilia flies out to center

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 7th

Grudzielanek grounds out to second
Teahen strikes out (swinging)
Olivo strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

[VonneMarie]

What a bunch of losers... atleast they swept the Tards. :)

[SCTrojan]

Finally gets good location on the fastball and K's Rowand. Let's hope these lumps he's taking pay dividends in the future.

[alnorth]

Top 8th

Castillo singles to left
Castillo caught stealing 2-6, out at second
Vizquel flies out to center
Lewis strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 8th

Gload flies out to left
Gathright singles to left
DeJesus flies out to center
Aviles strikes out (looking)

0 runs, 1 hit

[alnorth]

Top 9th

Jimmy Gobble relieves Rosa

Burriss grounds out to shortstop
Winn walks
Winn to second on a Wild Pitch
Molina grounds out to third
Rowand doubles to right, Winn scores
Bowker fouls out to catcher

1 run, 1 hit

Bottom 9th

Jack Taschner relieves Cain

Gordon singles to left

Tyler Walker relieves Taschner

Guillen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play, Gordon out at second
Grudzielanek hits an infield single to pitcher
Teahen grounds out to first

0 runs, 2 hits

Giants win, 9-4

[VonneMarie]

This game is complete shit.

[Adept Havelock]

Oy. I leave to go grab dinner, and come back to find this? What a craptacular meltdown I must have missed.

[Adept Havelock]

Well, that was perfectly vile. Glad I missed most of it. :shake:

[Jenson71]

This completely pisses me off.

[teedubya]

We could have had Tim Lincecum... or Andrew Miller, but we chose Luke Chokevar.

[Dartgod]

We could have had Tim Lincecum... or Andrew Miller, but we chose Luke Chokevar.
Yes, 12 starts into his career, it is time to call him a bust.

[keg in kc]

Yes, 12 starts into his career, it is time to call him a bust.Not to mention the fact that he'd given up a total of 4 earned runs over 13 innings, allowing 14 hits, walking none and striking out 10 in his last two starts, both Royals wins.

[Reaper16]

1.) Lincecum is a walking injury-risk. He WILL blow his arm the **** out at some point in the next two seasons. Miller isn't exactly lighting up the league, either. The jury is far from reaching a verdict on that debate.

2.) Who ever said Rosa sucks: sush up. He's a staring prospect who was brought to freshen up the bullpen a little bit. It's way too early for him to be in the majors right now; he needs another season and a half of AAA ball under him. He doesn't suck, he's just in over his head a little bit.

[OmahaChief]

Another questionable move by Hillman last night. Bringing in Rosa with a tie game and the bases loaded. Rosa had only one inning of major league work and for his second shot he gives the rook that scenario? Bad mistake. That is where you bring in Mahay and hope he can get us out of the inning at least only down by one. I know Mahay is now a back of the bully guy but our middle relief is more like middle grief. We need Nunez back soon so we can move everyone back one inning.

[Al Bundy]

This was a bad loss all the way around.. Luke made the Giants look like an offensive dynasty in the making and the rest.... well just sucked. The Royals had a chance to make an impression on some fans that might not normally go but they laid an egg big time. The thing that concerned me with Luke was that he lost his stuff in 1 pitch and instantly became a girl out there.

[StcChief]

yeah. so much for dominating the NL similar records.

[alanm]

yeah. so much for dominating the NL similar records.
For whatever reason they just can't win at home. Hell send them back out on the road.

[Adept Havelock]

yeah. so much for dominating the NL similar records.

Yep. Have to settle for sweeping the Cardinals in their house, I guess. :D