Detroit @ Kansas City Game Thread (4/15)
 

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<tr> <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> <span style="color:orange;">DET (3-7)</span> </td> <td> 5 </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> 5 </td><td> 7 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> <span style="color:blue;">KC (4-6)</span> </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> X </td><td> 6 </td><td> 10 </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
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Wilfredo Ledezma 6IP 4R 4ER 2BB 3K
<span style="color:orange;"><b>Hold, (1)</b></span> Jamie Walker 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
<span style="color:orange;"><b>Blown Save, (2); Loss, (0-2)</b></span> Ugueth Urbina 1IP 2R 2ER 1BB 2K

VS.

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Jose Lima 7IP 5R 5ER 2BB 3K
<b><font color = blue>Win, (1-1)</font></b> Jaime Cerda 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
<b><font color = blue>Hold, (1)</font></b> Jeremy Affeldt 0.2IP 0R 0ER 1BB 1K
<b><font color = blue>Save, (1)</font></b> Mike MacDougal 0.1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Starting Lineups

<span style="color:orange;"><u>DET</span></u>

1. Brandon Inge, 3B
2. Carlos Guillen, SS
3. Ivan Rodriguez, C
4. Dmitri Young, DH
5. Carlos Pena, 1B
6. Craig Monroe, LF
7. Bobby Higginson, RF
8. Jason Smith, 2B
8. Omar Infante, ph
9. Nook Logan, CF
9. Rondell White, ph

<span style="color:blue;"><u>KC</u></span>

1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Tony Graffanino, 3B
3. Mike Sweeney, DH
4. Emil Brown, RF
5. Eli Marrero, 1B
6. Angel Berroa, SS
7. Terrence Long, LF
8. Alberto Castillo, C
9. Ruben Gotay, 2B

Let' see if Lima can remove his cranium from his colon, and be effective for the first time this year.

wow that is a weak ass lineup right there, a career .209 batting cleanup?? Yikes!

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Inge singles to center
<span style="color:orange;"><b>Guillen triples to center, Inge scores</b></span>
<span style="color:orange;"><b>Rodriguez grounds out to shortstop, Guillen scores</b></span>
Young singles to center
Pena walks, Young to second
<span style="color:orange;"><b>Monroe homers to center, Young and Pena scores</b></span>
Higginson flies out to center
Smith flies out to left

5 runs, 4 hits

Bottom 1st

DeJesus walks

<i>KC Manager Tony Pena ejected from the game</i>

Graffanino grounds into 4-3 double play, DeJesus tagged out.
Sweeney doubles to center
Brown grounds out to first

0 runs, 1 hit

Its Lima time! Guillen hits a run scoring triple.

That home plate ump is shitty.

How close are all these balls to strikes? They look really close on Gameday.

Lima must have given that ump's daughter herpes......

They aren't balls. They are strikes that should be called. Even Pena is pissed about that they aren't being called.

That homeplate umpire is very very horrible. :shake:

Beautiful. 3 run homerun given up by Lima.

Christ, what is it? 5-0 in the first?

Lima is clutch.

Eat a dick, Jose.

Lima doesn't deserve to be starting, no way we come back from 5 down with this lineup!!! lord

Where's Kyle Snyder??? Gobble??? the future!

Sisco time! Believe it!

I think we should let Lima work his way out of his slump. He just got two fly outs in a row and there wasn't a homerun or even a triple inbetween them.

Yup.

Gobble got hit for 10 runs in his last AAA start, I'm not sure want him anywhere near this club right now...

Lima's taking "suck" to a whole new level.

OH NO!! WE SUCK AGAIN!!!! :banghead: :cuss: :banghead:

Lima needs to stay in till he reaches near 100 pitches, may as well ****ing let him raise that ERA.

Would that be on the level of the Chiefs defense suckiness?

Good News: Ump has a postage-stamp strike zone for both teams, requireing both pitchers to groove em down the middle.

Bad News: That means this will be a slug-fest tonight and we suck at hitting.

Lima makes the Chiefs D look like a crew of all pros.

Pena gets tossed. Hah.

Is that CB Bucknor?

Totally justified, Tony.

For what? Arguing balls and strikes?

You ****ing tell that bitch Pena!

Yup, and kicking dirt to the homeplate.

If that is indeed, CB Bucknor, he's the worst umpire in the MLB, bar none.

Graf hits into a double play. GO ROYALS.

I loved hearing the audio of Pena that ****ing rocked!!

Ump tossed Pena while he was sitting in the dugout, so he came out on the field to get his money's worth, screamed at the ump for a good 2-3 minutes.

Pena "What are you doing??!?!!! Thats BULLSHIT!!!" lmfao

Good thing Graf hit into a double play or that double by Sweeney might have actually meant something.

I don't think ive seen Pena that pissed off lol!

So what are the odds that Lima going to get tossed?

Not as high as I'd like.

Lima needs to throw an 83mph fastball at Buckners head.

Well if the homeplate umpire is CB Bucknor, any manager in the MLB will get almighty pissed, that's for sure.

He can get it to 83 mph?

2nd inning
 

Top 2nd

Logan singles to left
Inge grounds out to second, Logan to second
Guillen pops out to shortstop
Rodriguez reaches, Logan to third on Error by 3B
Young flies out to right

0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error

Bottom 2nd

Marrero grounds out to third
Berroa singles to center
Long grounds out to pitcher, Berroa to second
Castillo strikes out (looking)

0 runs, 1 hit

It'd either go over the backstop or dig under the plate.

Lima threw a strike.

WTF did he just throw it right off the bat? Just get your feet set and then throw the f**king thing.

Well, at least Lima didn't give up a run this time.

Looks like that Pena blowup's ending up with Buckner squeezing our pitchers and fucking our batters.

WOw, nice strike out that was possibly ball 4 there. to the top 3rd 5-0 tiggers

3rd inning
 

Top 3rd

Pena grounds out to second
! Monroe flies out to left ! (diving catch)
Higginson flies out to left

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 3rd

Gotay singles to left
<span style="color:blue;"><b>DeJesus homers to right, Gotay scores</b></span>
Graffanino grounds out to third
Sweeney walks
Brown grounds out to second, Sweeney to second
Marrero grounds out to third

2 runs, 2 hits

Well so far I'm glad I was too tired to try and rally people to go to the game tonight.

DeJesus!!!

Dude crushed that.

Here come the Royals!

Maybe I spoke too soon :hmmm:

Imagine if Graf wouldn't have hit into a double play. It could be 5-3 or 5-4 right now.

Go to hell Marrero. Why are you even allowed to play?

4th inning
 

Top 4th

Smith strikes out (swinging)
Logan grounds out to second
Inge hits infield single to third
Guillen flies out to left

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 4th

Berroa doubles to left
Long grounds out to second, Berroa to third
<span style="color:blue;"><b>Castillo sacrifices (fly) to center, Berroa scores</b></span>
Gotay grounds out to shortstop

1 run, 1 hit

What is the over/under on when folks will give up on the Royal's season and these threads will dry up?

I believe it was early May last year.

F**king Graf can't even play any f**king 3rd base.

Hey f**kwads! Find a real f**king 3rd baseman.

Go Long and Lima with another strong inning. :)

Berroa with a stand up double!

Angel with the lead off double!!!

This home plate ump is total shit. :shake:

Too lazy to go through all the posts - did Pena get tossed?

Trust me, that's CB Bucknor, the worst umpire in the MLB IMHO.

He's very well known for tossing out managers/players over balls and strikes. That's what happened to Tony Pena in the first inning.

Yes, in the first.

Sac fly!

5-3.

Alberto with the sac 5-3 Royals!

It's about time for Berroa to do something.

Also Calvin Pickerings hits have been short of homers .
That also has hurt the offense in key times.
we are also hitting into double plays in key times.

Yep.

That stupid ****wad. :mad:

5th inning
 

Top 5th

Rodriguez flies out to shallow right
Young flies out to center
Pena walks
Monroe strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 5th

DeJesus singles to right
Graffanino singles to right, DeJesus to second
Sweeney strikes out (swinging)
Brown grounds into 4-3 double play, Graffanino out at second

0 runs, 2 hits

On-field delay? What is going on?

Wow, that was almost gone.

Wait for it... the home plate umpire had an equipment malfunction with his mask. Seriously.

ROFL

I wonder if that wind knocked it down a bit.

I am picturing Leslie Nelson disguised as the ump in Naked Gun. Is the Queen of England attending the game tonight?

That's not the only thing malfunctioning. His f**king eyes is also an malfunctioning.

Is he patting the players down before they hit?

ROFL

You mean like, putting shoulder pads on them and stuffing their uniform with cotton?

Oh wait ... you meant PATTING, not PADDING. :p