Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/20)
 

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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> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td>CLE (15-26)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 6 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td>KC (21-19)</td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 5 </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Fausto Carmona 6IP 4R 4ER 4BB 3K
Win, (3-0) Aaron Laffey 1.1IP 1R 1ER 1BB 0K
Hold, (5) Rafael Betancourt 0.2IP 0R 0ER 1BB 2K
Save, (6) Kerry Wood 1IP 0R 0ER 3BB 2K

VS.

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Gil Meche 6IP 2R 2ER 1BB 2K
Hold, (4) Jamey Wright 0.1IP 2R 2ER 1BB 0K
Blown Save, (1) †; Loss, (1-5) Sidney Ponson 1.1IP 2R 2ER 0BB 0K
Robinson Tejeda 1.1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K

† Although Sidney Ponson was charged with a blown save, he was brought in to a bases loaded 1 out situation with a 1-run lead.

AL Central scores

Final: TEX 3 DET 5
Final: MIN 4 CWS 7

Home Runs

none

Starting Lineups

CLE

1. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
2. Grady Sizemore, DH
3. Victor Martinez, C/1B
4. Shin-Soo Choo, RF
5. Jhonny Peralta, 3B
6. Ryan Garko, 1B
6. Matt LaPorta, pr
6. Kelly Shoppach, C
7. Mark DeRosa, LF
8. Ben Francisco, CF
9. Jamey Carroll, 2B

KC

1. Coco Crisp, CF
2. Alberto Callaspo, 2B
2. Willie Bloomquist, pr
3. Billy Butler, 1B
4. Mike Jacobs, DH
4. Mitch Maier, pr/DH
5. Jose Guillen, RF
6. Mark Teahen, 3B
7. David DeJesus, LF
8. John Buck, C
9. Mike Aviles, SS

Meche needs a solid outing tonight. At least 7 innings and 2 or 3 runs max.

This is exactly right. If Meche can get to where he should be, we're gonna roll again.

i feel pretty good about our chances tonight brethren....

Yep, Meche needs to earn his paycheck tonight.

Go Royals!

I hope meche has a quality start

Jacobs is gonna hit one onto I-70 tonight

Go royals.
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Everyone: Shut up!

About booing that is...

but ...........















ROFL

Billy Butler, damn son!

At the risk of getting yelled at about a repost.

Meche really needs to get rolling again so we can get back on track.

I am going to watch the game tonight, Every game I have watched this year, they have lost...

I hope to God, Its not me causing the Royals to play like the Royals...

John Buck just got another triple!! 3rd sign of the apocalypse.

Tre Hillman just made an idiotic managerial call. Chiefsplanet and Jack Harry implodes.

George Brett just opened a can of beer.

Tony Pena Jr. can't whack off well, right now.

Mike Jacobs just hit another late-inning junk homer.

Kyle Farnsworth just gave up another homerun.

Miguel Olivo just took a shit on your mom.

Go Royals!!!

What's with Sizemore batting 2nd and at the DH spot?

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Cabrera doubles to right
Sizemore strikes out (swinging)
Martinez lines into a 1-6 double play, Cabrera out at second

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 1st

Crisp walks
Callaspo walks, Crisp to second
Butler grounds into a 4-3 double play, Callaspo out at second, Crisp to third
Jacobs strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 0 hits

God damn it, just like last night, leadoff double

That opening got me really excited for tonights game.

I think it moved!!!!!
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Come on Meche.....sit his ass down...

Sizemore is going to run Meche's count up to 50 in the first inning..lol

Finally...sit the **** down!

sit down!

Damn Pete, your going to have a stroke, the season is 162 games long....

Web Gem?

more like needs to buy a lottery ticket before tonight's powerball drawing.

Dude, he was forever fouling the ball off.....

6 balls and one strike...

Fausto Hochmona.

If anyone even thinks the word "bunt" quietly to themselves, they should... I dunno... do something unpleasant to themselves.

12 pitches/2 strikes! ROFL

maybe we should bunt here?

oh Billayy...not good buddy...not good

Sweet, Way to hit into the easy double play... The dude cant find the plate and you wiff into an easy double play?

Golden opportunity wasted...back -back walks and you can't get 1 home.....that is where this team really needs to improve

Wow, 2 on and 0 out and we hit into a DP and then a K......

2nd inning
 

Top 2nd

Choo grounds out to shortstop
Peralta singles to center
Garko flies out to center
DeRosa strikes out (swinging)

0 runs, 1 hit

Bottom 2nd

Guillen strikes out (swinging)
Teahen grounds out to second
DeJesus walks
Buck grounds into a 6-4 fielder's choice, DeJesus out at second

0 runs, 0 hits

Not the best outcome, but not a bad start. Baseball, more than any other sport, is heavily influenced by pure dumb luck.

Carmona still tossed over 20 pitches that inning.

Agreed, but 2 on and 0 outs against this guy is something you have to take advantage of.

Meanwhile in Detroit, the score is tied 1-1

Sit down bitch!!

someone tell the scorekeeper the Royals do not have a hit....though it says we do.

I'm smelling a pitcher's duel....

4-pitch walk to DDJ......let's get some of that 2 out clutch hitting going....

meh, we have yet to hit one out of the infield

hah, not a chance. This one is scoreless only through the grace of smoke and mirrors. Carmona is on pace to wear out after 5+ anyway

3rd inning
 

Top 3rd

Francisco grounds out to third
Carroll grounds out to third
Cabrera grounds out to first

0 runs, 0 hits

Bottom 3rd

Aviles flies out to left
Crisp singles to left
Callaspo singles to left, Crisp to third
Butler singles to left, Callaspo to second, Crisp scores
Jacobs reaches on an unassisted fielder's choice to shortstop, Butler out at second, Callaspo to third
Guillen doubles to center, Jacobs and Callaspo scores
Teahen grounds out to pitcher

3 runs, 4 hits

And Detroit just plated 3 in the bottom of the 6th to take a 4-1 lead over Texas. Detroit has been on fire as of late.

someone tell Fever that Alex Gorodon is out of a job as long as we are in contention unless Jacobs REALLY starts to suck.

Well, at least Avilles hit it out of the infield....now we need to just work on not getting out when we hit .....

and Coco....gets our first hit.....

Great hit and run!!!!

Ok well, Frank White says it wasn't a hit and run.....

Come on Billy...ball to the outfield....

Ugh Billlayy...he was swinging at that no matter what...


BILLAYYYY!!!!!! with the RBI

ok, Meche there's your run. Good luck.

Detroit adds another one to make it a 4 run 6th

Jose!!!! Jose, Jose, Jose!!!

Ok Meche has 3 runs...that matches what we have scored for him 6 of his 8 starts this year

This new lineup is NAILS. I love it!

Billy and jose CLUTCH
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Yes but them not turning the 2 on Jacobs helped a ton. We took advantage though, don't get me wrong.

This is when Meche has to sack up. He has had the habbit of recent to give up runs right after we score.

4th inning
 

Top 4th

Sizemore grounds out to second
Martinez doubles to left
Choo singles to center, Martinez scores, Choo to second on the throw home
Peralta singles to center, Choo scores
Garko grounds into a 4-6-3 double play, Peralta out at second

2 runs, 3 hits

Bottom 4th

DeJesus flies out to left
Buck grounds out to first 3-1
Aviles singles to center
Aviles to second on a Wild Pitch
Crisp hits an infield single to shortstop, Aviles to third
Crisp to second, Aviles scores on a Wild Pitch
Callaspo grounds out to first

1 run, 2 hits

Billy sure doesn't mind the pressure of that 3 spot.

WTF is with our coaches having DDJ playing shallow? How many ****ing times do we have to seem him get burned on that?

And as I said....here goes Meche...turning right around and giving up runs.....and Coco makes a bad decision....

****

Don't worry about hitting the cut, dude.

I'm at home depot so didn't hear the whole sequence of events
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DDJ playing shallow costs us a run...again.......it's amazing we win as much as we do with such stellar coaching

Meche getting himself into trouble again.......

2 plays that lacked fundamentals just cost us 2 runs

Well as I said...Meche keeps giving up runs right after we score......

Although it's frustrating to see DDJ get burned, that shit happens. Too often to us, but it still happens.

Not hitting the ****ing cut-off man is inexcusably stupid.

Agreed. But I am tired of watching us play DDJ shallow when you have a power hitter at the plate and you are pitching him away (to LF)

Hey Buck...this is baseball..not golf

Well after our suck performance in the field we now give Carmona what appears to be the easy inning he was needing

Avilles with the hit.....good, I didn't want to see Carmona with a 7 pitch 1-2-3 inning

Come on Covelli...we need a clutch hit right here

Crisp needs to make up for one here.

Almost...

Drive him in, AC.

Well crap...not the clutch hit I was looking for.....too bad that couldn't squeak into the OF

That was a generous call by the Ump