*****Official Doubleheader, Royals vs. Pussycats*****
 

Alright, we're losing hope. No gamethread? I'll take BOTH under this thread.

Verlander vs. Duffy

Let's do this.

Chris Getz again leading off..

No-hitter spoiled by Billy Butler in the first. Headed to bottom. Heeeeeeere comes Duffy.

they need 10 wins today :)

anybody have a stream?

Duffy goes full count and walks A. Jackson. :facepalm:

New slogan: Royals' Baseball: Reverse Pitchcounts

A much-needed DP.

Duffy gets the double play, nice.

Two must win games.

No tv?

Nope

Does Duffy have any idea where his pitches are going when they leave his hand?

Stream is up on vipbox.

Maxwell gets picked off after about 10 pickoff attempts from JV..

Jesus, Royals, you can't make these mistakes and compete

Perfectly sunny day in Detroit, yet they've got the first base lead-off area covered in sand and quick-dry like there was a flood.

Yeah, that's ridiculous. I mean, the umpire has to regulate some of that. Kuntz was trying to rearrange it after Maxwell got picked off, but that's just weak sauce.

Verlander leaving a LOT of pitches elevated. Need to take advantage of that. I'm sure MOAR POWER will be ready in his next AB.

Duffy's command just isn't there yet. He was just starting to figure that out last year, I thought, when the TJ happened.

He still doesn't trust his stuff enough when ahead in the count. That's why he has trouble putting hitters away. Needs to throw more strikes with the changeup when ahead.

And as I type that... he Ks Victor Martinez with a great change.

Thanks!

Quick inning for Duffy

That may be the most encouraging inning of Danny Duffy's comeback. 1 K, 3 up/down, only 8 pitches.

Ha. My 5000th post. Only took me 12 years to get there.

Keep quoting yourself and you'll get to 10,000 in no time :D

:clap:

Why can't Lough play instead of Dyson..

For real. This makes absolutely no sense to me. Lough is a better hitter and a better fielder.

Though I've been here for 1/5 of them, I can confidently say that your Royals takes are second to none on this board.

Nut shot.

That had to hurt like a mother****er.

NOOB! :D

And Duffy drills Iglesias in the nuts..

That smarts

Jeff Francoeur and A.J. Pierzynski approve

If only it would've happened to Cecil Fielder back in the day.:D

Is Ice-T the Tigers' color guy? I feel like I'm watching a baseball game with voice overs from Law and Order SVU.

Duffy at 50 pitches through 2 2/3 innings.

Duffy can't find the strike zone.

Feed is a little choppy. Still.. much better than nothing.

I can't believe FSKC isn't picking up some of these games.

Dyson begging Cabrera to hit it over his head..

ROFL

Sure sounds like it.

The only thing that has changed is that he's gone from bad to worse in that department

I like the Tigers announcers.

Good work Duffy.

Too bad his pitch count is so high.

HOSMER!!!!!!

Hosmer with a home run..

Attaboy, Hos!

Desperately need more of that

Nice!!

"Country Breakfast... I'm not feeling that."
Ice-T

Nicely done!

I say we sacrifice Duffy forever and let him pitch 190 pitches, this franchise needs this win and we can find another Duffy somewhere

:clap:

No hitter still intact :)

**** off

Be very afraid

Now drive him in.

Bonifacio with a delayed steal!!!

Damn. Come on Esky!

Oh Dyson.. Do something good in your life

****in' Escobar dogging it down to 1st base on a slow grounder...

JFC

Dyson no flyouts

Derp

No. You can't.

Lefthanders that can sit at 95 throughout an entire start are INCREDIBLY rare. Guys that can do that while also showing a plus changeup and good curveball are even more rare. Duffy needs some finishing, but has tremendous upside and is close to realizing it.

He needs to command better, but that's the LAST thing that comes back after elbow surgery. He needs to figure out he can trust his stuff against major league hitters (a lesson he appeared to be taking to heart before his elbow exploded last May).

Hey guess what...

No hitter still intact. :)

I'm still trying to figure out if this post is sarcasm or utter stupidity..

That guy visits Hardcore Pawn on a regular basis.

I'm fairly certain it was sarcasam gentelman.

If Duffy gets through next inning with no hits allowed than It would be legit. Plus Duffy has never gone more than 6 innings pitched including Minors.

just tuned in....Duffers at 110 pitches yet?

79 pitches, I'm surprised our leadoff hitter isn't being moar productive.

Almost. But he's also throwing a no hitter.

I really hope we win, obviously, but I want Getz to have a terrible day at the plate for obvious reasons.

79 pitches through 5

Billay beasting against Verlander.

SHHHHHHHH!STFU

Jinxed. We're ****ed!

Not to mention Ive never seen a guy more positive and genuinely supportive of his teammates, and he has to be by far the happiest player Ive ever seen that he part of the Royals organization.

Im really rooting for him to get back from the injury and kick ass!

We're 0-7 when Getz leads off.

FIFY

How far would you guys push Duffy if he keeps the no-no intact with a high pitch count?

Saw that yesterday.

And yet, here we are.:mad: