Kansas City Royals @ Boston Red Sox Double-Header Game Thread (4/21)
 

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<tr><td>Final, Game 1</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> KC (9-7) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 3 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> BOS (12-5) </td> <td> 2 </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> 2 </td><td> 8 </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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<tr><td>Final / 10, Game 2</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> </td><td> R </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr> <td> KC (10-7) </td> <td> 1 </td> <td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 2 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td>

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</td><td> 5 </td><td> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td> BOS (12-6) </td> <td> 0 </td> <td> 2 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> </td><td> 4 </td><td> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
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Game 1

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Win, (2-1) Ervin Santana 7IP 2R 2ER 0BB 7K
Hold, (2) Bruce Chen ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Hold, (4) Aaron Crow ⅓IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Save, (4) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

VS.

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Loss, (0-2) Ryan Dempster 7IP 4R 4ER 3BB 8K 1HR
Clayton Mortensen 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Alex Wilson 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

KC

Alcides Escobar, (2) - Top 1st solo shot to left over the green monster.

BOS

none

AL Central

Final: CLE 5, HOU 4
Final: MIN 5, CWS 3
Final / 13: DET 3, LAA 4

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Lorenzo Cain, CF
6. Mike Moustakas, 3B
7. Jeff Francoeur, RF
8. Salvador Perez, C
9. Chris Getz, 2B

BOS

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Daniel Nava, RF
3. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
4. David Ortiz, DH
4. Pedro Ciriaco, pr/DH
5. Mike Napoli, 1B
6. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
7. Will Middlebrooks, 3B
8. Stephen Drew, SS
9. Jonny Gomes, LF

Game 2

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Jeremy Guthrie 6IP 4R 4ER 4BB 2K 1HR
Luke Hochevar 1IP 0R 0ER 1BB 0K
Win, (2-2) Kelvin Herrera 2IP 0R 0ER 1BB 3K
Save, (5) Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 3K

VS.

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Allen Webster 6IP 3R 2ER 1BB 5K 2HR
Major League Debut
Hold, (4) Junichi Tazawa 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Blown Save, (1) Koji Uehara 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 1HR
Andrew Bailey 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Loss, (0-1) Andrew Miller 1IP 1R 1ER 2BB 2K

Home Runs

KC

George Kottaras, (1) - Top 5th solo shot to right
Alex Gordon, (1) - Top 5th solo shot to left over the green monster
Billy Butler, (3) - Top 8th solo shot to left over the green monster

BOS

Mike Napoli, (3) - Bottom 2nd solo shot to left over the green monster

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alex Gordon, LF
2. Alcides Escobar, SS
3. Billy Butler, DH
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Lorenzo Cain, CF
6. Mike Moustakas, 3B
7. Jeff Francoeur, RF
8. George Kottaras, C
8. Salvador Perez, C
9. Elliot Johnson, 2B
9. Miguel Tejada, ph
9. Chris Getz, 2B

BOS

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Daniel Nava, RF
3. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
4. Mike Napoli, 1B
5. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, DH
6. Will Middlebrooks, 3B
7. Mike Carp, LF
8. David Ross, C
9. Pedro Ciriaco, SS

WICKHAD PISSAH

Your team is going down like a two dollar Tijuanna whore today, MIADragon.

This should be a fun day. First game is a good pitching matchup, after that is over, I'm a gonna go eat lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings, should get back in time for the second match between a decent KC pitcher vs a young intriguing rookie for Boston in his major league debut.

All the emotional terrorist bullshit should be out of the way now. Only serious baseball fans are left, and this should be a very interesting day. I hope, pray, we can at least win one, If we win both and take this series, then as Peter Griffen might say, that would be pretty freakin' sweet.

In for 2 wins.

No reason we can't win two. Definitely got to take the second one in a pitchers ML debut.

Hos and Moose will make him look like Cy Young.

Moose has been actually getting good contact and hitting the ball well. You keep doing that they will eventually drop or go over the fence.

When is Hosmer going to wake up though?

Congrats on the win yesterday Boston, you deserved it. Now enjoy it while it lasts because KC is coming to win it all :D

Not that I didn't want to win, but if there was ever a time that I would be slightly less annoyed at the Royals giving up a late inning lead, yesterday would be that time. But no more. Die tamarrah Bahhstan

In for Double header sweep.

Hey, here's a novel idea Royals. Score some ****ing runs. Stop swinging the bats like a batch of wounded bundle of stickss

/motivational speech

I'll make a prediction. When the bats come alive, the pitching will begin to falter. Mark it.

Bats will run hot and cold. When was last time Royals could actually hold the lead though? Our relief pitching is going to kill us.

Royals had the 6th best bullpen in MLB last year. I hope they end up being near that mark again this year. Time will tell

Let's see what emotional tribute they trot out onto the field today and who's the designated Boston cusser for today.

I'm hopeful that another music legend hauls ass to Boston to tarnish his career.

Well, I generally loved the Boston/Boston album, but I hate all things Boston these days (those ****ing pussy-ass assholes!), so I'll ask for that not to happen; some day I might hate Boston a little less and want to listen to the album again...

I will be watching both games today. If you would have told me we would be 3 weeks into the season and Moose, Hoz and Perez hadn't gone deep, I would have called you dumb.

Just sickening how we have waster a handful of good pitching games with extremely poor hitting, because statistic wise I don't see the pitching continuing down this great road for weeks on end.

I dreamed that we were up 5-0 after four innings in the first game.

My pregame will consist of wearing my over-sized Moustakas jersey (China special!), with my pro-model Rawlings bat in hand pointing exactly Northeast for exactly 8 minutes. This will bring Moose the bat power to do big things today.

And no I am not superstitious.

It's worth a shot.

LMAO

Need to win both ****ing games....

Standard lineup in the first game. I presume Perez will sit out the 2nd game.

That's probably the case.

We've gotten so much solid starts but yeah the relief is killing us. Maybe because our guys aren't feeling secure with the bats not going as they should? or somethin.

Well whatever it is, they need to un**** themselves and get it going.

That gif is hilarious. LMAO

confirmed, Kottaras will start game 2

None of our pen looked sharp yesterday. Maybe that's because they had a couple days there where they couldn't throw.

Anyone know if tonight's game will be televised? It's not on my guide.

Both games are supposed to be on FSN, as far as I know.

It sure ain't going to hurt anything.

Over/Under on home runs hit by Moose and Hosmer in 18 innings today = 1.5

Over or under?

At the bar for the first couple innings.

Shit, under.

Over. Today's the day the bats break out

Under

I prefer how we do double-headers. In KC, one ticket gets you both games. In Boston, they shoo everyone out, and you need a ticket to get back in.

Even.

Probably under.

But I am hoping we bomb them today!

What a bunch of assholes!

Wait, what?

1st inning
 

Top 1st

Gordon flies out to left
Escobar homers to left
Butler strikes out (swinging)
Hosmer hits an infield single to third
Hosmer steals second
Cain grounds out to third

1 run, 2 hits

Bottom 1st

Ellsbury fouls out to first
Nava singles to right
Pedroia singles to center, Nava to second
Ortiz singles to center, Pedroia to third, Nava scores
Napoli grounds out to second, Ortiz to second, Pedroia scores
Saltalamacchia flies out to right

2 runs, 3 hits

how do you hit half a home run?

We need to take both of these games today.

ALCIDES-BOOM

BOMB!

ESCOBAR!!!!!!

NICE.

Jesus ****

Holy shit man that was a no doubter.

ESKY!!!!!

**** yeah!

Did I not say we would bomb them!

DO IT AL!!!!!!!!

Alcideez nuts bitch.

WOW. Who knew Esky had MOAR POWER? That was a BOMB even by Boston Standards.

Inside the park? :D

Did Butler do shit yesterday? I missed the game.

Nice swing and a miss, fat ass.

welp, pack it up, that's the ball game.

Billy trying the eye chalk today. Not working.

K so hard

a double I believe

I think Hos has a big game today.

Hud just called the chinless turd that threw the ball back a loser.

He speaks from authority

OK. That will do Hos.

God damnit. Hosmer back to the same shit from last year....

Got lucky there.

I wish it'd been "Hud just called the loser that threw the ball back a chinless turd."

Hosmer wit no pop

RISP....


Wasted.

shit dude LMAO

After Esky hit that ball, half of the stadium panicked, started crying and running out of the stadium.

Send Cain down! ;)

Nava is a cheese dick amateur.

Let's turn 2 here.