Cleveland Indians @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (4/29)

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE (10-13)	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	1	0	9	14	0
KC (13-10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Win, (1-2) Ubaldo Jimenez 7IP 0R 0ER 2BB 4K
Nick Hagadone 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K
Cody Allen 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.



Loss, (2-2) Wade Davis 4⅔IP 8R 8ER 3BB 3K 2HR
Luke Hochevar 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Aaron Crow 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Kelvin Herrera 1IP 1R 1ER 0BB 1K 1HR
Tim Collins 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

Home Runs

CLE

Jason Kipnis, (1) - Top 1st solo shot to center
Ryan Raburn, (1) - Top 5th 3-run homer to left
Ryan Raburn, (2) - Top 8th solo shot to right

KC

none

AL Central

Final: MIN 3, DET 4

Starting Lineups

CLE

1. Michael Brantley, LF
2. Jason Kipnis, 2B
3. Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
3. Mike Aviles, SS
4. Nick Swisher, 1B
5. Mark Reynolds, DH
6. Carlos Santana, C
6. Yan Gomes, C
7. Ryan Raburn, RF
8. Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B
9. Drew Stubbs, CF

KC

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

[Shogun]

Anybody know what Sean O' Sullivan or Jeff Francis is up to these days?

[MeatRock]

Awesome hitting there Royals you ****s.

[Three7s]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

So.. Ned is blameless when it was clear to EVERYONE that Davis didn't have it early on?

When has Davis ever had it? That one start against the Braves?

[silver5liter]

My favorite part of Ned is his complete inability to pull a pitcher when the game is getting away from him.... Heres a good example.

[KChiefs1]

I was hoping for a 3-1 series win but will take 2-2 instead.

[RedDread]

I'm not saying pull Davis from the rotation, he's got a long time to figure it out.

What I am saying is I hope Duffy and Paulino hurry back so Ned has options.

[arrowheadnation]

Ugh.....cant even get a ****ing base runner against a slumping pitcher for the last place team. Too many signs of last year (and the years before) showing up the past two days. Need to move on to new competition. AND ****ING DETROIT IS STILL AHEAD!

[Al Bundy]

Looks like the hitters quit tonight, too.

[Three7s]

I know it's popular to rail on Ned, but look at the bigger picture.

This offense has one hit against one of the worst ERAs in baseball. Jimenez hasn't been worth a shit for 2 years and we act like we're going up against the Messiah.

[stonedstooge]

Character building was last year. This year we try to win Ned

[Walrus]

To Miami : Moose + every top prospect we have

To KC : Stanton + Polanco

[MeatRock]

Originally Posted by KChiefs1

I was hoping for a 3-1 series win but will take 2-2 instead.

You don't have a choice.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by RedDread

Yep and if we have a guy warming you know what he does? He keeps warming.

I disagree. I don't believe it is clearly obvious to warm someone up at that point in the game.

[Cephalic Trauma]

Originally Posted by alnorth

The LEAST important head coach/manager/guy who blows the whistle during practice, of all the major sports, is baseball. By far, not even close, baseball. (exception: unless he's shredding your pitcher's arms, see: Muser)

People harp on the manager for little-bitty penny-ante crap all the time like lineups, or not perfectly forseeing when to pull a guy with the fan's 20/20 hindsight. The heat builds, they fire the manager, and the guy who is ACTUALLY important, the GM, gets to skate through 3 or 4 manager firings before people finally wake up and look at him.

There was no hindsight here. Everybody could see Wade didn't have it tonight, and Ned left him out to rot. He does this consistently, and it's tiresome. Not everyone is going to pitch 6 solid innings and give up less than three. When they're throwing meatballs, warm someone up.

[KevB]

Interesting analysis of Wade Davis' time in the pen vs. time in the rotation, and the importance of fastball velocity. I don't have his averages from this season, but it seems like he sits around 90. That won't get it done, and the link provides more detail.

Throw harder = success