*** Official Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers Game Thread (5/9) ***

[alnorth]

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC (19-11)	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	1
DET (19-12)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	9	1

Win, (2-2) Jeremy Guthrie 7⅓IP 2R 2ER 1BB 3K
Luke Hochevar ⅔IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Greg Holland 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K

VS.



Loss, (2-4) Anibal Sanchez 6IP 6R 5ER 3BB 2K 1HR
Blaine Hardy 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K
Al Alburquerque 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Joba Chamberlain 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 2K

Home Runs

KC

Alcides Escobar, (1) - Top 1st solo shot to left, on the first pitch of the game

DET

none

AL Central

Final: MIN 7, CLE 4
Final (Game 1): CIN 10, CWS 4
Final (Game 2): CIN 2, CWS 8

Starting Lineups

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Lorenzo Cain, CF
3. Eric Hosmer, 1B
4. Kendrys Morales, DH
5. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Omar Infante, 2B
7. Christian Colon, 3B
8. Jarrod Dyson, RF
9. Drew Butera, C

DET

1. Anthony Gose, CF
2. Ian Kinsler, 2B
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. Yoenis Cespedes, LF
6. J.D. Martinez, RF
7. Nick Castellanos, 3B
8. James McCann, C
9. Andrew Romine, SS
9. Rajai Davis, ph

[C3HIEF3S]

I am really expecting nothing from JGuts at this point.

[C3HIEF3S]

His stuff just sucks flat-out. Miggy is going to have a field day today. I bet he's more fooled in BP.

[C3HIEF3S]

LOL Butera's name and Sal's head.

[C3HIEF3S]

Guts up to 93 on the fastball to start the game.

[Abba-Dabba]

Nice inning by JGuts. Hope it continues.

[alnorth]

Guthrie usually has about 12 good starts a year. Maybe this will be one of those.

[tk13]

The strategy today is obviously attack Sanchez as early and often as possible.

[C3HIEF3S]

Dyson with the double!

[alnorth]

Judging by Butera's hitting stats, I'm very happy with that bunt

[Abba-Dabba]

Nice bunt. Did what it needed to do.

[C3HIEF3S]

Hell of a start!

[lewdog]

Best kind of hit. A cracked bat hit to deflate them.

[C3HIEF3S]

Great D, Kitties.

[milkman]

That's gotta be an error.

[tk13]

Again. Just jumping all over the first pitch.