*** Official New York Yankees @ Kansas City Royals Game Thread (5/15) ***
 

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<tr><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> </td><td> </td><td> E </td></tr>
<tr><td> NYY (21-16) </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 1 </td></tr>
<tr><td> KC (23-13) </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 1 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 0 </td><td> 6 </td><td> 4 </td><td> 0 </td><td> X </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> 0 </td></tr>
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Mike Moustakas was just short of hitting for the cycle (single, 2 doubles, triple)

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Loss, (5-1) Michael Pineda 5⅓IP 5R 5ER 0BB 1K
David Carpenter 0IP 1R 1ER 0BB 0K
Justin Wilson ⅓IP 2R 2ER 1BB 0K
Jose Ramirez 1IP 4R 4ER 2BB 0K
Branden Pinder 1⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

VS.

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Win, (3-0) Chris Young 5⅔IP 1R 1ER 2BB 2K
Hold, (1) Franklin Morales 2⅓IP 0R 0ER 0BB 0K
Aaron Brooks 1IP 0R 0ER 0BB 1K

Home Runs

none

AL Central

Final: CLE 8, TEX 3
Final: TB 2, MIN 3
Final: DET 10, STL 4
Final: CWS 7, OAK 6

Strarting Lineups

NYY

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Brett Gardner, LF
2. Chris Young, ph/LF
3. Alex Rodriguez, DH
4. Mark Teixeira, 1B
4. Ryan Murphy, ph/C
5. Brian McCann, C
5. Garrett Jones, ph/1B
6. Carlos Beltran, RF
7. Chase Headley, 3B
8. Stephen Drew, 2B
9. Didi Gregorius, SS

KC

1. Alcides Escobar, SS
2. Mike Moustakas, 3B
3. Lorenzo Cain, CF
4. Eric Hosmer, 1B
5. Kendrys Morales, DH
6. Alex Gordon, LF
6. Jarrod Dyson, LF
7. Salvador Perez, C
7. Drew Butera, ph/C
8. Omar Infante, 2B
9. Paulo Orlando, RF

Ace Young on the hill. Let's go.

In for the battle of aces

This is gonna be a great match-up. IN!

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Chris Young and his .289 opponent OPS. Let's go!

Today is George Brett's Birthday. Kick some Yankee ass tonight for GB!

We caught the Rangers when they were playing their best baseball of the season. Splitting that series was perfectly acceptable. The Yankees are in a mini slump, only scoring 5 runs in their last three games. Tonight is a tough match up but we ought to take two of three in this series.

I'm amazed the line vs Pineda is only +113, especially when we are throwing our long guy who hasn't had much success vs them in the past.

Any time you split a 4-game series on the road it's acceptable. Really even accpetable at home as well. It's tough beating a team 3 out of 4 games when you play them 4 consecutively.

well everyone pretty much thinks the Yankees are going to fall off and finish around .500 this year ... so ...

here is what they have:

Ellsbury and Gardner have been just about the best 1 - 2 hitters in baseball this year. Then, they have Rodriguez/Teixiera/McCann/Beltran who are K or HR hitters ... I think they all hit around .230 ... but if they hit it, it is usually hit hard.

They have a pretty subpar starting rotation ...

but then they have a Royals-esque 8th/9th inning bullpen ... if they are leading in the 8th ... the game is over. Betances / Miller is probably an even better combo than Davis / Holland (unless Holland starts throwing 95-96 again) ... and even then, they are flat out unhittable (especially Miller).

Now, with Betances, he has some command issues ... but that won't be a problem with the Royals ... because we swing at everything.

Let's put it this way ... if the game is tied after 7 ... expect a lot of extra inning baseball between the Yanks / Royals.

I actually almost look forward to the Royals hitting against Betances/Miller so I can see Pete lose his cool because the Royals are swinging and missing at balls ... or looking at strikes ... etc...

Betances 20 IP 0 ER 31 K's
Miller 16.2 IP 0 ER 29 K's

36.2 IP 0.00 ERA 60 K's

For reference, HDH have a combined 35 strikeouts in 40 innings.

Who's the dude that puts the weather radar on? Lots of rain around Kansas City today

Yeah the Yankees bullpen is tough. They are putting up disgusting numbers. These might be 5 or 6 inning games. I'm looking forward to the matchup though.
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