2014 ALCS IST -- KC vs Balt

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hey, Mike Welcome a-Boardick is the sideline reporter.

[Edgy MD]

He's already been more useful in this post-season than he was in 2000's. WHOAH!

[Edgy MD]

Do it now, O's.

[Frayed Knot]

Wallace to Britton: All you do to me is walk, walk

[Zvon]

Lookin' good for The Royal Scurge.

OO, wow, nice play at home. I guess he didn't have time to touch 1st. Nice play. Big play.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Only game 1. What a series this could be.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

wOw

[Zvon]

Wow. HUGE DP! Stays tied.
There was no real mention of how fast that guy got down the 3rd baseline on the grounder to first. They didn't show an isolated replay either. But I didn't expect him to be on the plate so fast. O's do good.

[Zvon]

Whoa! Gordon!
6-5 KC,10th

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

oh my.

[Zvon]

Oops. Someone got stunned.

[Zvon]

Tying run at the plate for the O's in the bottom of the 10th. But they can't comeback. No way. Not gonna happen.

[Zvon]

uh-oh.
8-6

[Zvon]

Whew. The Royals stun. Great game.

These Royal games have been some of the best baseball I've seen this season. It's refreshing.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Holy hell, whattabawwgame.

[Edgy MD]

Darren O'Day, you let me o'down.

[Zvon]

I can't hear Showalter talk anymore without picturing Malvo from Fargo.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Kansas City at Baltimore
When: 4:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 11, 2014
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
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The Kansas City Royals were last in the majors in home runs during the regular season, but the postseason has been a different story. The slugging Royals attempt to take a 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series when they visit the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday. Kansas City is breaking out its power in extra innings in the playoffs and got 10th-inning blasts from Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas to post an 8-6 win in Game 1.

The Royals have recorded four of their five postseason victories via extra innings, with the last three coming thanks to the home run, and got the better of the bullpen battle with the Orioles in Friday's opener. Baltimore overcame a pair of four-run deficits and escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the ninth to get to extra innings before Darren O�Day surrendered Gordon�s leadoff blast in the 10th. Kansas City's setup duo of Kelvim Herrera and Wade Davis combined to strike out six in four scoreless innings, but neither closer � Baltimore�s Zach Britton nor the Royals� Greg Holland � looked sharp in Game 1.

TV:
4:07 p.m. ET, TBS

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Royals RH Yordano Ventura (0-0, 1.29 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Bud Norris (1-0, 0.00) or Orioles LH Wei-Yin Chen (0-0, 12.27)

Ventura dominated the Los Angeles Angels in the AL Division Series, allowing one run and five hits while striking out five in seven innings. The 23-year-old rookie regularly reaches 100 miles per hour with his fastball and only issued one walk at Los Angeles. Ventura faced Baltimore twice during the regular season and went 1-1 while yielding a total of two runs and striking out 17 in 14 1/3 frames.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter sent both Norris and Chen to the media session reserved for Game 2 starters on Friday and refused to tip his hand on which will get the nod for the start. Chen was knocked around for five runs in 3 2/3 innings during the ALDS against Detroit but surrendered three runs in 12 1/3 frames against Kansas City during the regular season. Norris cruised through 6 1/3 scoreless frames to earn a win in the decisive Game 3 of the ALDS and allowed a run on four hits over 7 1/3 innings in his lone regular-season start against the Royals.

WALK-OFFS:
1. The Royals, who totaled 95 home runs in the regular season, pounded three in Game 1.
2. Baltimore DH Nelson Cruz drove in a run in Game 1, giving him 19 RBIs in 13 career ALCS games.
3. Kansas City LF Gordon was hit in the neck with a pitch in the eighth inning but remained in the game.

[Frayed Knot]

Most post-season extra-inning HRs in franchise history:
Yanx = 11
Red Sox = 7
Braves = 6

Post-season, extra-inning HRs [u:3kab3nbe]this year[/u:3kab3nbe] for Royals = 4

[Guest d'Kong76]

Who the heck just tried to sing The National Anthem?

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: Who the heck just tried to sing The National Anthem?

Didn't see that. Saw most of the game but stepped off when it was tied. Mouse hit another? Wow.

4-3 KC after 4.

What's impressing me the most about these Royals is the power when they need it. Didn't expect much of that.

[Lefty Specialist]

Royals having the look of a team that will not be denied.

[Zvon]

[Zvon]

Another great catch. I'm loving this.

4-4,6th

[Edgy MD]

Go, Ron Darling!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ron's pretty good on these, hope he keeps
mixing it in and doesn't get swept up by a
sweet network deal with no time for us.

[Frayed Knot]

d'Kong76 wrote: Ron's pretty good on these, hope he keeps mixing it in and doesn't get swept up by a sweet network deal with no time for us.

Nah, there's no network job in baseball that'll take more than a day or two a week.
Local TV is really where the bread & butter is in baseball.

[Frayed Knot]

That Kelvin Herrera was an absolute zero in covering 1st base an inning or so back, wasn't he?




I tell you I crack me up sometimes

[Zvon]

Har. 6-4 Royalcrowns.

It's the 9th. Balt has one on, two out.

[Zvon]

Royals take it to go up 2-0. Pretty amazin'