Royals Review - Game 156 - Kansas City Royals @ Detroit Tigers"A dim view of humanity" -Lee Judgehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/29790/royalsreview.gif2012-09-27T17:16:00-04:00http://www.royalsreview.com/rss/stream/31820192012-09-27T17:16:00-04:002012-09-27T17:16:00-04:00The Royals turned Doug Fister into Tom Seaver.
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<p>Here's an exercise. I'll give you two nuggets:
<br>1) Doug Fister made history
<br>2) The Royals committed five errors.
<br>Who do you think won? </p> <p>Where do I start? Where do I begin?</p>
<p>Five errors. Three by <span>Mike Moustakas</span>. Two by <span>Alex Gordon</span> <b>(Correction: some jerk in the game thread repeatedly insisted that Gordon had two errors despite my thought that he didn't; I took them at their word, mostly because I was at work and just listening to the game. They are dead to me. One of those two errors was on Escobar.)</b>. One of Moustakas's errors came in the ninth on what should have been a double play to close out the inning. A sixth should have been charged to <span>Tony Abreu</span> in the ninth. When <span>Prince Fielder</span> had an infield double. Yes, an infield double. Prince Fielder.</p>
<p><span>Doug Fister</span> tied a Major League record this afternoon. He struck out nine straight. Of course, he is not a Kansas City Royal, and those nine straight strikeouts happened at Comerica Park. This means nine straight <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Royals</a> struck out. Nine straight. In a row. Consecutively. Only Tom Seaver has done that before. The Royals turned Doug Fister into Tom Seaver.</p>
<p><span>Eric Hosmer</span> left the game with an apparent shoulder injury.</p>
<p><span>Alcides Escobar</span> came out of the game (possibly just a precautionary measure) with an apparent injury in the eighth, though he finished out the bottom of the seventh, the inning in which the injury took place.</p>
<p>The Royals mounted a comeback after having been embarrassed for the first seven innings. By embarrassed, I mean they managed two base-runners through the first seven innings. <span>Salvador Perez</span> reached on a second-inning single. Two batters later, <span>Jeff Francoeur</span> miraculously failed to swing at a pitch. That pitch he didn't swing at hit him.</p>
<p>The Royals strung together back-to-back doubles to kick off the eighth, Mike Moustakas and Jeff Francoeur for those keeping track at home, who both scored, and eventually <span>David Lough</span> would single, advance to second on a passed ball, and score on a Tony Abreu single.</p>
<p>That brought the score to 4 - 3 Detroit. <span>Aaron Crow</span>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/27/kesha-sex-with-ghost_n_1919320.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment&ir=Entertainment" target="_blank">The Ghost</a> (h/t to <a href="http://twitter.com/elkensky" target="_blank">@elkensky</a>) came in and took care of business in the home half of the eighth, holding a one-run deficit with a dominant two strikeout inning.</p>
<p><span>Billy Butler</span> tied things up with a marvelously massive and majestically mammoth dong hanging, but then the brutal bottom of the ninth happened. Two outs were recorded, but <span>Brayan Pena</span> (and this is what I gleaned from the radio broadcast) tried getting the second out at first before throwing home with the bases loaded and one out.</p>
<p>Kansas City baseball, everybody.</p>
https://www.royalsreview.com/2012/9/27/3419116/royals-embarrass-selves-5-4-loss-completes-sweep-by-tigersJosh Duggan2012-09-27T14:37:07-04:002012-09-27T14:37:07-04:00Eric Hosmer Injured
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<p><span>Eric Hosmer</span> left the game in the 1st inning with a strained right shoulder.</p>
https://www.royalsreview.com/2012/9/27/3418798/eric-hosmer-injuredJeff Zimmerman2012-09-27T12:30:20-04:002012-09-27T12:30:20-04:00The Game 156 Open Thread
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<p>The Game 156 Open Thread: Just three good weeks away.</p> <p></p>
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<div class="pane sports_data_widget baseball_wildcard_standings clearfix"> <h3>American League Wild Card Standings</h3> <div class="pane-body"> <table class="standings zebra sbn-pte-table" cellspacing="0"> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>PCT</th> <th>GB</th> <th>STRK</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.camdenchat.com/">Baltimore</a></td> <td>89</td> <td>67</td> <td>.570</td> <td>0</td> <td class="td-last">Won 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.athleticsnation.com/">Oakland</a></td> <td>88</td> <td>67</td> <td>.567</td> <td>0.5</td> <td class="td-last">Won 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.halosheaven.com/">Los Angeles</a></td> <td>86</td> <td>69</td> <td>.554</td> <td>2.5</td> <td class="td-last">Won 5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.draysbay.com/">Tampa Bay</a></td> <td>85</td> <td>70</td> <td>.548</td> <td>3.5</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>73</td> <td>.529</td> <td>6.5</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.lookoutlanding.com/">Seattle</a></td> <td>72</td> <td>83</td> <td>.464</td> <td>16.5</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>85</td> <td>.451</td> <td>18.5</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 4</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.overthemonster.com/">Boston</a></td> <td>69</td> <td>87</td> <td>.442</td> <td>20</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/">Toronto</a></td> <td>68</td> <td>87</td> <td>.438</td> <td>20.5</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>91</td> <td>.416</td> <td>24</td> <td class="td-last">Won 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first"><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>91</td> <td>.416</td> <td>24</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="updated">(updated 9.27.2012 at 10:19 AM CDT)</p> </div> </div>
<div class="pane sports_data_widget division_standings clearfix"> <h3>AL Central Standings</h3> <div class="pane-body"> <table class="standings zebra sbn-pte-table" cellspacing="0"> <thead> <tr> <th></th> <th>W</th> <th>L</th> <th>PCT</th> <th>GB</th> <th>STRK</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.blessyouboys.com/">Detroit</a></td> <td>83</td> <td>72</td> <td>.535</td> <td>0</td> <td class="td-last">Won 3</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.southsidesox.com/">Chicago</a></td> <td>82</td> <td>73</td> <td>.529</td> <td>1</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first community-team "><a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/">Kansas City</a></td> <td>70</td> <td>85</td> <td>.451</td> <td>13</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 4</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.letsgotribe.com/">Cleveland</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>91</td> <td>.416</td> <td>18.5</td> <td class="td-last">Won 2</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="td-name td-first "><a href="https://www.twinkietown.com/">Minnesota</a></td> <td>65</td> <td>91</td> <td>.416</td> <td>18.5</td> <td class="td-last">Lost 1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="updated">(updated 9.27.2012 at 10:19 AM CDT)</p> </div> </div>
<p>Just three good weeks away. Can you feel the playoff push starting today? I know I can.</p>
<p>The Royals trot out their Majestically Maned MendozACE while they try earnestly to avoid being Fistered.</p>
https://www.royalsreview.com/2012/9/27/3417596/game-clvi-open-thread-the-royals-of-kansas-city-versus-the-tigersJosh Duggan