Royals Review - Game 2, ALDS: Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels Game Thread"A dim view of humanity" -Lee Judgehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/29790/royalsreview.gif2014-10-04T00:39:00-04:00http://www.royalsreview.com/rss/stream/66706262014-10-04T00:39:00-04:002014-10-04T00:39:00-04:00ALDS Game 2 Overflow #3: KC 1, LAA 1, Top 10
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<p>Because Kansas City isn't allowed to play nine-inning games in the postseason, on we go to extras.</p> <p>The scoreboard remains unchanged since the <a href="https://www.halosheaven.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Angels</a> tied in the sixth.</p>
<p><span>Yordano Ventura</span>, <span>Wade Davis</span>, and <span>Jason Frasor</span> have combined to shut down the vaunted Angels offense.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Royals</a> offense threatened in the top of the ninth to no avail. But I Don't Know What To Do With Those Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs? Nails.</p>
<p>On to extras.</p>
<p>This game is an fWAR.</p>
https://www.royalsreview.com/2014/10/4/6906473/alds-game-2-overflow-3-kc-1-laa-1-top-10Josh Duggan2014-10-03T23:38:36-04:002014-10-03T23:38:36-04:00ALDS Game 2 Overflow #2: KC 1, LA 1, Top 7
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<p>Tied up at one apiece. Heading to the top of the seventh.</p> <p><span>Yordano Ventura</span> worked around a scare in the fifth--with runners on first and second and no outs, and then again with a runner on third after a double play--but got into a jam in the sixth when Pujols came up with two on and two outs and singled before Ventura got out of the inning.</p>
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<p><span>Josh Hamilton</span> inadvertently hit <span>Salvador Perez</span> in the head on the back-end of a whiff, but thus far Salvador Perez has remained in the game.</p>
<p>Ventura has spent the evening making the <a href="https://www.halosheaven.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Angels</a>, particularly <span>Albert Pujols</span> and Josh Hamilton, look very foolish at the plate.</p>
<p>For his part, <span>Matt Shoemaker</span> has quelled nearly every <a href="https://www.royalsreview.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Royals</a>' rally attempt. Shoemaker has certainly had some help from <strike>Bob</strike> Chris Guccione, the home plate ump whose strike zone (and I am not a strike zone complainer) has been wildly inconsistent. Ventura's had some help, too, but some called strikes on Royals' batsmen have been shockingly questionable. Someone with better internetting skills will surely highlight this tomorrow.</p>
https://www.royalsreview.com/2014/10/3/6906297/alds-game-2-overflow-2-kc-1-la-1-top-7Josh Duggan2014-10-03T22:45:49-04:002014-10-03T22:45:49-04:00Royals-Angels ALDS Game Two Overflow Thread #1
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<p>LOL, the Angels tried to run on Ventura. It did not go well.</p> <p>The Angels singled to start the bottom of the first, but after a Mike Trout force out, Trout did something silly and tried to steal off Yordano Ventura, the man who does not allow stolen bases. It did not end well.</p>
<p>An Alex Gordon RBI single scores Eric Hosmer, who had doubled.</p>
<p>Then Yordano Ventura hit 102, and coupled with the flux capassiter, traveled back in time.</p>
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<p>102!!! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a> <a href="http://t.co/9rTf6kxSpN">pic.twitter.com/9rTf6kxSpN</a></p>
— DRMiller (@DRscrilla8) <a href="https://twitter.com/DRscrilla8/status/518224008551354369">October 4, 2014</a>
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<p>Moustakas even bunted to beat the shift. It was glorious. Through three and a half innings, the Royals are up 1-0.</p>
https://www.royalsreview.com/2014/10/3/6906143/royals-angels-alds-game-two-overflow-thread-1Max Rieper