[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 8:10 pm EDT (7:10 pm CDT)

Scheduled starters: Daniel Bard (2-3, 4.38) v. Danny Duffy (2-2, 3.57)

The game will be on NESN and WRKO

Kansas City weather: 4 pm CDT (5 pm EDT) observation at KMCI: wind out of the northwest at 8 mph, visibility 10 miles, broken layer at 9,000 feet, temperature 72F, DP 38F

Forecast: It will be in the upper 60s at game time with the wind blowing from left to right. The clouds will disappear after sunset.

[RedSoxAnni]

Boston                                  Kansas City                           
 ------                                  -----------                           
 
 Pos  Player               HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player              HR  RBI  AVG.
 ---  ------               --  ---  ---- ---  ------              --  ---  ----
  SS  Aviles, Mike          5   19  .261  CF  Dyson, Jarrod        0    3  .326 
  2B  Pedroia, Dustin       4   11  .311  LF  Gordon, Alex         4   16  .273 
  DH  Ortiz, David          7   23  .380  DH  Butler, Billy        5   20  .288 
  RF  Ross, Cody            5   21  .257  1B  Hosmer, Eric         5   16  .179 
  1B  Gonzalez, Adrian      2   16  .270  RF  Francoeur, Jeff      0    5  .250 
  3B  Middlebrooks, Will    3    9  .381  3B  Moustakas, Mike      4   15  .313 
  LF  McDonald, Darnell     2    8  .189  2B  Getz, Chris          0    5  .276 
  CF  Byrd, Marlon          0    4  .255  SS  Escobar, Alcides     1    7  .273 
   C  Shoppach, Kelly       0    4  .237   C  Quintero, Humberto   1    5  .224 
   P  Bard, Daniel (2-3, 4.38)             P  Duffy, Danny (2-2, 3.57)

[rominer]

So, despite all the great barbecue in the area, Kansas City fans appear to be substantially more physically fit than fans in the upper midwest / rust belt.

But holy shit do the women overdo the multiple caked on layers of clown makeup.

[SoxAroundTheWorld]

Anyone watching care to tell me why Middlebrooks is out of the game?

[RedSoxAnni]

SoxAroundTheWorld, on 08 May 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:

Anyone watching care to tell me why Middlebrooks is out of the game?

He appeared to have tweaked something on his left leg going to second and he really slowed up when he went to third. There's been no announcement yet. He did have a tight hamstring last week, so that could be the problem.

[SoxAroundTheWorld]

Thanks, Anni. Just what they need - an injury to their one productive player. Yeesh.

[FishCake]

Thanks Punto.

[rominer]

The announcement just came. Left hamstring tightness.

Meanwhile...Darnell McDonald really has not been good so far. About the only thing he has going for him right now is that his ERA is only half of Mark Melancon's ERA.

[RedSoxAnni]

SoxAroundTheWorld, on 08 May 2012 - 08:14 PM, said:

Thanks, Anni. Just what they need - an injury to their one productive player. Yeesh.

They just announced "tightness in left hamstring". Probably more of a precaution right now.

I hope...

[rominer]

RedSoxAnni, on 08 May 2012 - 08:20 PM, said:

They just announced "tightness in left hamstring". Probably more of a precaution right now.

I hope...

I wouldn't worry too much. The right hamstring is the important one.

Given that this kid isn't going to get deep into the game for KC, I would rather have seen Sweeney come in for Middlebrooks' lineup spot and then put Punto in for Byrd or McDonald.

But oh well. That would use up the entire bench, so I guess it's too risky.

[rominer]

And then they go to Sweeney anyway the first time there's a righty into the game.

Really should have put him into that #6 spot, with Punto at #7.

Oh well. At least they took the lead.

[The Ghost of Ned Martin]

RedSoxAnni, on 08 May 2012 - 08:10 PM, said:

He appeared to have tweaked something on his left leg going to second and he really slowed up when he went to third. There's been no announcement yet. He did have a tight hamstring last week, so that could be the problem.

Honest to God, can baseball players be in at least fairly good shape? It is embarrassing how many hamstring and muscle tweaks/pulls these guys get...

[rominer]

The Ghost of Ned Martin, on 08 May 2012 - 09:00 PM, said:

Honest to God, can baseball players be in at least fairly good shape? It is embarrassing how many hamstring and muscle tweaks/pulls these guys get...

Not to say that baseball players shouldn't be in better shape in a lot of cases...

But in what other sport are you spending so much time going from dead stop to all out sprint to just standing there or sitting on a bench for minutes at a time doing literally nothing?

I don't ever remember pulling a quad or a hamstring playing basketball, but I've done it more than once playing softball, which isn't even a real sport.

[rominer]

What a huge inning for Bard.

Really, a huge game. The wheels completely came off the bus in the 2nd inning. To bounce back the way he did...it's the Royals, of course. But still a big step in his progress as a starting pitcher. Then to work out of that jam...good stuff. He's at 86 pitches now through 7. I'd love to see him finish this one.

[rominer]

BigSlick, on 08 May 2012 - 09:34 PM, said:

I'd love to see him finish this one.

Idiot.

[The Ghost of Ned Martin]

Waive that fat **** tonight.

John Henry sucks.

[rominer]

And in other news, CNN is projecting that North Carolina will be passing the constitutional amendment banning baseball from getting married.

[RedSoxAnni]

Kansas City 6, Boston 4
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Jeff Nelson, 2B - Bill Welke, 3B - Tim Tschida
Attendance: 20524
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final	        1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston 	        0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	9	0
Kansas City 	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	-	6	7	1
Boston
Hitters 	        Pos 	AB 	R 	H 	RBI 	BB 	K 	LOB 	Avg
Mike Aviles 	        SS 	4 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	.260
Dustin Pedroia 	        2B 	4 	0 	1 	2 	1 	0 	0 	.309
David Ortiz 	        DH 	5 	0 	1 	0 	0 	0 	4 	.372
Cody Ross 	       RF-LF 	3 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2 	1 	.250
Adrian Gonzalez 	1B 	3 	1 	2 	0 	1 	0 	0 	.280
Will Middlebrooks 	3B 	1 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	.409
     Nick Punto 	3B 	2 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	3 	.138
Darnell McDonald 	LF 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	.182
     Ryan Sweeney 	PH-RF 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	1 	.360
Marlon Byrd 	        CF 	4 	1 	2 	0 	0 	1 	1 	.271
Kelly Shoppach 	        C 	4 	0 	1 	1 	0 	2 	0 	.238
Totals 	                       34 	4 	9 	3 	5 	6 	12 
	 
Batting
2B - Mike Aviles (9), David Ortiz (13), Adrian Gonzalez (7), Will Middlebrooks (4)
TB - Mike Aviles 2, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz 2, Adrian Gonzalez 3, Will Middlebrooks 2, Marlon Byrd 2, Kelly Shoppach
RBI - Dustin Pedroia 2 (13), Kelly Shoppach (5)
2-Out RBI - Dustin Pedroia 2 (6), Kelly Shoppach (3)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - David Ortiz 2 (12), Cody Ross (14), Darnell McDonald (2)
GIDP - Nick Punto (1)
Team LOB - 8

Baserunning
CS - Marlon Byrd (1, 2nd by Mijares/Pena)
PO - Marlon Byrd (1st by Mijares)

Pitchers 	        IP 	H 	R 	ER 	BB 	K 	HR 	ERA
Daniel Bard (L 2-4) 	7.0 	6 	5 	5 	4 	1 	0 	4.83
Matt Albers (BS 1) 	0.2 	1 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1.84
Andrew Miller 	        0.1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0.00

WP - Daniel Bard
Pitches-Strikes - Daniel Bard 96-60, Matt Albers 13-8, Andrew Miller 5-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Daniel Bard 15-1, Matt Albers 0-2, Andrew Miller 0-0
Batters Faced - Daniel Bard 29, Matt Albers 3, Andrew Miller 1
Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Albers 2-2


Kansas City
Hitters 	       Pos 	AB 	R 	H 	RBI 	BB 	K 	LOB 	Avg
Jarrod Dyson 	        CF 	3 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	1 	.306
Alex Gordon 	        LF 	3 	1 	0 	0 	1 	0 	0 	.265
Billy Butler 	        DH 	4 	1 	2 	3 	0 	0 	0 	.296
Eric Hosmer 	        1B 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0 	0 	1 	.181
Jeff Francoeur 	        RF 	3 	0 	1 	0 	1 	0 	0 	.252
Mike Moustakas 	        3B 	4 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	2 	.311
Chris Getz 	        2B 	1 	1 	1 	1 	1 	0 	0 	.288
Alcides Escobar 	SS 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4 	.265
Humberto Quintero 	C 	2 	0 	1 	1 	0 	0 	1 	.235
     Brayan Pena 	PH-C 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1 	2 	.250
Totals 	                       28 	6 	7 	5 	4 	2 	11 
	 
Batting
HR - Billy Butler (6)
TB - Billy Butler 5, Eric Hosmer, Jeff Francoeur, Mike Moustakas, Chris Getz, Humberto Quintero
RBI - Billy Butler 3 (23), Chris Getz (6), Humberto Quintero (6)
2-Out RBI - Humberto Quintero (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jarrod Dyson (2), Brayan Pena (2)
S - Chris Getz (3)
GIDP - Eric Hosmer (3)
Team LOB - 3

Baserunning
CS - Humberto Quintero (1, 2nd by Bard/Shoppach)

Fielding
E - Chris Getz (1)

Pitchers 	        IP 	H 	R 	ER 	BB 	K 	HR 	ERA
Danny Duffy 	        4.1 	7 	4 	3 	5 	1 	0 	4.00
Kelvin Herrera 	        1.2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	2 	0 	3.31
Jose Mijares (W 2-1) 	2.0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	3 	0 	2.51
Jonathan Broxton (SV 6)	1.0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0 	1.69

Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 102-56, Kelvin Herrera 26-15, Jose Mijares 30-21, Jonathan Broxton 8-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 3-5, Kelvin Herrera 2-0, Jose Mijares 1-1, Jonathan Broxton 1-2
Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 24, Kelvin Herrera 5, Jose Mijares 7, Jonathan Broxton 3
Inherited Runners-Scored - Kelvin Herrera 2-1

[MrNewEngland]

Wow, with the one AB last night WMB got a double. Doesn't that break some kind of record for conscutive games with an XBH for a rookie upon initial callup?

Am I dreaming?

[BigSlick]

MrNewEngland, on 09 May 2012 - 01:04 PM, said:

Wow, with the one AB last night WMB got a double. Doesn't that break some kind of record for conscutive games with an XBH for a rookie upon initial callup?

Am I dreaming?

I think I read that he tied Enos Slaughter for the record and needs one more in his next game to break it.