The Red Sox (89-61) look to save face tonight against the Royals (63-88)and with a win after dropping the first 2 games of their 4-game series in Kansas City. Josh Beckett (15-6, 3.80 ERA), working with an extra day of rest, hopes to add to his stellar career stats against the Royals: In 42.2 innings, he is 4-0 with a 1.90 ERA, including a complete game shutout July 12 at Fenway. Speaking of complete game shutouts, the last start by Luke Hochevar (7-10, 5.79 ERA), tonight's starter for KC, was exactly that; a 3-hit gem against the White Sox last week. Hochevar (pronounced "Ho-Chay-Ver"), who pitched for the University of Tennessee, was the 2005 Roger Clemens Award winner as the NCAA Division 1 Pitcher of the Year. Let's go Red Sox!
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1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. Jason Bay, LF
6. David Ortiz, DH
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. J.D. Drew, RF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
-- Josh Beckett, RHP
Big game tonight...would be nice to get some momentum going headed into NY for the weekend.
The Royals starting pitching has some great young talent - Bannister, Hochever and of course Greinke. Their lineup, however, is atrocious. I am aware that Alex Gordon is hurt, and Billy Butler has had a solid year...but that is about it. I really want the Royals (and the Pirates) to be good again.
I was thinking about this last night and don't know if anyone has an answer, but is Kansas City referred to as the jewel of the mid-west or the land of kings or something?
I thought it interesting that their baseball team is the Royals and their one time basketball team was the Kings?
To balance that out the Football team is the Chiefs and their one time hockey team was the Scouts?
There wsa also the Kansas City Monarchs? Very curious. . .
Anyhow, the Sox have gone up 3-2 in the top of the fifth inning. I was starting to get worried that we forgot how to hit.
all I remember from my one trip to KC is that it is the sister city of Seville Spain and has a lot of fountains at roundabouts/rotaries because of it. It is humid beyond belief in the summer and has great BBQ. Don't remember much else.
KC tv announcers are solid. They totally called that Beckett would have a 1-2-3 before it happened and explained how great pitchers lock in when they are given leads. It was great analysis as it was happening.
announcers pointing out how sitting out years (JD Drew, Hochevar, etc) have never really established a great player. However, the do admit that it always does lead to making a lot of money. Pick your poison.
The Ortiz shift seems to work 80% of the time. Wait...he is hitting a little over .200....hmmmm
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