ALCS Game 1: Royals @ Orioles

[Seth Stohs]

Here are the lineups for Game 1:

 

Royals

Alcides Escobar SS

Nori Aoki RF

Lorenzo Cain CF

Eric Hosmer 1B

Billy Butler DH

Alex Gordon LF

Salvador Perez C

Omar Infante 2B

Mike Moustakus 3B

James Shields SP

 

Orioles

Nick Markakis RF

Alejandro De Aza LF

Adam Jones CF

Nelson Cruz DH

Steve Pearce 1B

JJ Hardy SS

John Flaherty 3B

Nick Hundley C

Jonathan Schoop 2B

 

Chris Tillman SP

[Willihammer]

No Hammer?

[Willihammer]

Well this is off to a blazing start...

[Seth Stohs]

Well, the Royals were ahead 5-1, but here we are in the 6th inning and the O's just tied it up on a 75 foot bloop between the pitcher and 2nd base. Finnegan walked the leadoff man, but then gave up two weak hits to tie the game.

 

5-5 heading to the 7th.

[Badsmerf]

This is a baseball game! Man, I miss watching good baseball.

[Badsmerf]

Wow, Royals got screwed on that deal. I'm already soooooo sick of these announcers. I can't stand them and the smugness. 

[Badsmerf]

Lonely in here.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Nah man.

 

Royals can not catch a break. The 75 foot base hit to tie the game. Then ump called Dyson out stealing -Dyson did not over slide, Schoop held his tag and pushed Dyson's leg off the base by literally an inch and he's called out.

 

End of 7 and tied so hope KC can just take a breath and finish the deal.

[Badsmerf]

The tempo of this game completely changed after that Dyson call. These relievers are just nasty, for both teams. They make the Twins bullpen look like a bunch of washed up retreads... wait a second....

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Yeah these bullpens are at another level. You hear Twins announcers always say "get to the other teams bullpen"... um, you sure about that?

[Badsmerf]

I've only watched some of this postseason, but these KC games are the best baseball I've watched in a long long time. I didn't think they were this good during the regular season.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Anybody watching this Top of the 9th? My god..

[Badsmerf]

That was a Twins top of the ninth lol. Bases loaded, no outs, no runs.... 

[Badsmerf]

The announcers are pulling so hard for the O's its making me sick. It's one thing when you are listening to a hometown broadcast, its another when its a national broadcast. I want DickBert.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Bases loaded, no one out, Hosmer grounds to first, and first baseman standing right on top of first base makes an outstanding heads up play to NOT touch first base and throw it home for force instead. Except the throw is ridiculously horrible but Hundley somehow shorthops it and keeps his foot on plate for force out.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Yeah the announcers seem despondent that Baltimore didn't score in ninth

[Seth Stohs]

Crazy ninth inning. Bonus Baseball in Game 1!

[Seth Stohs]

Awesome 10th inning!! Gordon with a solo homer, and Moustakus with a two-run homer!!

 

Gotta be Holland Time!

[Badsmerf]

The HR's just keep coming for KC. Pretty unbelievable considering how few they hit in the regular season. Plus, the wins in extras! 

[Badsmerf]

Wow. What a game. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Winnah! (h/t chief)

[biggentleben]

The Royals are the first team to ever make an LCS after having the least walks and least home runs in a league. Yet here they are.

 

As far as broadcasting, Rob Neyer and a cast of characters are offering a sabr-friendly broadcast of the NLCS as this article mentions.  Hopefully that starts to catch on...