Series Thread- Seattle Mariners @ KC Royals

[Porter]

Mariners 8, Royals 2

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=250411107

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The Kansas City Royals disappointed a lot of people.

The crowd of 41,788 was the largest ever to see a Royals' home opener, and the third-biggest regular-season gathering in Kauffman Stadium history.

So what reward did fans reap for this rousing show of support on the heels of a 104-loss season?

The Royals' most lopsided loss in any home opener.

Emergency starter Ryan Franklin took a three-hit shutout into the ninth inning, then the Seattle Mariners finally settled for a dominating 8-2 victory on Monday.

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]the third-biggest regular-season gathering in Kauffman Stadium history.

They ever play a playoff game there before :p

[MarinersFan87]

I hate these off days in the middle of a series.

[Porter]

I hate them too. Its pointless at times.

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Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals
Date: April 13th 2005
First Pitch: 11:10 AM PST, Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
TV: No TV
Season Series: SEA leads, 1-0

>>> (3-4) >>> Sele 0-0, 6.35 ERA
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>>> (3-4) >>> Greinke 0-0, 0.00 ERA

[MarinersFan87]

Weird, early start time, but I like it. Lets see how Sele can pitch against a team other than the Rangers, and hopefully the middle of the lineup can carry us to another win. This win the first, drop the next two trend stops today hopefully.

[MarinersFan87]

Most. Boring. Game. Ever.

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Halfway through the game and only 6 singles. That is the definition of boring.

[MarinersFan87]

Aaron Sele nor Zack Greinke are this good. They are both cruising through the other teams lineup. We've been able to get nothing going after Randy Winn doubled, but displayed some pathetic baserunning on a bad bunt by Miguel Olivo. Thank god that Sele has been damn near unhittable today.

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Boone scores on WP, Ibanez scores on Olivo single. 2-0 M's in the 7th.

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Sac fly for KC. 2-1 in the 8th.

[Witlon]

Angel Berroa strikes out after starting 3-0, and the Mariners win it. Guardado looked shaky, but got the job done in the nineth.

[Porter]

great 2 wins in a row vs the Royals.

[Element]

Wow. I thought we were going to lose it the way Eddie looked there.

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Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals
Date: April 14th 2005
First Pitch: 11:10 AM PST, Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City
TV: No TV
Season Series: SEA leads, 2-0

>>> (4-4) >>> Moyer 1-0, 2.45 ERA
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>>> (3-5) >>> Bautista 1-0, 1.13 ERA

Going for the first sweep of the season! (When was the last time you heard that when referring to the Mariners!)