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The Kansas City Royals take a 3-0 lead into Game 4 of the ALCS with a chance to sweep the Baltimore Orioles this afternoon in Kauffman Stadium.
Can the Royals earn a rest before they take on the NL Champs?
Can the Orioles stay alive in the postseason?
Miguel Gonzalez vs Jason Vargas?
The Royals and O's are back at it again this afternoon at 4:00 PM EDT in Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium.
Here are the lineups...
#Royals #ALCS warm-ups underway. #TakeTheCrown pic.twitter.com/R0C69QhKUL
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) October 15, 2014
• Vargas vs the Orioles:
Jason Vargas gets the nod as the #Royals look to sweep the O’s & advance to the #WorldSeries. http://t.co/0MUUi2RMkz pic.twitter.com/t9d8jeKXYf
— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) October 15, 2014
| Name | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP | missG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Cruz | 39 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | .333 | .462 | .800 | 1.262 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Adam Jones | 27 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .185 | .185 | .259 | .444 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Markakis | 27 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .200 | .259 | .360 | .619 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Delmon Young | 19 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .389 | .421 | .389 | .810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.J. Hardy | 17 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .294 | .313 | .607 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kelly Johnson | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Hundley | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Pearce | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Flaherty | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alejandro De Aza | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Paredes | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 162 | 146 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 27 | .253 | .321 | .397 | .718 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
• Gonzalez vs the Royals:
Best of luck to Miguel Gonzalez and the @Orioles in game 4 of today's ALCS! #WeWontStop pic.twitter.com/dMzhmGndnr
— Norfolk Tides (@NorfolkTides) October 15, 2014
| Name | PA | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SH | SF | IBB | HBP | GDP | missG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Gordon | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .200 | .375 | .575 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Billy Butler | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Hosmer | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Salvador Perez | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .444 | .444 | .778 | 1.222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alcides Escobar | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Moustakas | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jarrod Dyson | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .833 | .833 | .833 | 1.667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Omar Infante | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .143 | .333 | .476 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nori Aoki | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 63 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 10 | .238 | .275 | .349 | .625 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
• Game Time: 4:00 PM EDT.