There's a appropriate army actuality at Kauffman Stadium for a fan assemblage afore Tuesday's agrarian agenda games. The Royals are demography batting convenance as they adapt to host Oakland.
Here are some account and addendum from administrator Ned Yost's account conference:
1. Mike Moustakas will alpha at third abject adjoin Athletics southpaw Jon Lester. Moustakas has a .554 OPS adjoin lefties, but Yost will stick with him. Jayson Nix is hitless in eight at-bats as a Royal. Christian Colon looks like a bigger abhorrent option, but the aggregation still harbors affair about his burst appropriate average feel arrest his throwing.
"We're activity to stick with Moose," Yost said. "It's activity to be a low-scoring game. Moose has been accepted bigger adjoin awkward pitchers the aftermost two weeks. There's been a lot of altercation about it. But we're activity to stick with Moose."
2. Yost expects to backpack nine pitchers for Tuesday's game. He beneath to acknowledge his starting pitchers for the American League Division Series, if the Royals should advance. James Shields would be lined up to angle bold three on Sept. 5 at Kauffman Stadium. But the aboriginal two amateur in Anaheim are undecided.
Part of the ambiguity revolves about how Yost uses his agents on Tuesday. Besides Shields, the abode abstracts to accommodate Greg Holland, Wade Davis, Kelvin Herrera, Brandon Finnegan and Jason Frasor. The aftermost few spots are up in the air. If Yost seeks a lefty, would he choose, Francisley Bueno, Scott Downs or Danny Duffy? Would he adopt Aaron Crow or Yordano Ventura? Plus, Jason Vargas will acceptable be kept as a continued man.
"You've got to try to set yourself up for every scenario," Yost said. "If article happens to [Shields], if he takes a band drive off his shin or his elbow, you've got to accept breadth there."
3. Yost expects to accumulate Terrance Gore on the agenda as a pinch-running specialist. He additionally is accommodating to pinch-hit for Moustakas in a late-game bearings adjoin a lefty reliever, so Josh Willingham abstracts to get a spot. Nix and Colon should be on the roster. Lane Adams could be retained as an added compression runner.
Title : Mike Moustakas to alpha for Royals adjoin Oakland southpaw ace Jon Lester
Description : There's a appropriate army actuality at Kauffman Stadium for a fan assemblage afore Tuesday's agrarian agenda games. The Royals ar...