Game 29 vs. Chicago

Photo from Thursday, but then we didn't win on Thursday

Back in our regular seats tonight, but this was far from a regular game.

Dewayne Wise led off the first with a single. Then he stole third. But just when it started to look like Bruce Chen had adopted the Luke Inning approach to pitching, he managed to squeak out of it

Then we went to work in the bottom half of the inning. Alcides Escobar scored on a double by Alex Gordon. Then White Sox starter Jake Peavy hit Billy Butler with a pitch. Though it wasn’t necessarily deliberate, I thought he got a little close to Brayan Pena after Eric Hosmer homered off him in the sixth.

But I’m getting ahead of myself. Early on the rain started to fall. It was a bit of an oddity, as the weather sites predicted only around a 30% chance. And of course we’d gotten almost no precipitation since June. Yet C.B. Bucknor must come from hearty stock. At no point did he ever seem vaguely inclined to stop the game, though for awhile it appeared to be coming down rather hard. But the grounds crew apparently felt the same. At no point did anyone unroll, unwrap or even go near the tarp.

The Sox went in order in the second, third and fourth. Chen stumbled a bit in the fifth but again got out of it.

For our part, the Royals took advantage of some bad Chicago fielding that may have had something to do with the damp conditions. Lorenzo Cain reached on an error by the catcher (though really Tyler Flowers missed catching the pop-up because Peavy appeared to have it in his sights but then fell on his butt). Sadly, he got picked off on a line drive. But then Gordon doubled again (beating the throw at second mostly because the fielder dropped the ball), coming around to score on a single by Butler. Mike Moustakas singled and moved to third on another error, this time in right field. And after the rain let up, Escobar scored on some station-to-station baseball in the fifth.

In the sixth Paul Konerko broke up Chen’s shut-out with a two-run homer. We answered with Hosmer’s solo shot after the stretch. Still, a three-run lead seemed like a good thing. A one-run lead less so. Adam Dunn hit a two-run blast in the eighth, so once again it was edge-of-our-seats time.

In the bottom of the inning the Sox brought in Brett Myers. Apparently it wasn’t the poor guy’s night. He got a struggling Johnny Giavotella (in for Chris Getz, who’s likely out for the season with a broken thumb). He got Cain. But then Escobar singled, as did Gordon and Butler. Moustakas garnered yet another Player of the Game nod by knocking one over the right field fence.

The extra runs turned out to be enough padding. Chicago went in order in the ninth, and we won yet another crazy game.

The box score

WHITE SOX (4) AT ROYALS (9)

WHITE SOX            AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Dewayne Wise          4  0  1  0  Lorenzo Cain          5  0  1  0  
Kevin Youkilis        4  1  1  0  Alcides Escobar       5  3  4  0  
Adam Dunn             3  2  2  2  Alex Gordon           5  2  3  1  
Paul Konerko          4  1  1  2  Billy Butler          4  2  3  3  
Alex Rios             4  0  0  0  Mike Moustakas        4  1  2  4  
Dayan Viciedo         4  0  1  0  Jeff Francoeur        5  0  0  0  
Alexei Ramirez        4  0  1  0  Eric Hosmer           4  1  1  1  
Tyler Flowers         4  0  1  0  Brayan Pena           4  0  1  0  
Gordon Beckham        3  0  0  0  Johnny Giavotella     4  0  0  0  
TOTALS               34  4  8  4  TOTALS               40  9 15  9

WHITE SOX                     000 002 020 -- 4  
ROYALS                        102 011 04x -- 9  

LOB--WHITE SOX 4, ROYALS 9. ERR--Alex Rios, Kevin Youkilis,
Tyler Flowers. 2B--Adam Dunn, Dewayne Wise, Alex Gordon (2).
HR--Adam Dunn, Paul Konerko, Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas.
HBP--Billy Butler. SB--Dewayne Wise, Alcides Escobar.

 WHITE SOX                       IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Jake Peavy                    5 1-3    9    5    3    1    6    1
Nate Jones                        0    2    0    0    0    0    0
Donnie Veal                   0 1-3    0    0    0    0    1    0
Philip Humber                 1 1-3    0    0    0    0    1    0
Brett Myers                       1    4    4    4    0    0    1
 ROYALS                     
Bruce Chen                        6    5    2    2    1    5    1
Kelvin Herrera                    1    1    0    0    0    0    0
Tim Collins                   0 1-3    2    2    2    0    1    1
Aaron Crow                    0 2-3    0    0    0    0    2    0
Louis Coleman                     1    0    0    0    0    1    0

SO--Alex Rios, Adam Dunn, Kevin Youkilis, Paul Konerko,
Alexei Ramirez, Dewayne Wise, Gordon Beckham, Tyler Flowers,
Dayan Viciedo, Jeff Francoeur, Brayan Pena, Alex Gordon (2),
Eric Hosmer (2), Johnny Giavotella (2). BB--Adam Dunn, Mike
Moustakas.

NOTES: Hosmer bobblehead

LOCATION: The K

CONDITION: Wet

WEATHER: Warm,  cloudy

Buck seat: W- (missionary work in Africa)
Guard: JROTC
Anthem: Trio

Umpires
H: Bucknor
1: Blaser
2: Miller
3: Iassogna

Time: 6:10
Temp: 81

Game 28 vs. Oakland

The highlight of the evening wasn’t on the field, but it was ever so close. We got the Dream Seats. It’s tremendous fun to be that near the game. On the other hand, it’s also somewhat disorienting. The angles are all wrong. Ball trajectories are particularly hard to judge, making outfield plays look weird and some foul balls downright scary.

In short, I love sitting there but wouldn’t want to be there every game.

Speaking of the game, it wasn’t exactly the best. What shut out ever is? On the other hand, we’ve suffered a lot more humiliating defeats than this one. We even managed to put some offense together in the second, loading the bases on a single and a couple of walks. We threatened again in the seventh, once again stranding three runners.

For their part, the A’s didn’t fare dramatically better. Luke Hochevar threw five innings of no-hit ball (or would have been if not for a bunt base hit in the fourth). Even when the runs started happening, it wasn’t The Luke Inning. Coco Crisp homered in the sixth, a hit that was initially called a double but then reversed on video replay. In the next inning Yoenis Cespedes hit a less ambiguous solo shot. And a lead-off walk in the eighth predictably cost us.

So it was a real hard luck loss for Hochevar. Aside from those two home run pitches, he threw a solid game. Even the bullpen did okay. In the ninth, Jeremy Jeffress walked the lead-off batter but then struck out the next three in a row. What a pain to lose yet another one that we should have won.

The box score

ATHLETICS (3) AT ROYALS (0)

ATHLETICS            AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Coco Crisp            4  1  1  1  Jarrod Dyson          4  0  0  0  
Jemile Weeks          3  0  1  1  Alcides Escobar       4  0  1  0  
Josh Reddick          4  0  1  0  Alex Gordon           4  0  0  0  
Yoenis Cespedes       3  1  1  1  Billy Butler          4  0  1  0  
Chris Carter          3  0  0  0  Salvador Perez        4  0  1  0  
Brandon Moss          4  0  1  0  Mike Moustakas        3  0  1  0  
Josh Donaldson        4  0  0  0  Jeff Francoeur        4  0  0  0  
Derek Norris          2  1  0  0  Eric Hosmer           2  0  2  0  
Cliff Pennington      3  0  0  0  Chris Getz            3  0  0  0  
TOTALS               30  3  5  3  TOTALS               32  0  6  0

ATHLETICS                     000 001 110 -- 3  
ROYALS                        000 000 000 -- 0  

LOB--ATHLETICS 4, ROYALS 7. 2B--Brandon Moss, Jemile Weeks.
HR--Coco Crisp, Yoenis Cespedes. SB--Derek Norris, Yoenis
Cespedes.

 ATHLETICS                       IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Dan Straily                   6 1-3    3    0    0    2    2    0
Sean Doolittle                0 1-3    2    0    0    0    1    0
Jerry Blevins                 0 2-3    0    0    0    0    1    0
Ryan Cook                     0 2-3    1    0    0    0    0    0
Grant Balfour                     1    0    0    0    0    0    0
 ROYALS                     
Luke Hochevar                     7    4    3    3    3    5    2
Tim Collins                       1    1    0    0    0    3    0
Jeremy Jeffress                   1    0    0    0    1    3    0

SO--Brandon Moss, Coco Crisp, Cliff Pennington, Josh Reddick
(2), Chris Carter (2), Josh Donaldson (2), Jemile Weeks (2),
Jeff Francoeur (2), Alex Gordon, Jarrod Dyson. BB--Chris
Carter, Jemile Weeks, Derek Norris, Yoenis Cespedes, Eric
Hosmer, Mike Moustakas.

NOTES: Dream Seats

LOCATION: The K

CONDITION: Dry

WEATHER: Cloudy, cool

Buck seat: W-, Washburn Law professor, wore an O’Neil shirt
Guard: McConnell AFB
Anthem: UMKC Law School “Brief Notes”

Umpires
H: Eddings
1: Burnett
2: Nauer
3: DiMuth

Time: 7:10
Temp: 73

Game 27 vs. Texas

In retroactive honor of Retro Night

Um, wow.

We got off to a heck of a start this afternoon. Luke Hochevar threw ten pitches for three straight outs, and we got to Derek Holland in the bottom of the inning with a double steal and a bases-clearing double.

Then the fourth turned out to be that most dreaded of Royals defensive events: The Luke Inning. A lead-off double. A single and an error by Billy Butler (who for some strange reason was playing first). A hit batter. And so on. The Rangers scored five before the pain finally stopped.

And the very next inning he went right back to work as if he hadn’t just given it up, getting the next six batters in a row.

For our part, usually when The Luke Inning puts us behind by a substantial margin, we just roll over and play dead for the rest of the game. Amazingly, this time we decided to fight. In the bottom of the fourth Jeff Francoeur smacked one over the wall, which caught us all completely by surprise because he’d been struggling at the plate and in the field lately. In the fifth Chris Getz led off with a double and later scored. Then in the sixth DH Brayan Pena (yeah, Ned Yost was feeling a little wacky with the line-up today) hit a two-run blast that put us back on top.

The Rangers scored again in the seventh, but that one was on the bullpen. They might have scored two, but Elvis Andrus tried to score from first on the same double that drove the run in, buying himself an 8-6-2 put-out that wasn’t even close.

Texas seriously threatened in the top of the ninth. Future crossword clue Mike Olt drew a lead-off walk, stole second and reached third on a bad throw by Salvador Perez. Then for some strange reason the call went out for the suicide squeeze. It’s consistent with the principle that you play for the lead on the road, not to mention the sort of thing that makes the manager look like a genius when it works. The down side is that it makes the manager look like an idiot when it doesn’t. And this time it didn’t.

We made it to scoring position but no farther in the bottom half, so off to extras we went. The Rangers loaded them up in the tenth but once again couldn’t cash in, thanks in no small part to an amazing line drive snag by Alcides Escobar.

Billy Butler walked to lead off the bottom half of the inning, and pinch runner Eric Hosmer practically made it to the bag before Butler did. Perez hit into what looked like a certain double play, but substitute shortstop Alberto Gonzalez bobbled the ball and both runners were safe. Up comes Francoeur, who similarly grounded into what would no doubt be an easy twin killing. But Olt flung the throw far wide of the bag at second, allowing Hosmer to score easily. The team and remaining fans went wild.

How many times have I used words such as “strange,” "wacky” and “bizarre” so far in this entry? As insane as the game was, it had nothing on Yost’s post-game press conference. Clearly in a high state of agitation, he announced that Yuniesky Betancourt had been complaining about not getting enough playing time, so the team had designated him for assignment. I don’t think I’ve ever heard a manager so candidly criticize a player, or in this case a former player. So at long last we’re rid of the guy, maybe this time for good.

Even Escobar’s post-game interview was charming.

The box score:

RANGERS (6) AT ROYALS (7)

RANGERS              AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Elvis Andrus          5  0  2  2  Jarrod Dyson          4  1  1  0  
 Alberto Gonzalez     0  0  0  0  Alcides Escobar       3  0  0  0  
Michael Young         5  0  2  1  Lorenzo Cain          3  1  1  0  
Josh Hamilton         5  1  1  0  Billy Butler          4  0  1  1  
Adrian Beltre         4  1  3  1  Salvador Perez        5  0  1  2  
Nelson Cruz           4  1  1  0  Jeff Francoeur        5  2  2  2  
David Murphy          5  1  0  0  Yuniesky Betancourt   4  0  0  0  
Mike Napoli           4  0  0  0  Brayan Pena           3  1  1  2  
Mitch Moreland        4  1  0  0  Chris Getz            4  1  1  0  
Mike Olt              2  1  0  1  *Eric Hosmer          0  1  0  0  
TOTALS               38  6  9  5  TOTALS               35  7  8  7

RANGERS                       000 500 100 0 -- 6  
ROYALS                        200 112 000 1 -- 7  

LOB--RANGERS 9, ROYALS 8. ERR--Alberto Gonzalez, Mike Olt,
Billy Butler, Alcides Escobar, Salvador Perez. 2B--Adrian
Beltre, Michael Young, Josh Hamilton, Chris Getz, Salvador
Perez. 3B--Elvis Andrus. HR--Jeff Francoeur, Brayan Pena.
HBP--Nelson Cruz. SACF--Mike Olt. SACB--Alcides Escobar,
Jarrod Dyson. SB--Mike Olt, Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson.

 RANGERS                         IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Derek Holland                     6    8    6    6    2    7    2
Roy Oswalt                        2    0    0    0    0    4    0
Robbie Ross                       1    0    0    0    2    1    0
Michael Kirkman                   0    0    1    1    1    0    0
 ROYALS                     
Luke Hochevar                     6    4    5    5    1    4    0
Aaron Crow                    0 1-3    2    1    1    1    0    0
Tim Collins                   1 2-3    0    0    0    1    1    0
Greg Holland                      2    3    0    0    2    2    0

WP--Luke Hochevar. SO--Mike Napoli (3), Michael Young, Josh
Hamilton (2), Mike Olt, Jeff Francoeur, Yuniesky Betancourt,
Billy Butler, Chris Getz (2), Brayan Pena, Alcides Escobar
(2), Jarrod Dyson (2), Salvador Perez (2). BB--Mike Napoli,
Adrian Beltre, Mitch Moreland, Mike Olt (2), Billy Butler,
Brayan Pena, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain (2).

LOCATION: The K

CONDITION: Dry

WEATHER: Warm, Clear

Buck Seat: W- (another volleyball coach)
Guard: USN
Anthem: Off key

Umpires:
H - Barrett, Ted
1 - Hudson
2 - Baker
3 - Mr. Pine Tar

Time: 1:10
Temp: Very nice, somewhere in the 80s

Game 26 vs. Texas

I think Mom hit it right on the head: the odd games are a lot more fun when we win them. That actually caught me by surprise, because I assumed after all these years of watching the Royals that I’d lost most of my concern for whether the team wins or loses. But no, she’s right. When both teams play badly – or at least strangely – it’s much better to come out on top.

Both starters seemed to be struggling throughout the game. Jeremy Guthrie threw a little better than he did in his first outing for us. He was responsible for only three of the Rangers’ five runs. He threw three shutout innings. But he’s still struggling a lot with control. He walked two in the first on the heels of a lead-off single, so we were lucky to limit the damage that inning to one run.

In the bottom of the second we managed to do something similar against Rangers starter Matt Harrison. He also seemed to be fighting his control, though all the pitchers may have been up against a tight strike zone from rookie umpire Jordan Baker. In all we saw 308 pitches, including eight walks and ten full counts.

Nor was the strike zone the end of it. In the bottom of the third, Alcides Escobar fouled a ball off his foot. But for some bizarre reason the ball was ruled in play, and he was thrown out while still standing in the batter’s box. Now, the simple physics of the ball’s trajectory strongly suggested that it had hit some part of the batter’s body in foul territory. But in Baker’s defense, the plate umpire isn’t in the best position to make a call like that. Either the first or third base umpire should have been on it.

In this particular case, that meant crew chief Tim “Grecian Formula” McClelland at first. But then why should he start watching ballgames now? Seriously, this guy could devote himself to becoming the best umpire in the history of the game, second in reputation for excellence only to the great Steve Palermo himself, and history will still remember him solely for making The Call in the Pine Tar Game.

Maybe he should consider retiring from umpiring and go in search of endorsement deals. I’ll bet Depends would be happy to have him. “When I saw George Brett come charging out of that dugout, I wished like hell I’d had Depends on. Depends, because you never know when you’ll need to go.”

On the other hand, a call in the sixth dropped more directly at Baker’s doorstep. Adrian Beltre swung away at what should have been strike three, but the umpire called it a foul. Bizarre.

On the plus side, we kept it close for most of the game. We were trailing by only one when Ned Yost went to the bullpen. In came Jose Mijares to get one out, walk a batter and then cough up a home run ball to Mitch Moreland.

That proved to be the real back-breaker. We got one run and stranded two runners in scoring position in both the seventh and the eighth inning. I promised Amy that I wouldn’t point out that it’s hard to strand nine runners in a game and still come out on top. So pretend you didn’t just read that.

Despite further wronging by the umpires, Escobar was the Player of the Game. He made a !-worthy play in the third, and in the seventh he stayed in the game despite injuring himself with a mis-planted foot that prevented him from making another outstanding throw to first.

Of course win or lose, it’s hard to beat Retro Night. The free lunch boxes were actually kinda cool. No cheerleaders. No exhortations to clap our hands. Minimal Sluggerrr. And best of all, no reminder about where Garth Brooks’s friends can be found.

The box score:
 

RANGERS (5) AT ROYALS (3)

RANGERS              AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Ian Kinsler           3  1  1  0  Alex Gordon           5  0  1  0  
Elvis Andrus          3  0  1  0  Alcides Escobar       5  0  1  1  
Josh Hamilton         4  0  1  0  Lorenzo Cain          4  0  1  0  
Adrian Beltre         3  1  1  0  Billy Butler          3  0  1  0  
Nelson Cruz           3  0  0  1  Salvador Perez        4  1  3  0  
Michael Young         4  1  1  0  Jeff Francoeur        3  1  0  0  
David Murphy          4  0  1  1  Eric Hosmer           3  0  1  0  
Geovany Soto          3  1  0  0  Yuniesky Betancourt   4  0  1  1  
Mitch Moreland        3  1  1  3  Chris Getz            4  1  1  0  
TOTALS               30  5  7  5  TOTALS               35  3 10  2

RANGERS                       100 100 300 -- 5  
ROYALS                        010 000 110 -- 3  

LOB--RANGERS 3, ROYALS 9. 2B--Yuniesky Betancourt. HR--Mitch
Moreland. SACF--Nelson Cruz. SB--Jeff Francoeur.

 RANGERS                         IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Matt Harrison                 6 2-3    8    2    2    3    3    0
Tanner Scheppers              0 1-3    0    0    0    0    0    0
Mike Adams                        1    2    1    1    1    0    0
Alexi Ogando                      1    0    0    0    0    2    0
 ROYALS                     
Jeremy Guthrie                    6    6    3    3    2    4    0
Jose Mijares                  0 1-3    1    2    2    1    0    1
Louis Coleman                 1 2-3    0    0    0    1    1    0
Jeremy Jeffress                   1    0    0    0    0    0    0

WP--Tanner Scheppers, Jeremy Guthrie. SO--Geovany Soto,
Michael Young, Josh Hamilton (2), Mitch Moreland, Alex
Gordon, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer (2).
BB--Geovany Soto, Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Ian Kinsler,
Jeff Francoeur, Billy Butler, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer.

NOTES: Retro Night

LOCATION: The K

CONDITION: Dry

WEATHER: Hot, Clear

Buck seat: W-
Guard: KUAFROTC
Anthem: Actually not too bad

Umpires:
H - Baker
1 - Mr. Pine Tar
2 - Barrett
3 - Hudson

Time: 7:10
Temp: 93

Game 25 vs. Cleveland

It’s been a whole half a month since Amy made it to a game. If this one is any indication, we shouldn’t even go to the K unless she’s with us. Aside from some stinkiness in the stands, this was an excellent outing. Our big key to success this year appears to be getting off to a strong lead early in the game. Even a good team has trouble coming from behind, and this isn’t a good team.

Thus it came as no small relief when we struck early. In the top of the first Luis Mendoza gave up a lead-off single but then got the next three batters in a row. In the bottom half, Indians pitcher Zach McAllister walked Alcides Escobar. Lorenzo Cain singled. Then on the first pitch to Billy Butler, Escobar and Cain pulled a double steal. Carlos Santana fired the ball into left, allowing Escobar to score and putting Cain on third (where he scored on a ground-out by Butler).

In the second we increased our lead. Chris Getz drew a two-out walk and stole second. That allowed him to score on a single by Jarrod Dyson, who in turn stole second and scored on a double by Alex Gordon. What a relief it was to see our team finally playing some solid baseball.

The trend extended to the field as well. In the second Mike Moustakas made a rare error on a sharp grounder from Jose Lopez; the sparse crowd wasn’t belting out “Moooooose!” at every ball hit to third, so perhaps the absence made him lose concentration.

However, he more than made up for it in the seventh. Mendoza seemed to be tiring a bit, and he gave up a lead-off walk to Santana. Though we still had a reasonably solid lead, a lead-off runner is never a good thing. Then Lopez hit a tough grounder to third. Moustakas fielded it from his knees and fired to second. Getz not only hauled in the awkward throw but also managed to fire to first in time to complete the double play. Rare indeed is the occasion in which one play draws two “!” for two different players.

So that was the play of the game, with a jumping snag by Escobar in sixth running it a close second. Cain and Escobar combined for a play on Jack Hannahan that nearly turned a double into an out, which was also noteworthy.

The game didn’t really have a goat, though Shin-Soo Choo’s dive in the top of the eighth came close. The pitch obviously didn’t hit him, but arguments from Ned Yost, Jose Mijares and Salvador Perez failed to convince plate ump Mike Everitt.

Mendoza was the player of the game. Though he’s nobody’s Cy Young candidate, apparently he’s capable of pitching a decent game if he gets a little run support.

The box score:

INDIANS (2) AT ROYALS (5)

INDIANS              AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Shin-Soo Choo         3  0  1  0  Alex Gordon           4  0  1  1  
Asdrubal Cabrera      4  0  1  1  Alcides Escobar       3  2  1  0  
Jason Kipnis          4  0  0  0  Lorenzo Cain          4  1  2  1  
Michael Brantley      4  0  0  0  Billy Butler          4  0  0  1  
Carlos Santana        3  1  1  1  Mike Moustakas        4  0  0  0  
Jose Lopez            4  0  0  0  Salvador Perez        3  0  0  0  
Johnny Damon          4  0  0  0  Eric Hosmer           3  0  0  0  
Casey Kotchman        3  0  0  0  Chris Getz            2  1  0  0  
Jack Hannahan         3  1  2  0  Jarrod Dyson          3  1  2  1  
TOTALS               32  2  5  2  TOTALS               30  5  6  4

INDIANS                       000 100 010 -- 2  
ROYALS                        220 010 00x -- 5  

LOB--INDIANS 5, ROYALS 3. ERR--Carlos Santana, Mike
Moustakas. 2B--Jack Hannahan (2), Alex Gordon, Lorenzo Cain,
Jarrod Dyson. HR--Carlos Santana. HBP--Shin-Soo Choo.
SB--Chris Getz, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain, Jarrod Dyson.

 INDIANS                         IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Zach McAllister                   6    5    5    4    2    3    0
Vinnie Pestano                    1    1    0    0    0    1    0
Chris Perez                       1    0    0    0    0    1    0
 ROYALS                     
Luis Mendoza                  7 1-3    4    2    2    1    3    1
Jose Mijares                  0 2-3    1    0    0    0    0    0
Greg Holland                      1    0    0    0    0    0    0

SO--Jack Hannahan, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jason Kipnis, Alex
Gordon, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer (2), Salvador Perez.
BB--Carlos Santana, Chris Getz, Alcides Escobar.

LOCATION: The K

CONDITION: Dry

WEATHER: Hot, clear

Buck seat: W-
Guard: McConnell AFB
Anthem: Minister in full voice

Umpires:
H - Everitt
1 - Diaz (I believe)
2 - Esterbrook
3 - Welke

Time: 7:10
Temp: 99