Tonight's lineup

The lineup cards were released a little bit ago for tonight's Angels-Royals game at Angel Stadium. The pitching matchup will see Kansas City's Gil Meche (2-2, 4.14 ERA) take on the Angels' Matt Palmer, who is 2-0 with a 3.65 ERA.

As has been the case for much of the past week, both Angel catchers are playing tonight, with Mike Napoli filling the role of designated hitter and Jeff Mathis playing behind the plate.

To the lineups:

Kansas City
1. Coco Crisp CF
2. David DeJesus LF
3. Mark Teahen 3B
4. Jose Guillen RF
5. Billy Butler 1B
6. Mike Jacobs DH
7. Alberto Callaspo 2B
8. John Buck C
9. Mike Aviles SS

Angels
1. Chone Figgins 3B
2. Maicer Izturis SS
3. Bobby Abreu RF
4. Torii Hunter CF
5. Kendry Morales 1B
6. Mike Napoli DH
7. Juan Rivera LF
8. Howie Kendrick 2B
9. Jeff Mathis C

- T.J. Berka