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| White Sox head to Kansas City for three-game set |
MLB Baseball |
09/19/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Chicago White Sox continue their push towards the postseason this evening when they open a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Chicago did not help its cause this past week in the Bronx, where it dropped three of four to the New York Yankees, including Thursday's 9-2 setback at Yankee Stadium. Javier Vazquez (12-14) was saddled with the loss after getting rocked for seven runs -- six earned -- on six hits with four walks and four strikeouts. The right-hander |
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| KC tries to stay on track in finale with Seattle |
MLB Baseball |
09/18/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals will attempt to extend an impressive streak, while the Seattle Mariners are hoping to end an unwanted one, when these teams conclude a four-game set this afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have won six consecutive games, including the first three tests of this series with the hapless Mariners, to match their best run of the season. Kansas City also posted six straight victories during the interleague portion of its schedule from June 21-27. Kansas City has not won |
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| Mariners' Suzuki reaches 200 hits for eighth straight year |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki led off the top of the eighth inning in the team's game with the Kansas City Royals with an infield single off Gil Meche. The hit was Suzuki's 200th of the season marking the eighth consecutive year he has reached the plateau, tying the major league record held by Willie Keeler (1894-01). Suzuki broke the AL record he shared with Wade Boggs (1983-89). |
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| Baseball releases schedule for 2009 |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| m on April 16 against the Cleveland Indians. The All-Star Game will take place on July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. October 4 will mark the end of the regular season and the final game at the Metrodome for the Minnesota Twins, who will host the Kansas City Royals that day. Target Field, a 40,000-seat open-air ballpark, is scheduled to open in 2010. With a late start to the season, the postseason will also probably run into November. The only time the World Series was previously played in November was in 2001 |
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| Streaking Royals continue set with Mariners |
MLB Baseball |
09/17/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals have a chance to match their longest winning streak of the season when the young club continues its four-game series with the struggling Seattle Mariners this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City recorded its fifth win in a row with Tuesday's 6-3 decision over the Mariners in the second test of this set. It's the Royals' best run since they reeled off six consecutive victories during an interleague stretch from June 21-27. John Buck, David DeJesus and Ryan Shealy all |
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| Buck, Royals take second straight from Mariners |
MLB Baseball |
09/16/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - John Buck drove in two runs on a pair of hits and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners by a 6-3 margin in the second contest of a four-game series from Kauffman Stadium. Buck, Ryan Shealy and David DeJesus each hit a home run for the Royals, who have won five straight and six of their last seven. Brandon Duckworth (3-1) held the Mariners to just two runs on five hits with a pair of walks and as many strikeouts through six frames to get the win. Jose Lopez was 3- |
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| Royals take on Mariners aiming for fifth straight win |
MLB Baseball |
09/16/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals try for a fifth consecutive victory and a second straight win over the Seattle Mariners when these two division cellar-dwellers resume a four-game set tonight at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals have been getting good pitching during their current win streak, the team's longest since a four-game run from July 27-30. That was the case as well during Monday's series opener, when Kyle Davies and Joakim Soria combined for a shutout in Kansas City's 3-0 decision over the Mariners |
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| KC begins homestand vs. Mariners |
MLB Baseball |
09/15/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals start a seven-game homestand this evening with the first of four games against the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals closed their seven-game road trip in winning fashion on Sunday, as Ryan Shealy homered twice and drove in five runs to lead Kansas City to a 13-3 thrashing of the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Mike Aviles went 3-for-5 and scored three times for the Royals, who took the final three games of their four-game affair with Cleveland and |
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| Twins open series at Cleveland |
MLB Baseball |
09/15/2008 |
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| was terrific in his debut on Wednesday against the Baltimore Orioles, scattering three hits over eight scoreless innings. He also struck out three without walking a batter. The Indians come into tonight's matchup having dropped three of four to the Kansas City Royals, including a 13-3 drubbing in Sunday's finale. Jeremy Sowers gave up three runs on five hits in three innings, and Edward Mujica (2-2) took the loss after giving up four runs on three hits on two- thirds of an inning. Grady Sizemore went 2-for-4 and |
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| Royals, Indians wrap up set in Cleveland |
MLB Baseball |
09/14/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Brian Bannister hopes to avoid his 16th loss of the season this afternoon when the Kansas City Royals try for their third straight win over the Cleveland Indians in the finale of a four-game series at Progressive Field. Bannister fell to 0-9 in his last 13 starts on Tuesday in Minnesota, as the Twins roughed him up for seven runs and 10 hits in just 3 2/3 innings, dropping him to 7-15 on the year to go along with a 5.81 earned run average. The 27-year-old righty is 2-1 in four starts versus th |
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