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| Royals resume series with lowly Mariners |
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07/12/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Continuing to sport the worst record in the American League, the disappointing Seattle Mariners will try their best to find some semblance of an offense tonight, when they play the second of a three-game set against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Seattle, an astounding 19 games out of first place in the AL West and already 21 games under .500, has not only lost two straight games, but five of its last six and is just 17-30 on the road in 2008. On Friday night it was more of the sa |
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| Hochevar, Royals edge M's |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Luke Hochevar was effective on the mound and David DeJesus drove in two runs, as the Kansas City Royals edged the Seattle Mariners, 3-1, in the opener of a three-game set. Hochevar (6-7) lasted seven innings and yielded just one run on five hits while fanning four batters. Joakim Soria earned his 25th save of the year with a perfect ninth. Joey Gathright knocked in the other run for Kansas City, which has won two in a row. Felix Hernandez (6-6) took the loss as he lasted five i |
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| Rockies send down Bowers; recall Speier |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| rning a decision. Speier has appeared in 25 games with Colorado this season, recording a 1-1 record with a 4.13 ERA in 28 1/3 innings. In 2007, the right-hander made 20 appearances, going 3-1 with a 4.00 ERA. All three of Speier's wins came during the Rockies' streak of 14 wins in 15 games to close out the regular season. The Rockies also announced on Friday that pitcher Josh Newman was claimed off outright waivers by the Kansas City Royals. Newman allowed nine runs in 8 2/3 innings with the Rockies this season. |
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| Return of the king: Felix, M's set to battle Royals |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| n retooling their roster and shelving injured players, they expect to get a big boost tonight from starting pitcher Felix Hernandez. Hernandez will be activated from the disabled list on Friday, when the Mariners open a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. The young right-hander hasn't toed the rubber since spraining his left ankle against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium on June 23. The 22-year-old Hernandez had won four straight starts before going down with a no-decision in a |
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| Chicago All-Star snub Floyd toes rubber against Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| the outcome of a 4-3 loss at the Rangers after yielding three runs in six frames. Chicago leads the AL Central by 2 1/2 games over the Minnesota Twins, but had a four-game winning streak halted in Thursday's finale of a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals. In the 4-1 loss at Kauffman Stadium, Jermaine Dye homered in the fourth inning before the Royals posted four runs during the eighth to steal a victory. Starter Mark Buehrle was charged with the loss after he surrendered two unearned runs on six hit |
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| Shields up! Rays hope to halt skid in test with Indians |
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07/11/2008 |
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| s will try to pitch Tampa back in the win column Friday, when he puts his unbeaten streak on the line. Shields has won three straight starts and hasn't received a loss over the past four trips to the rubber, including a July 6 performance versus the Kansas City Royals. Shields held the Royals to a pair of runs and four hits in seven innings of a 9-2 victory. Shields, who is 2-4 in eight road starts this season, has pitched no less than 6 1/3 innings over his past five starts. The right-hander is 0-1 with a 2.66 E |
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| Royals wake up late to upend ChiSox |
MLB Baseball |
07/11/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Mark Teahen highlighted a four-run eighth inning with an inside-the-park home run, as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4-1, at Kauffman Stadium. Mike Aviles posted an RBI and a run scored for Kansas City, which avoided a sweep in the finale of this three-game series and in the process put a stop to Chicago's four-game win streak. Jose Guillen also drove in a run in the victory. Amazingly, this was Teahen's second inside-the-park homer of the 2008 season. K |
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| Indians explode for 13 runs in win over Rays |
MLB Baseball |
07/10/2008 |
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| entral champion Indians, but was not reliable this season. In 18 games he posted a 7.56 earned run average, with only six saves in 10 opportunities...Thursday, Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria was chosen, by fan vote, to take the American League's final All-Star Game roster spot. He received a record nine million of the 47.8 million votes to beat out Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox, Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees, Brian Roberts of the Baltimore Orioles and Jose Guillen of the Kansas City Royals. |
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| Longoria and Hart voted as final All-Stars; Holliday to start for NL |
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07/10/2008 |
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| gue to win the balloting, with Boston reliever Hideki Okajima owning the honor a year ago. Longoria outlasted Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White Sox, Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees, Brian Roberts of the Baltimore Orioles and Jose Guillen of the Kansas City Royals. The 22-year-old Longoria has helped the surprising AL East-leading Rays with a .281 batting average, 16 home runs and 22 doubles in 80 games so far this season. On the National League ballot, Hart received eight million votes to get the nod. He was |
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| Quentin powers White Sox in comeback win over Royals |
MLB Baseball |
07/10/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Carlos Quentin hit a pair of two-run homers and scored the winning run in the eighth, as the Chicago White Sox edged the Kansas City Royals, 7-6, in the middle contest of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium. Jim Thome and Alexei Ramirez had the other RBI for Chicago, which has won four straight. Adam Russell (3-0) got the win by recording the final out in the seventh. Ross Gload had three RBI and three hits while John Buck was 2-for-3 with two RBI and a solo homer for Kansas C |
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