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| Royals to wrap up trek with matinee in Cleveland |
MLB Baseball |
04/23/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The first-place Kansas City Royals will close out a six- game road trip this afternoon with the finale of a three-game series against the last-place Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field. Kansas City is tied atop the American League Central with Chicago and Detroit, while the Indians sit last in the standings. The Royals have won six of their last nine games and improved to 3-2 on the trek thanks to starting pitcher Brian Bannister, who threw six scoreless innings to lead the team to a 2-0 triumph |
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| Bannister helps Royals shut out Indians |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Brian Bannister threw six strong innings to lead the Kansas City Royals in a 2-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians in the middle installment of a three-game set at Progressive Field. Bannister (1-0), making his first start of the season in lieu of Doug Waechter (strained elbow), gave up four hits with two walks and a strikeout to get the win. He is now 4-1 with a 1.62 ERA in six career starts against the Indians. Joakim Soria tossed a scoreless ninth to get his fifth save of the |
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| Lee, Indians go for second straight win over Royals |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Reigning American League Cy Young Award winner Cliff Lee seems to be back on track after back-to-back losses to start the season. He will try to prove it tonight against the Kansas City Royals at Jacobs Field. Lee, who went 22-3 with a 2.54 earned run average in 31 starts a year ago, opened the 2009 campaign with consecutive losses to Texas and Toronto before rebounding against the New York Yankees on Thursday. He only gave up one run at the new Yankee Stadium after allowing 11 over the previo |
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| Indians hold off Royals |
MLB Baseball |
04/22/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (MySportsbook) - Grady Sizemore hit a three-run home run to help the Cleveland Indians take an 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game set at Jacobs Field. Victor Martinez was 4-for-5 with a two-run home run while Mark DeRosa walked twice and scored three times for the Indians, who have won four of their last six games. Aaron Laffey (1-0) got the win as he gave up just one run on seven hits with three walks and three strikeouts over seven innings. "Laffey did a good job |
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| Royals place Waechter on DL; recall Bannister |
MLB Baseball |
04/21/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals have placed pitcher Doug Waechter on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained right elbow and have recalled pitcher Brian Bannister from Triple-A Omaha. Waechter has appeared in three games out of the bullpen this season and has no record with a 4.50 earned run average. He last pitched on April 17 against Texas, giving up two solo homers in an inning of work after tossing three scoreless frames in his first two outings. Bannister is expected to star |
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| Halladay goes for fourth win in as many starts in opener with Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
04/21/2009 |
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| in 2007, going 1-2 in three outings, while allowing 14 hits and eight runs in 15 innings. On Sunday in Arlington, Michael Young belted a solo homer to left- center field in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a three-game set. Ian Kinsler also had a solo homer for the Rangers, whilFrank Francisco (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth frame to collect the win. In Toronto, Lyle Overbay drove in the lone run of the game and Ricky Romero pitched s |
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| Royals hoping to continue roll in Cleveland |
MLB Baseball |
04/21/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals will resume a six-game road trip tonight with the opener of a three-game series against the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field. The Royals opened the trek by taking two of three games against the Texas Rangers, but failed in their chance for a sweep by suffering a 6-5 defeat Sunday in Arlington. Michael Young belted a solo homer in the bottom of the ninth inning off Royals reliever Kyle Farnsworth for the win. Mike Jacobs and David DeJesus each hit a home run for the Roya |
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| Greinke and Kinsler share AL weekly honor |
MLB Baseball |
04/20/2009 |
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| New York, NY (MySportsbook) - Pitcher Zack Greinke of the Kansas City Royals and second baseman Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers have been named the American League Players of the Week for the week ending April 19. Greinke went 2-0 for the first-place Kansas City Royals, recording a 0.00 ERA over 14 innings pitched in two starts last week. In his first outing, on April 13, he gave up six hits over five innings along with nine strikeouts to earn the win in a 4-2 victory over Cleveland. Five days later, the righ |
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| Young's blast in ninth helps Rangers avoid sweep |
MLB Baseball |
04/19/2009 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Michael Young belted a solo homer to left- center field in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the final game of a three-game set. Kyle Farnsworth (0-3) came in to pitch the home half of the ninth for the Royals with the tilt tied at five. Young, the first batter of the frame, drove a 1-0 fastball over the left-center field wall to end the game. Ian Kinsler also had a solo homer for the Rangers. Right-handed vet |
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| Royals hope to break out the brooms in Arlington |
MLB Baseball |
04/19/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Kyle Davies hopes to pitch the Kansas City Royals to their first three-game sweep in Arlington since 2003 this afternoon when they conclude their set with the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark. After Gil Meche tossed six scoreless innings in Friday's series-opening win, Zack Greinke did him one better on Saturday, tossing his first major league shutout in the Royals' 2-0 triumph. Greinke (3-0) scattered seven hits, struck out 10 without walking a batter and extended his scoreless-innings strea |
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