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04/18/2009 |
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| Suspended Kansas City Royals minor league catcher Joseph Billick and shortstop Juan Rivera 50 games after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. |
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| Greinke, Royals continue set with Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
04/18/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Zack Greinke hopes to continue his impressive start to the season this evening when the Kansas City Royals play the second test of their three-game series against the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Greinke, who had a breakout 2008 season with 13 wins, has been marvelous to start this year, as he has won both his starts and has yet to surrender a run in 11 innings, while striking out 16 batters. Dating back to last season, Greinke has gone 25 consecutive innings without allowin |
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| Royals' Gordon to miss 10-12 weeks |
MLB Baseball |
04/17/2009 |
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| Arlington, TX (MySportsbook) - Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon is expected to miss 10 to 12 weeks after having surgery Friday. The procedure, performed by Dr. Marc Philippon in Colorado, repaired a right hip labral cartilage tear. Gordon likely won't return until late June, at the earliest. Gordon, 25, was just 2-for-21 in seven games this season. In 292 career games over three seasons, all with the Royals, Gordon owns a .250 batting average with 32 home runs and 122 runs batted in. |
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| Royals head to Texas to take on heavy-hitting Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
04/17/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Gil Meche has the unenviable task of slowing down the Texas Rangers' offense tonight, when the Kansas City Royals play the first of three straight games at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. After losing the first two games of its set with Baltimore, Texas exploded in the finale on Wednesday, as Ian Kinsler tied a team record by going 6-for-6 and hit for the cycle to help the Rangers to a 19-6 thumping of the Orioles. Kinsler also scored a team record-tying five runs and drove in four, while Nelso |
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| Royals put Gordon on DL; recall Maier |
MLB Baseball |
04/16/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Kansas City Royals placed third baseman Alex Gordon on the 15-day disabled list with a right hip labral cartilage tear. The ailment will require arthroscopic surgery and no timetable is in place for his return until the procedure's completion. The Royals recalled outfielder Mitch Maier from Triple-A Omaha to replace Gordon. The 26-year-old Maier has been red-hot in the minors with a .370 average through six games prior to the call-up. |
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| Hafner, Laffey lead Indians past Royals |
MLB Baseball |
04/15/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Travis Hafner went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run driven in and a run scored, as the Cleveland Indians took a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium. Grady Sizemore, Mark DeRosa, Shin-Soo Choo and Ryan Garko each drove in a run for the Indians, who won for just the second time in nine games this season. Aaron Laffey, who was recalled from Triple-A Columbus prior to the game, made his first start of the season and gave up two runs o |
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| Is Eric Wedge in trouble? |
MLB Baseball |
04/15/2009 |
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| ending for the postseason last year, but it got off to a brutal start, never recovered, and became the most expensive last- place team in baseball history. Like I said, it's probably too early to panic, but after the Tribe closes its series with the Kansas City Royals, they head to the Bronx to face a New York Yankees team that will be opening a new stadium. Not to mention that they will be facing Sabathia in what should be a raucous opener on Thursday. It's not crazy to think that after this weekend they could h |
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| Kansas City tries to break out the brooms on struggling Indians |
MLB Baseball |
04/15/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Vagabond right-hander Sidney Ponson goes to the mound for the second time in 2009 today when his newest team, the Kansas City Royals, host the Cleveland Indians in the finale of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium. A 32-year-old product of Aruba, Ponson is wearing his seventh major-league uniform with the Royals, whom he joined on March 17 when he signed a one-year contract. The 6-foot-1, 250-pounder reached the big leagues with the Baltimore Orioles in 1998 and stayed through 2003 before a d |
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| Indians recall Laffey |
MLB Baseball |
04/15/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - The Cleveland Indians recalled pitcher Aaron Laffey from Triple-A Columbus and stated that he will start Wednesday's game against the Kansas City Royals. To make room on the roster, the team, after Tuesday's game, had optioned infielder Josh Barfield, who has made on appearance this season, to Columbus. It will be the first start of the season for Laffey, who went 5-7 with a 4.23 earned run average over 16 starts with the Tribe last season. Over two years in the majors, both wi |
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| White Sox hope to break out big bats again in Detroit |
MLB Baseball |
04/14/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - John Danks hopes for a little run support when the Chicago White Sox play the middle test of their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers this afternoon at Comerica Park. Danks was brilliant in his season debut against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, as he allowed three hits over six scoreless innings. However, he did not get a decision in his team's 2-1 loss that day. The left-hander, who will celebrate his 24th birthday on Wednesday, is 2-1 lifetime against the Tigers with a 4.00 earn |
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