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| Royals' Gordon goes to DL |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (BettingExpress) - Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a torn muscle in his right leg. Gordon left Thursday's 10-3 loss against the Cleveland Indians with the injury, but was listed at the time as day-to-day. However, further examination revealed a torn muscle -- a deep hip flexor -- that Royals manager Trey Hillman said would probably take weeks to heal. Gordon is batting .254 with 14 home runs and 51 RBI in 122 games this season. Inf |
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| Wakefield to return from DL on Tuesday; Beckett bumped again |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| at Yankee Stadium, while Boston ace Josh Beckett will again have a start pushed back. Wakefield's start against the Yankees will be his first since August 6, when he gave up two runs -- one earned -- on four hits in six innings in a win against the Kansas City Royals. The 42-year-old knuckleballer, who is 7-8 with a 3.67 ERA this season, has been sidelined since with tightness in the back of his right shoulder. In his absence the Red Sox acquired veteran right-hander Paul Byrd from the Cleveland Indians. Wakefie |
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| Tigers try to pin unlucky seventh straight loss on Royals |
MLB Baseball |
08/23/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Detroit Tigers try to hang a seventh straight loss on the Kansas City Royals this evening, when the two AL Central rivals play the middle test of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Detroit added to Kansas City's misery on Friday, as Justin Verlander threw almost seven shutout innings and Miguel Cabrera belted a pair of home runs to help the Tigers to a 4-3 win. Placido Polanco ripped an RBI double while Matt Joyce finished 1-for-4 with a double and run batted in for Detroit, which ha |
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| Royals' Mahay lands on DL |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (BettingExpress) - The Kansas City Royals have placed left- handed pitcher Ron Mahay on the 15-day disabled list Friday with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Mahay is 5-0 with a 2.91 earned run average in 51 games for the Royals this season. In a corresponding move, the club recalled pitcher Kyle Davies from Triple-A Omaha. Davies is making his second stint with the parent club in 2008. The right-hander went 5-4 with a 4.71 ERA in 14 starts for the Royals after being recalled from Omaha on May |
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| Royals open series with visiting Tigers |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Kansas City Royals try to avoid their sixth straight loss this evening when they open a three-game set with the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City's latest loss came on Thursday to Cliff Lee and the Cleveland Indians, falling 10-3 in the finale at Progressive Field. Mark Teahen drove in a pair of runs for the Royals, who have dropped five straight and eight of nine. Zach Greinke (9-9) got the loss for giving up five runs -- one earned -- on six hits with a walk and four strike |
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| Carmona leads Tribe into Lone Star State |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| Braves in 2003, Harrison is 3-1 in five home starts and 5-1 in seven starts on grass. On Thursday in Cleveland, Grady Sizemore had a career-high seven runs batted in and Cliff Lee became the first 18-game winner in the AL as the Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals, 10-3, to complete a three-game sweep at Progressive Field. Lee (18-2) continued his march to a Cy Young award as he became the second 18-game winner in the majors this year, joining Arizona's Brandon Webb with a seven-inning performance as he gave |
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| Sizemore's big day gives Tribe sweep of Royals |
MLB Baseball |
08/22/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (BettingExpress) - Grady Sizemore had a career-high seven runs driven in and Cliff Lee became the first 18-game winner in the AL as the Cleveland Indians pounded the Kansas City Royals, 10-3, to complete a three- game sweep at Progressive Field. Lee (18-2) continued his march to a Cy Young trophy as he became the second 18-game winner in the majors this year -- Arizona's Brandon Webb won his 19th game Thursday night -- with a seven-inning performance as he gave up three runs -- two earned -- on six |
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| Royals' Gordon leaves game against Tribe |
MLB Baseball |
08/21/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (BettingExpress) - Kansas City Royals third baseman Alex Gordon left Thursday's 10-3 loss against the Cleveland Indians with tightness in his right quadriceps. Gordon, who has been hampered by a lingering lower back injury lately, was replaced by Jason Smith at third base after leaving the contest in the fifth inning. He is listed as day-to-day. The 24-year-old Gordon is batting .254 with 14 home runs and 51 RBI in 122 games this season. |
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| Lee leads Tribe in finale vs. Royals |
MLB Baseball |
08/21/2008 |
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| (BettingExpress) - MLB earned run average leader Cliff Lee will take the hill today, when the Cleveland Indians host the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a three-game series at Progressive Field. Lee, who has won his last six decisions to pull within one of his career best of 18, has posted a 2.43 ERA through 170 2/3 innings of work thus far in 2008, continuing a remarkable turnaround after a mediocre 5-8 mark in just 20 outings in 2007. The southpaw won 18 games in 2005 while posting a 3.79 ERA in 202 inning |
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| Gutierrez, Tribe rally to down Royals |
MLB Baseball |
08/20/2008 |
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| Cleveland, OH (BettingExpress) - Franklin Gutierrez's three-run home run sparked a five-run eighth and the Cleveland Indians battled back to top the Kansas City Royals, 8-5, in the second of three meetings between the clubs. Kelly Shoppach added a pair of solo home runs while Jhonny Peralta launched a two-run blast for the Indians, who have won four of their last five. Zach Jackson, in his second start with Cleveland since being traded from the Brewers in the CC Sabathia deal, served up five runs -- four earned |
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