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| Blue Jays crush Royals |
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04/29/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (BettingExpress) - Scott Richmond pitched seven strong innings while Vernon Wells drove in three runs, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8-1, in the continuation of a four-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Richmond (3-0) allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts for the Blue Jays, who evened the series after dropping Monday's opener and have won four of their last six games overall. Aaron Hill finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and Marco Scutaro scored twice in the win. |
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| Jays, Royals resume set in KC |
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04/28/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Toronto Blue Jays try to avoid their first losing streak of the season this evening when they play the second test of their four-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. In the opener of this set on Monday, Brian Bannister threw seven innings of one-run, one-hit ball, and Jose Guillen hit a pair of home runs to lead Kansas City to a 7-1 victory. Guillen finished 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Miguel Olivo chipped in a three-run homer for the Royals, who had lost three of |
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| Yankees send Sabathia to mound in Detroit |
MLB Baseball |
04/27/2009 |
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| has hit safely in his last 13 games. Andy Pettitte (2-1) got the loss as he gave up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits with four walks and six strikeouts in six innings of work. The Tigers won the final two games of their weekend set with the Kansas City Royals, as they picked up a 3-2 decision in Sunday's rubber match at Kauffman Stadium. Brandon Inge homered and Josh Anderson went 3-for-3 and scored once, while Dane Sardinha knocked in the other run for Detroit, which has won five of its last eight games |
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| Jays, Royals open set in KC |
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04/27/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Toronto Blue Jays try to beat the Kansas City Royals for the sixth straight time this evening when the two clubs begin a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City beat the Blue Jays the first two times the teams met last season, but Toronto won the final five meetings. The Blue Jays enter tonight's contest with the best record in baseball at 14-6. They improved upon that mark this weekend by taking two of three from the Chicago White Sox. In Sunday's rubber match at U.S. Cellular |
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| Tigers, Royals conclude set at Kauffman Stadium |
MLB Baseball |
04/26/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - The Detroit Tigers try to secure a winning road trip this afternoon when they close their nine-game trek with the rubber match of their three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. After getting baffled by Zack Greinke in the opener of this set on Friday, Detroit's bats came alive on Saturday, as Gerald Laird and Curtis Granderson each belted two-run homers in the Tigers' 9-1 win. Laird had three hits, and Magglio Ordonez recorded his first extra base hit, a mammoth solo |
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| Perkins tries to continue terrific start in Cleveland |
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04/26/2009 |
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| s in 24 innings this season. Perkins is 1-0 in three games (one start) against the Indians with a 4.76 ERA. Cleveland, meanwhile, will counter with 24-year-old lefty Aaron Laffey, who is also coming off his first win of the year. Laffey defeated the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday, surrendering a run and seven hits in seven innings. He had earned a no-decision in his first start of the year against the Royals. Laffey has faced the Twins four times and is 1-1 with a 5.75 ERA. On Saturday, Kevin Slowey allowed only o |
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| Royals, Tigers meet again at Kauffman Stadium |
MLB Baseball |
04/25/2009 |
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| (BettingExpress) - Kyle Davies hopes to continue his solid start to the season this evening when the Kansas City Royals resume their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium. Davies has allowed just six runs in 18 2/3 innings this season, but has just one win to show for it. He did not get a decision in his last trip to the hill on Sunday in Texas, despite holding the Rangers to three runs and three hits in six innings. Davies did walk five batters in his team's 6-5 loss, including four in t |
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| Royals' Soria sidelined with shoulder tightness |
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04/24/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (BettingExpress) - Kansas City Royals closer Joakim Soria is expected to miss at least the next three to five days because of tightness behind his right shoulder. An All-Star in 2008, Soria is a perfect 5-for-5 in save opportunities this season with a 1.80 earned run average. The team will use a closer-by-committee approach until Soria returns. |
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| Tribe to open home series with struggling Twins |
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04/24/2009 |
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| nd seems to have turned things around and enters tonight's opener on the heels of its first series win of the season. On Thursday, Grady Sizemore belted a three-run homer to cap a four-run eighth inning, leading the Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the rubber match of a three-game series. The Indians trailed 2-1 heading to the eighth and Kansas City starter Gil Meche had retired 16 straight batters before Ryan Garko led off the fateful inning with a double. Things started to unravel from th |
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| Sizemore powers Indians past Royals |
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04/23/2009 |
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| Cleveland, OH (BettingExpress) - Grady Sizemore belted a three-run homer to cap a four-run eighth inning, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the rubber match of a three-game series at Progressive Field. The Indians trailed 2-1 heading to the eighth and Kansas City starter Gil Meche had retired 16 straight batters before Ryan Garko led off the fateful inning with a double. Things started to unravel from there for the Royals. Ben Francisco dropped a bunt down the third ba |
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