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Royals return home to face Orioles Thu May 14 10:53:38 2009 EST
(Sports Network) - After failing to record a victory on their recent West Coast swing, the Kansas City Royals are glad to be back home. The slumping Royals shoot for their seventh consecutive win at Kauffman Stadium in tonight's opener of a four-game series with the Baltimore Orioles. Kansas City entered its trip through California riding a six-game winning streak, but the upstart club quickly lost that momentum after dropping five straight contests against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and
Cust powers A's past Royals Thu May 14 01:11:48 2009 EST
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Josh Outman pitched six-plus effective innings, and Jack Cust drove in four runs, as the Oakland Athletics routed the Kansas City Royals, 7-2, to sweep the two-game series. Cust had a three-run double in the seventh to blow the game open, and Outman (1-0) allowed only one run on three hits and two walks, with four strikeouts, for the Athletics, who have won four of six. Jason Giambi, Matt Holliday and Kurt Suzuki each drove in a run in the victory. Mike Jacobs hom
Bannister goes for 4-0 mark as Royals wrap set with A's Wed May 13 10:33:54 2009 EST
(Sports Network) - Brian Bannister tries to stay perfect on the season this evening when the Kansas City Royals wrap up an abbreviated two-game set with the Oakland Athletics at Oakland Coliseum. Bannister improved to 3-0 on Thursday against Seattle, as he scattered five hits over six scoreless innings to lower his earned run average to 1.48 on the year. He had served up three earned runs in his previous outing, but has allowed a run or less in every other start. The 28-year-old righty has face
AL Central: Surprise, surprise; Royals are still in the mix Tue May 12 11:27:58 2009 EST
(Sports Network) - The Kansas City Royals are out to prove they are no longer the American League's doormat. For a franchise that has had just one winning season since 1993, that's easier said than done. But the Royals turned the baseball world upside down by getting off to an 18-11 start, highlighted by a six-game win streak. Then, the champagne bottles were put back on ice after being swept in a three- game series by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this past weekend. Those kinds of swings a
Red Sox visit Angels squad aiming for five in a row Tue May 12 10:51:18 2009 EST
ielder Vladimir Guerrero on the disabled list -- in addition to last month's tragic death of pitcher Nick Adenhart -- Mike Scioscia has the Angels on the doorstep of first place in the AL West. The Angels completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals over the weekend. On Sunday, Chone Figgins knocked in the go-ahead run during a seventh-inning rally and Torii Hunter made a game-saving catch that helped Los Angeles complete the hat trick with a 4-3 win. Jeff Mathis drove in two runs and
Royals place Soria on DL, recall Hochevar Sun May 10 21:54:53 2009 EST
Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - The Kansas City Royals placed closer Joakim Soria on the 15-day disabled list due to lingering soreness in his right shoulder and recalled pitcher Luke Hochevar from Triple-A Omaha on Sunday. Soria has appeared in eight games for the Royals this season and recorded seven saves in as many opportunities, with a 1-0 record and 2.08 ERA with 10 strikeouts. The team will use a closer-by-committee approach until Soria returns, but the club announced that Hochevar will t
Royals try to extend win streak against Angels Fri May  8 10:39:14 2009 EST
(Sports Network) - The AL Central-leading Kansas City Royals will try to extend their season-high winning streak to seven games tonight in the opener of a three-game series against the host LA Angels of Anaheim. Kansas City is three games ahead of Detroit in the division standings and is coming off back-to-back sweeps against the White Sox and Mariners. In a 3-1 victory over Seattle on Thursday, starting pitcher Brian Bannister had a strong performance with six shutout innings and scattered fiv
Royals top M's; run win streak to six Thu May  7 17:08:00 2009 EST
Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Brian Bannister threw six scoreless innings and Coco Crisp scored twice, as the Kansas City Royals notched their sixth straight win with a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium. Mike Aviles and Billy Butler each singled in runs for Kansas City, which sits atop the AL Central with an 18-11 mark. The Royals have won nine of their last 11 games. Bannister (3-0) scattered just five hits, walked one and struck out seven to win for the third time
Royals hope to stay on track in finale with Mariners Thu May  7 10:44:47 2009 EST
(Sports Network) - The Kansas City Royals go after their sixth straight win this afternoon when they try and complete a sweep in their brief two-game series against the Seattle Mariners at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals continued to surprise on Wednesday, as Mark Teahen and Mike Jacobs both had three hits and drove in three runs, lifting Kansas City to a 9-1 win in the opener. Billy Butler had three hits and scored twice for the Royals, who hold a two-game lead over Detroit in the AL Central. Sid
Central-leading Royals run win streak to five Wed May  6 23:58:23 2009 EST
Kansas City, MO (Sports Network) - Mark Teahen and Mike Jacobs both had three hits and drove in three runs, as the Kansas City Royals crushed the Seattle Mariners, 9-1, in the opener of a two-game set from Kauffman Stadium. Sidney Ponson (1-4) got the win after going 7 1/3 innings and giving up just a run on eight hits. Billy Butler had three hits and scored twice for Kansas City, which won its fifth straight. "It's one win. I got it off my back now," Ponson said of his first win as a Royal. "I
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