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| For Royals, a little consistency would go a long way |
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06/13/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Nobody expects the Kansas City Royals to win the World Series this year, or even next year or the year after. No, the expectation this year was to win with a little more consistency, maybe reach .500. For an organization so accustomed to losing, the goal was to engrain a winning attitude in the clubhouse. At the very least, to be able to show up to the park every day and expect to play well and win. Well, through the first two months of the season, that shift in mentality hasn't exactly gone t |
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| Diamondbacks open homestand with test from Royals |
MLB Baseball |
06/13/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Mark Reynolds is starting to build a reputation as a clutch hitter. The third baseman brings his hot bat home tonight for the Arizona Diamondbacks' opener of a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Chase Field. Reynolds enters tonight's game as Arizona's leader in home runs (15) and RBI (45), and is also riding a five-game hitting streak. He is hitting .381 (8- for-21) over that run with four homers, nine RBI and six runs scored. His streak began with a two-homer performance agai |
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| Royals, Gordon avoid sweep at hands of Rangers |
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06/12/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - Alex Gordon homered, doubled and scored the go-ahead run, as the Kansas City Royals avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers. Gordon was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, scoring twice and Mike Aviles hit his first major-league home run, a two-run shot, for the Royals, who snapped a two-game skid. Ron Mahay (2-0) earned the win, retiring two batters in the eighth and Joakim Soria notched his 15th save of the season with a perfect ninth. German Duran h |
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| I don't think the Rangers will like this; Royals avoid sweep |
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06/12/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - Alex Gordon homered, doubled and scored the go-ahead run, as the Kansas City Royals avoided a three-game sweep with a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers. Gordon was 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, scoring twice and Mike Aviles hit his first major-league home run, a two-run shot, for the Royals, who snapped a two-game skid. Ron Mahay (2-0) earned the win, retiring two batters in the eighth and Joakim Soria notched his 15th save of the season with a perfect ninth. German Duran h |
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| Bradley explains reaction to announcer's comments |
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06/12/2008 |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Texas Rangers outfielder Milton Bradley said Thursday he wanted to ``introduce'' himself to Kansas City Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre after some negative comments made on the air. Bradley stormed up four flights of Kauffman Stadium stairs looking for Lefebvre after the Rangers' 11-5 victory Wednesday night. ``I came in to watch my at-bat on the video and all of a sudden I heard my name,'' Bradley said Thursday. ``It was a spiel like five minutes out of the blue about me. |
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| Rangers send Hurley to hill at Kansas City |
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06/12/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Eric Hurley makes his major league debut this afternoon, as the Texas Rangers try and complete their first-ever three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Texas swept the Royals in a three-game set in Arlington in May of 2005, but has never turned the trick in KC. Hurley, a first-round pick of the Rangers in 2004, has been thrust into action tonight thanks to the departure of Sidney Ponson. Hurley was 2-5 with a 5.30 earned run average in 13 starts for Triple-A Oklahoma. H |
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| Sweeney has surgery on both knees |
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06/11/2008 |
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| is procedures to repair loose cartilage in the knees were performed by team orthopedist Dr. John Frazier. ``Everything went well,'' A's manager Bob Geren said. Sweeney also had right knee surgery last year in the final of his 13 seasons with the Kansas City Royals. Once swelling has subsided in both his knees, he'll spend a couple of weeks rehabilitating in San Diego with a therapist he's worked with before. ``They did the same thing to both,'' Oakland athletic trainer Steve Sayles said. ``It was exactly wh |
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| Davies leads Royals versus Rangers |
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06/11/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Kyle Davies tries to win his third straight start this evening when the Kansas City Royals play the second of three games against the Texas Rangers at Kauffman Stadium. After giving up a run in five innings in his season debut against Cleveland on May 31, Davies was even better against the New York Yankees on Friday, as he allowed a run and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings to get the win. Davies, who started the year at Triple-A Oklahoma, is 2-0 with a 1.54 earned run average. However, he has strug |
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| Rangers squeak by Royals in ninth |
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06/11/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - Ian Kinsler doubled and scored the winning run in the top of the ninth, as the Texas Rangers used a four-run eighth to comeback and beat the Kansas City Royals, 6-5, in the opener of a three-game set. Gerald Laird went 3-for-4 and Josh Hamilton knocked in his league-leading 70th RBI for the Rangers, who have won two in a row. David Murphy, Chris Shelton and Milton Bradley each had an RBI in the win. Kevin Millwood started for Texas, going six innings, and was touched for five r |
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| Hamilton, Young back in Rangers lineup |
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06/10/2008 |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Josh Hamilton and Michael Young returned to the Texas Rangers' lineup against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night after missing the series finale against Tampa Bay on Sunday. Hamilton, who had been slowed by a virus for several days, went 1-for-12 in three games before sitting out Sunday. He leads the majors with 69 RBIs and tops the American League with 155 total bases, 17 home runs, 36 extra-base hits and 26 multi-hit games. Hamilton said he felt ``about 90 percent.'' Young, |
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