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| Blue Jays, Royals continue four-game set in Toronto |
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05/25/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Toronto Blue Jays will try to pitch themselves past the Kansas City Royals again, as the teams continue a four-game series today at Rogers Centre. Roy Halladay and Jesse Litsch started the first two games of this series and they simply shut down the slumping Royals, tossing a combined 17 straight shutout innings. After a complete game performance by Halladay in a 7-1 win in the opener on Friday, Litsch tossed his first career shutout in a 6-0 triumph over Kansas City on Saturday. Litsch (6 |
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| Litsch goes distance, blanks Royals |
MLB Baseball |
05/24/2008 |
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| Toronto, ON (Best E Casino) - Jesse Litsch tossed Toronto's second consecutive complete game in orchestrating the Blue Jays' 6-0 triumph over the Kansas City Royals in the second of a four-game set at the Rogers Centre. Litsch (6-1) needed 103 pitches to master the Royals for his first career complete game, allowing only seven hits and one walk. He fanned three for the Jays' third straight win. Roy Halladay allowed only one run on 104 pitches going the distance in a 7-1 victory Friday night against the Royals. |
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| Lester ready to get back to normal |
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05/24/2008 |
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| ack to normal and not have to worry about all this. I'm excited and feeling good. The bullpen went well. Hopefully keep going. Same everyday stuff.'' He will be under careful watch, considering he threw 130 pitches in the Red Sox' 7-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday. Lester insists he's good to go despite the hard work his arm went through Monday. ``We train all offseason, all spring training to build up the pitch count,'' he said. ``And when you're called upon to go longer in the game and throw a |
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| Royals try and put brakes on five-game skid in Toronto |
MLB Baseball |
05/24/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Kansas City Royals will try to bring their five-game losing streak to an end today when they resume a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. The Royals have struggled to produce runs during their current skid, as they have been held to one run or less three times during the stretch. On Friday, Roy Halladay tossed his major league-leading fifth complete game of the season to lead the Jays to a 7-1 victory. Halladay (5-5) allowed only one run on four hits, needing 104 |
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| Rays hope for some more home cooking in middle tilt with O's |
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05/24/2008 |
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| ioles are hoping for another solid outing from Steve Trachsel, as he takes the mound this evening. Trachsel hasn't started since May 9th when the veteran right-hander gave up two earned runs and five hits over 5 1/3 innings of a 7-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals. It was his first win since April 4th. Trachsel, who is just 2-4 with a 6.75 ERA on the season, is 0-3 with a 5.93 ERA in five career starts against the Rays and that includes an 0-1 mark with a 7.53 ERA versus them last season. Edwin Jackson gets t |
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| Royals left picking up the pieces after Boston Massacre |
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05/23/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - For a young team like the Kansas City Royals, these things are bound to happen. After an encouraging stretch in which the Royals won six of seven games, they went into Fenway Park this week and were swept away in four games by the Red Sox, owners of the best record in the majors. And just like that Kansas City (21-26) shuffles back down to fourth place in the American League Central. The Royals battled hard during Thursday's 11-8 loss in the series finale, but they were ultimately done in by a |
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| Grand finale for Red Sox with slams |
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05/23/2008 |
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The finale of the Red Sox's memorable four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals was grand. J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell hit grand slams Thursday to help Daisuke Matsuzaka remain unbeaten, and Boston completed a perfect seven-game homestand with an 11-8 win over the Royals. The series started with Jon Lester's no-hitter on Monday and closed with Lowell and Drew joining the club's record books. It was just the fourth time Boston has had two slams in a game at home. ``It closed a nice homestand for us,'' Lowel |
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| Red Sox grand at Fenway; dispose of Royals |
MLB Baseball |
05/22/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell each hit a grand slam as the Boston Red Sox completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with an 11-8 win at Fenway Park. Lowell finished 3-for-4 and scored three times for the Red Sox, who finished off a perfect 7-0 homestand. Drew, Kevin Youkilis and Julio Lugo each collected a pair of hits as every member of the Boston starting lineup collected at least one hit. "We just want to win," said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. "I think we've used just |
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| Colon makes successful return for Red Sox |
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05/22/2008 |
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| t as if it were 11 years ago and he was on the mound at Fenway Park. Making his first start since elbow problems ended his season last September, the burly right-hander allowed two runs and six hits in five innings, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Wednesday night. Colon's first of 147 major league victories came on that same mound in 1997 when he beat the Red Sox for Cleveland. ``I thought about that tonight after the game and reminisced about that great moment and kind of compared |
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| Boston's Dice-K tries to stay perfect vs. KC |
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05/22/2008 |
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| eeks. The club's star pitcher, Daisuke Matsuzaka, hasn't been hung with a defeat all season long. Both the Red Sox and Matsuzaka put their impressive winning streaks on the line when the defending world champions conclude a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals this afternoon at Fenway Park. Since being dealt a 3-0 home loss to Toronto on May 1, Boston has ripped off nine straight victories at Fenway to improve its major-league best home record to 20-5. It's the team's longest winning streak on its grounds |
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