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| Royals activate Nunez |
MLB Baseball |
07/21/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - The Kansas City Royals activated pitcher Leo Nunez from the 15-day disabled list on Monday and optioned pitcher Joel Peralta to Triple-A Omaha on Monday. Nunez has been on the DL since May 29 with a strained right lat. In 21 outings this season before the injury, he posted a 3-1 record with a 1.71 earned run average. Peralta has posted a 1-2 record with a 5.52 ERA in 24 outings over two stints with the Royals this season. |
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| White Sox ready for key series with Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
07/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Chicago White Sox try to maintain their spot atop the AL Central when they open a three-game series with the Texas Rangers this evening at U.S. Cellular Field. Chicago dropped two of three over the weekend to the lowly Kansas City Royals, including an 8-7 loss in Sunday's finale. Joe Crede had a three-run homer, while Nick Swisher also went deep and finished 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored for the White Sox, who are just a half-game ahead of the Minnesota Twins for the top spot |
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| Tigers hoping to turn tables on improving Royals |
MLB Baseball |
07/21/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Kansas City Royals try to continue their recent mastery of the Detroit Tigers this evening, when the two AL Central rivals begin a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City has beaten the Tigers all six times the teams have met this season. Hoping to continue that trend for the Royals tonight will be righty Luke Hochevar, who is 6-7 with a 5.10 earned run average. Hochevar had one of the best starts of his young career in his last trip to the hill back on July 11, as he held Seatt |
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| Tigers recall Miner to start against Royals on Monday |
MLB Baseball |
07/20/2008 |
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| Baltimore, MD (Best E Casino) - The Detroit Tigers recalled pitcher Zach Miner from Triple-A Toledo Sunday, a day before the 26-year old will make his first start of the season against the Kansas City Royals. Miner made 16 starts for the injury-depleted Tigers in 2006 before being moving to the bullpen. He went 7-6 with a 4.84 earned-run average in those starts, and has compiled a 3-3 record with a 4.23 ERA in 32 appearances out of the bullpen with the big club this year. He was demoted to Toledo on July 2 to m |
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| White Sox, Royals finish set at U.S. Cellular Field |
MLB Baseball |
07/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Chicago White Sox will try to rebound from a poor effort on Saturday and maintain their slim lead in the AL Central, as they conclude a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at U.S. Cellular Field. On Saturday, John Buck and Billy Butler each homered and knocked in three runs, helping Kansas City to a 9-1 rout. Mike Aviles contributed a three-run double for the Royals, who snapped a two- game slide and won for the fourth time in six games. Gil Meche (7-9) was brilliant, earning the |
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| White Sox try to continue mastery of Royals |
MLB Baseball |
07/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Chicago White will try to continue their dominance of the Kansas City Royals tonight, as the teams collide in the second of a three- game series at U.S. Cellular Field. Chicago swept a three-game set from the Royals in the Windy City back in early June and owns a one-sided 25-7 record against Kansas City at home since 2005. The White Sox have also won eight of the last nine overall matchups in this series, including a 9-5 decision on Friday. Jermaine Dye went 3-for-4 with two runs scored a |
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| Royals, White Sox continue series in Windy City |
MLB Baseball |
07/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Chicago White will try to continue their dominance of the Kansas City Royals tonight, as the teams collide in the second of a three- game series at U.S. Cellular Field. Chicago swept a three-game set from the Royals in the Windy City back in early June and owns a one-sided 25-7 record against Kansas City at home since 2005. The White Sox have also won eight of the last nine overall matchups in this series, including a 9-5 decision on Friday. Jermaine Dye went 3-for-4 with two runs scored a |
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| Efficient ChiSox top Royals |
MLB Baseball |
07/19/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - It seemed like they swung at every pitch, but Chicago's first eight batters of the game reached base en route to scoring six first-inning runs, as the White Sox dominated the Kansas City Royals, 9-5. Five of the first six -- including the first four -- reached base on the first pitch of their respective at-bats. The White Sox led 4-1 by the time they had seen seven pitches and had six first-pitch hits in the first two innings. Jermaine Dye went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two |
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| Royals, White Sox start series in Windy City |
MLB Baseball |
07/18/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Chicago White Sox are hoping a few days off and a return home will get themselves back on track for tonight's opener of a three- game series with the Kansas City Royals at U.S. Cellular Field. Chicago went into the All-Star break with a 1 1/2-game lead on second-place Minnesota in the American League Central standings despite the club losing three of its last four tests of a six-game road trip that preceded the hiatus. The first defeat in that stretch came to the Royals in Kansas City, alt |
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| Yankee Stadium to showcase baseball's best for the last time |
MLB Baseball |
07/15/2008 |
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| nd Evan Longoria of Tampa Bay; Texas' Ian Kinsler; Chicago White Sox teammates Carlos Quentin and Joe Crede; Boston's J.D. Drew; Ervin Santana and Joe Saunders of the Los Angles Angels of Anaheim; Baltimore's George Sherrill; and Joakim Soria of the Kansas City Royals round out the list of American League first timers. While in the NL, Adrian Gonzalez of San Diego; Milwaukee's Corey Hart; Pittsburgh's Nate McLouth; Tim Lincecum and Brian Wilson of San Francisco; Colorado's Aaron Cook; the Cubs' Carlos Marmol; and |
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