Shakeyjake448's Kansas City Royals Dynasty

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Settings
Game: MVP 2005 (with 2006 opening day rosters)
Game Type: Dynasty Mode
Diffuculty: MVP
System: Xbox

I play every 6th game, so i have a different starting pitcher each time, and simulate the rest. If i make the playoffs, I will play every game.

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Kansas City Royals History

Single Season Records

Batting
Average: George Brett, .390 (1980)
Home runs: Steve Balboni, 36 (1985)
RBI: Mike Sweeney, 144 (2000)
Runs: Johnny Damon, 136 (2000)
Hits: Willie Wilson, 230 (1980)
Singles: Willie Wilson, 184 (1980)
Doubles: Hal McRae, 54 (1977)
Triples: Willie Wilson, 21 (1985)
Extra-Base Hits: Hal McRae, 86 (1977)
Stolen bases: Willie Wilson, 83 (1979)
Hitting streak: George Brett, 30 games (1980)
Walks: John Mayberry, 122 (1973)
Strikeouts: Bo Jackson, 172 (1989)

Pitching
Wins: Bret Saberhagen, 23 (1989)
Strikeouts: Dennis Leonard, 244 (1977)
ERA: Roger Nelson, 2.08 (1972)
Saves: Jeff Montgomery and Dan Quisenberry, 45 (1993 and 1983)


World Champions(1):
1985

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1985 World Champions

World Series Appearances(2):
1980, 1985

ALCS Appearances(6):
1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1985

AL Pennants(2):
1980, 1985

Division Champions(7):
1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985

Wild Card Berths(0):

MVP(1):
1980 3B George Brett

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George Brett
1980 MVP .390 BA

Cy Young(3):
1985 Bret Saberhagen
1989 Bret Saberhagen
1994 David Cone

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Bret Saberhagen
1985 & 1989 Cy Young

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Yearly Rewind

2006
April(Organization) (http://www.utopiacollegesports.com/forums/showpost.php?p=956723&postcount=21)
April(MLB) (http://www.utopiacollegesports.com/forums/showpost.php?p=956992&postcount=22)
May(Organization) (http://www.utopiacollegesports.com/forums/showpost.php?p=970189&postcount=34)
May(MLB) (http://www.utopiacollegesports.com/forums/showpost.php?p=970208&postcount=35)

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Playoff Recaps

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Current Roster

Pitchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Jeremy Affeldt SP L L 25 6-4 215
Denny Bautista SP R R 24 6-5 170
Elmer Dessens SP R R 34 5-10 200
Scott Elarton SP R R 29 6-8 240
Zack Greinke SP R R 21 6-2 175
Runelvys Hernandez SP R R 26 6-1 250
Mike MacDougal RP R S 28 6-4 195
Bobby Madritsch RP L L 29 6-2 220
Joe Mays SP R S 29 6-1 200
Kyle Middleton SP R R 24 6-4 225
Mark Redman SP L L 31 6-5 245
Mike Wood SP R R 24 6-3 210

Catchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Paul Bako C R L 32 6-2 215
John Buck C R R 24 6-3 210

Infielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Rafael Furcal SS R S 26 5-10 175
Tony Graffanino 2B R R 32 6-1 190
Cesar Izturis 2B R S 25 5-9 180
Doug Mientkiewicz 1B R L 30 6-2 205
Mike Sweeney 1B R R 31 6-1 225
Mark Teahen 3B R L 23 6-3 210

Outfielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Emil Brown RF R R 30 6-2 200
David DeJesus CF L L 25 6-0 185
Aaron Guiel LF R L 32 5-10 200
Kerry Robinson CF L L 31 6-0 175
Matt Stairs RF R L 37 5-9 210

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Current Statistics

Pitching
PLAYER IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Jeremy Affeldt 44.2 3 1 0 2.82 35 11
Denny Bautista 50.1 2 4 0 7.69 29 14
Elmer Dessens 31.2 1 0 0 5.97 16 16
Scott Elarton 59.0 2 5 0 4.12 30 20
David Elder 8.1 0 1 0 4.32 5 4
Zach Greinke 58.1 0 6 0 5.86 35 21
Runelvys Hernandez 48.2 3 4 0 6.47 26 26
Mike MacDougal 13.2 1 1 7 2.63 10 4
Bobby Madritsch 16.1 1 1 0 4.41 6 7
Joe Mays 10.0 0 0 0 9.90 7 3
Kyle Middleton 15.1 0 2 0 6.46 13 4
Mark Redman 61.1 1 7 1 6.31 38 24
Andy Sisco 8.0 0 3 0 10.13 5 8
Mike Wood 13.0 0 2 0 6.75 6 9


Hitting
PLAYER AB AVG HR RBI R SB H OBP
Paul Bako 14 .571 0 5 4 0 8 .625
Emil Brown 189 .307 8 22 31 6 58 .358
John Buck 169 .237 2 14 14 0 40 .301
David DeJesus 213 .310 9 35 28 4 66 .348
Rafael Furcal 126 .302 3 12 26 5 38 .380
Tony Graffanino 22 .455 2 3 6 0 10 .538
Aaron Guiel 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ken Harvey 90 .389 7 24 17 0 35 .434
Cesar Izturis 72 .389 1 13 13 5 28 .443
Doug Mientkiewicz 78 .218 1 8 12 0 17 .303
Kerry Robinson 9 .333 0 0 2 0 3 .333
Matt Stairs 64 .266 2 9 5 0 17 .356
Mike Sweeney 196 .270 5 24 20 2 53 .345
Mark Teahen 159 .270 4 21 15 0 43 .335
As of June 1st

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Current Standings

TEAM W L GB RS RA
White Sox 28 25 0.0 245 216
Twins 27 24 0.0 211 248
Indians 26 25 1.0 218 212
Tigers 24 27 3.0 199 197
Royals 14 37 13.0 224 302



As of June 1st

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Farm System

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Roster

Pitchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Brain Bass SP R R 23 6-0 200
Ambiorix Burgos RP R R 20 6-3 235
David Elder RP R R 29 6-0 180
Jimmy Gobble SP L L 23 6-3 190
J.P. Howell SP L L 21 6-1 180
Luke Hudson SP R R 27 6-3 190
Shane Loux SP R R 25 6-2 205
Devon Lowery SP R L 22 6-1 195
Thad Markray SP R R 25 6-4 210
Andy Sisco RP L L 22 6-9 260
Ryan Snare SP L L 26 6-0 200
Kyle Snyder SP R S 27 6-8 220
Mike Stodolka SP L L 23 6-2 210

Catchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Adam Donachie C R R 21 6-1 200
Paul Phillips C R R 27 5-11 200

Infielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Andres Blanco SS R S 21 5-10 180
Mike Coolbaugh 3B R R 32 6-1 190
Ruben Gotay 2B R S 22 5-11 175
Ken Harvey 1B R R 27 6-2 240
Justin Huber 1B R R 22 6-2 190
Chris Richard 1B L L 30 6-2 200

Outfielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Chad Allen CF R R 30 6-1 195
Dee Brown LF R L 27 6-0 225
Shane Costa RF R L 23 6-0 220
Kerry Robinson CF L L 31 6-0 175



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Roster

Pitchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Ryan Baerlocher RP R R 27 6-5 230
Adam Bernero RP R R 28 6-4 220
Billy Buckner SP R R 21 6-2 215
Juan Cedeno SP L L 21 6-1 160
Justin Huisman RP R R 25 6-1 195
Bob Keppel SP R R 22 6-5 205
Leo Nunez RP R R 24 6-1 160
Seung-Jun Song SP R R 24 6-1 192
Danny Tamayo SP R R 25 6-1 219
Ed Yarnall SP L L 29 6-4 235

Catchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Colby Gryboski C R R 18 6-2 213
Jared Price C R R 23 6-1 220
Scott Walker C R R 26 6-2 210

Infielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
David Bowles 1B L R 17 5-8 190
Justin Clark SS R L 17 6-2 192
Alex Gordon 3B R L 21 6-1 210
Esteban German 3B R R 26 5-10 180
Brett Groves SS R R 26 5-11 182
Donnie Murphy 2B R R 22 5-10 200
Blake Santana 2B R R 17 6-1 181

Outfielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Chip Ambres CF R R 25 6-1 190
Billy Butler LF R R 18 6-2 225
Wilkin Ruan RF R R 26 6-0 180

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Roster

Pitchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Chad Blackwell RP R R 22 6-1 155
Luis Cota SP R R 19 6-0 180
John Grag III SP L L 23 6-0 200
Colt Griffin RP R R 22 6-3 229
Trae McGill RP R R 27 6-1 210
Joe Nelson SP R R 30 6-2 185
Joel Peralta RP R R 29 5-11 170
Steve Sterle RP R R 27 6-4 200
Nic Touchstone SP L L 23 6-5 220
Brandon Weeden SP R R 21 6-4 225
Wes Wilkerson RP R R 28 6-4 215

Catchers
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Rick Borland C R S 18 6-1 171
Clinton Chauncey C R R 24 6-1 192
Jeff Foulke C R L 19 6-0 211

Infielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Jason Andra 3B R L 19 6-0 178
Mike Aviles 3B R R 24 5-11 198
Benji Gil SS R R 32 6-2 210
Alejandro Prieto SS R R 28 5-11 200
Eric Rosario 2B R R 17 6-2 204
Angel Sanchez SS R R 21 6-2 180

Outfielders
NAME POS THW BAT AGE HT WT
Howie Acosta LF L L 17 6-7 220
Jeff Inglin CF R R 29 5-11 180
Chris Lubanski RF L L 20 6-3 185
Mitch Maier RF R L 22 6-2 200
Randy Ruiz RF R R 27 6-3 235

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1. LF Billy Butler(AA) ETA: 2008
2. 3B Alex Gordon(AA) ETA: 2008
3. 1B Justin Huber(AAA) ETA: 2007
4. 2B Ruben Gotay(AAA) ETA: 2007
5. SP J.P. Howell(AAA) ETA: 2008
6. 2B Blake Santana(AA) ETA: 2008
7. 1B David Bowles(AA) ETA: 2009
8. RP Andy Sisco(AAA) ETA: 2007
9. SS Andres Blanco(AAA) ETA: 2008
10. RP Ambiorix Burgos(AAA) ETA: 2008

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2006 Season Preview
April 3rd, 2006

Kansas City, MO- It’s that time of the year again where baseball fans get ready to root for their favorite team, hoping they’ll be playing for something meaningful come September. Well not to be pessimistic, but don’t expect to see the Royals competing for anything other than last place in the AL Central.

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With such a beautiful stadium, it's a shame the Royals can't bring more fans too it.

The starting rotation is made up of Scott Elarton, Zach Greinke, Mark Redman, Denny Bautista, and Runelvys Hernandez. Scott Elarton was signed in the off-season after posting a 4.61 ERA with the Cleveland Indians last year, and is expected to be the their ace. On just about any other team he would be a number 4 or 5 starter. The Royals do have one bright spot in their rotation with Zach Greinke, but he’s young and is still developing.

Kansas City’s bullpen on the other hand isn’t all that bad. Made up of Joe Mays, Bobby Madritsch, Jeremy Affeldt, Kyle Middleton, Mike MacDougal, Mike Wood, and Elmer Dessens, the bullpen will be able to provide solid relief for the starters. The key to the bullpen is Mike MacDougal, he is the only experienced closer on the team and if he falters, Kansas City could be in trouble.

Runs won’t come in bunches this season as the Royals lack any kind of power in their lineup. Mike Sweeney, once a RBI machine, is batting cleanup, but is only a shell of his former self. You can expect to see a lot of small ball played whenever the Royals are on the field.

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A big year from Angel Berroa would go a long way in making the Royals a winning team.


One has to wonder how the Royals are so bad, yet still so old. Well the answer lies within the head of former GM Allard Baird. After finishing in last place in the AL Central last year, Baird went out and signed free agents like Joe Mays, Reggie Sanders, and Mark Grudzielanek. These aren’t bad players, but they are all on the downside of their career and are just a temporary solution to a big problem. Kansas City ownership decided they had enough with Baird’s ways and wanted to bring in someone new.

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Allard Baird no longer will be running things in Kansas City after being released earlier this year.

Soon after Baird was released from his duties, the Royals hired Arthur Curry to run the Royals. Baseball experts around the league scratched their heads at the move, being that Curry has no front office experience and their many other more suitable candidates out there.

“Let the experts say what they want,” said new GM Arthur Curry, “Everybody has to start somewhere and for me it’s here in Kansas City. Contrary to what’s been said, I do I know my baseball and am confident that I can turn this franchise around.”

Curry won’t be able to do much to help the Royals this season though and unless they can get some production from an unexpected source, 5th place in the AL Central is where the Royals will likely end up.

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Royals Win Season Opener
April 4th, 2006

Detroit, MI- Kansas City opened their season up with a bang as they beat the division rival, Detroit Tigers 7-6 at Comerica Park in what was one of the most exciting games you’ll see all year.

Detroit got on the scoreboard first when Pudge Rodriguez hit a ball to the gap in right field that scored Brandon Inge and Carlos Guillen to give the Tigers the 2-0 lead. Kansas City would battle back though and would take the 3-2 lead in the 6th after John Buck and Doug Mientkiewicz each singled home a run. The Royals would add one more run to their lead in the 7th, but would quickly find themselves down 6-4 a half an inning later when the Tigers scored 4 runs, 3 of them coming off of a 2-out, 3-run homer from Ivan Rodriguez.

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Ivan Rodriguez's 5 RBI weren't enough to beat the Royals today at Comerica Park.

“I have to give credit to Rodriguez for hitting that home run,” said Affeldt, “But I should have never been in that situation in the first place. My real mistake was not taking advantage of the 0-2 count I had on the Polanco, who batted before Rodriguez. I get him out and the inning is over, instead they score 4 runs to take the lead.”

Thankfully for Affeldt, the Royals would rally in the 8th and score 3 runs. Mark Grudzielanek, who signed with Kansas City as a free-agent this off-season, batted in what turned out to be the winning run when he hit a blooper over shortstop Carlos Guillen’s head.

The Tigers almost manufactured a run in the 9th to tie the game, but Royal’s shortstop Angel Berroa made an outstanding play on a ground ball up the middle to end the inning. Mike MacDougal was credited with the save.

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Angel Berroa prevented the Tigers from scoring a run in the 9th with his diving effort.

The Royals play 2 more games against the Tigers until they travel to Anaheim to take on the Anaheim Angels.

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Kyle Middleton fractured his toe in the 7th inning and will be placed on the 15-day DL. Andy Sisco will be called up from AAA to tak Middleton's spot in the bullpen.


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BOX SCORE


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 7 13 0
Detroit 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 15 0

WP: J. Affeldt (1-0)
LP: F. Rodney (0-1)
SV: MacDougal (1)

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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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D. DeJesus CF 4 1 2 1 1 0 .500
M. Grudzielanek 2B 4 0 2 2 1 1 .500
M. Sweeney DH 3 0 1 1 1 1 .333
R. Sanders LF 4 1 1 0 1 2 .250
E. Brown RF 5 0 0 0 0 3 .000
J. Buck C 4 2 2 1 1 1 .500
A. Berroa SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 .200
D. Mientkiewicz 1B 4 2 2 1 0 0 .500
M. Teahen 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .500

TOTALS: 37 7 13 7 5 9
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Batting:
2B:D. DeJesus 2(2), R. Sanders(1)
3B:D. Mientkiewicz(1)
RBI:D. DeJesus(1), M. Gurdzielanek 2(2), M. Sweeney(1)
J. Buck(1), D. Mientkiewicz(1), M. Teahen(1)
SF: M. Sweeney(1)

Fielding:


Baserunning:


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Tigers Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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C. Granderson CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250
P. Polanco 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 .200
I. Rodriguez C 5 1 3 5 0 1 .600
M. Ordonez RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250
D. Young DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
C. Shelton 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .500
C. Monroe LF 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750
C. Guillen SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .500
B. Inge 3B 3 2 2 0 0 0 .667

TOTALS: 37 6 15 6 0 1
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Batting:
2B:I. Rodriguez(1)
HR:I. Rodriguez(1)
RBI:P. Polanco(1), I. Rodriguez 5(5)
SH: C. Granderson(1)

Fielding:


Baserunning:


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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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Z. Greinke 6.0 8 2 2 0 1 0 3.00
J. Affeldt(W,1-0) 1.0 4 4 4 0 0 1 36.00
K. Middleton 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
E. Dessens 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
M. MacDougal(S,1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
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Tigers Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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K. Rogers 7.0 10 5 5 4 7 0 6.43
F. Rodney(L,0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 9.00
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Royals Lose 5 in a Row
April 6th-10th, 2006

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Detroit 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 8 0

WP: J. Bonderman (1-0)
LP: M. Redman (0-1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/emilbrown.jpgEmil Brown- 1 R, 2 H, SB

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0
Detroit 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 6 0

WP: N. Robertson (1-0)
LP: S. Elarton (0-1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/angelberroa.jpgAngel Berroa- 1 R, 2 H, 2 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 6 0
Anaheim 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 X 7 11 3

WP: J. Romero (1-0)
LP: A. Sisco (0-1)
SV: F. Rodriguez(1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markteahen.jpgMark Teahen- 1 R, 1 H, 3 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Anaheim 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 5 9 0

WP: E. Yan (1-0)
LP: R. Hernandez (0-1)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/angelberroa.jpgAngel Berroa- 2 BB

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 5 10 2
Anaheim 0 1 0 6 2 0 0 0 X 9 12 0

WP: B. Colon (2-0)
LP: Z. Greinke (0-1)

*DH Mike Sweeney suffered a finger blister and will be out for the next 3 days.


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markgrudzielanek.jpgMark Grudzielanek- 1 R, 3 H, 2 RBI, HR

[Hilbs]

Looks good Shakey, are you using default sliders? I'm in year three of my Cubs Dynasty and still on All-Star, using Hoop27's sliders from MVPmods.com, they are really good.

I'm considering going up to MVP next season though, I'd be interested if you had any sliders.

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Looks good Shakey, are you using default sliders? I'm in year three of my Cubs Dynasty and still on All-Star, using Hoop27's sliders from MVPmods.com, they are really good.

I'm considering going up to MVP next season though, I'd be interested if you had any sliders.

I just had the default sliders, but I think I'm going to try some different sliders over my next few games. I'll let you know how they are.

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Ichiro, Seattle Beat Royals in their Home Opener
April 11th, 2006

Kansas City, MO- Ichiro is known for being one of the best hitters in the AL and today he showed why as he led the Seattle Mariners to a 7-2 victory over the struggling Kansas City Royals.

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Ichiro not only did it with the bat, but with the arm as he threw out Kansas City's Mark Grudzielanek in the 5th inning.
Ichiro led the game off with an infield single and scored 4 batters later when William Bloomquist hit a ball just out of the reach of Royals second baseman Mark Grudzielanek. One inning later Ichiro was at it again, hitting a 3-run blast to the right field stands to give the Mariners the 4-0 lead after 2 innings.

“I haven’t hit the ball too well in the first 6 games,” said Ichiro who is now batting .296, “Hopefully after today’s game I can get back on track.”

Mark Redman started for the Kansas City Royals and never got going, giving up 6 runs, including 3 home runs, in only 6 innings of work.

Royals’ right fielder Emil Brown went 4 for 4 on the day, scoring both of Kansas City’s runs. Mark Grudzielanek, Angel Berroa, and John Buck were the only other Royals to get hits, with Berroa and Buck each having multiple hits.

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After his 4 hit effort today, Emil Brown is now hitting .345.

The Royals play 2 more games against the Tigers until they travel to Anaheim to take on the Anaheim Angels.

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Kyle Middleton fractured his toe in the 7th inning and will be placed on the 15-day DL. Andy Sisco will be called up from AAA to tak Middleton's spot in the bullpen.


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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 12 0
Kansas City 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 0

WP: F. Hernandez (1-1)
LP: M. Redman (0-2)


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Mariners Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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Ichiro RF 5 2 4 4 0 0 .296
J. Reed CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 .185
A. Beltre 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233
R. Sexson 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 .276
W. Bloomquist 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 .308
R. Ibanez LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269
Y. Betancourt CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .160
K. Johjima C 4 3 3 1 0 0 .320
C. Everett DH 4 1 2 0 0 0 .136

TOTALS: 37 7 12 7 0 1
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Batting:
2B:K. Johjima(2)
3B:Ichiro(1)
HR:Ichiro(1), R. Sexson(4), K. Johjima(2)
RBI:Ichiro 4(4), R. Sexson(6), W. Bloomquist(3)
K. Johjima(2)
SF: W. Bloomquist(1)

Fielding:

Baserunning:
CS:W. Bloomquist(1)


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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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D. DeJesus CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .185
M. Grudzielanek 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296
M. Sweeney DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R. Sanders LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .074
E. Brown RF 4 2 4 0 0 0 .345
J. Buck C 4 0 3 0 0 0 .360
A. Berroa SS 4 0 2 2 0 0 .458
D. Mientkiewicz 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .125
M. Teahen 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .300

TOTALS: 35 2 10 2 0 3
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Batting:
2B:E. Brown(3), A. Berroa(4)
RBI:A. Berroa 2(6)

Fielding:

Baserunning:
CS:J. Buck(1)


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Mariners Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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F. Hernandez(W,1-1) 8.2 10 2 2 0 3 0 1.84
E. Guardado 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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M. Redman(L,0-2) 6.0 10 6 6 0 1 3 7.36
E. Dessens 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.91
M. Wood 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.75
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Royals Fall to 2-10
April 13th-17th, 2006

#8Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Seattle 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 12 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0

WP: R. Soriano (1-0)
LP: A. Sisco (0-2)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/emilbrown.jpgEmil Brown- 1 R, 1 H, 2 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 7 17 0
Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

WP: G. Meche(1-1)
LP: D. Bautista (0-1)
SV: M. Carvajal (1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/mikesweeney.jpgMike Sweeney- 1 H, 1 RBI, SB

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 5 0


WP: J. Verlander (1-1)
LP: R. Hernandez (0-2)
SV: T. Jones (1)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/dougmientkiewicz.jpgDoug Mientkiewicz- 1 R, 1 H, 3 RBI, HR, BB

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Detroit 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 9 0
Kansas City 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 7 1


WP: M. MacDougal (1-0)
LP: C. Lewis(0-1)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus- 2 R, 3 H, 2 RBI, BB, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Detroit 0 2 7 0 0 1 0 1 1 12 13 0
Kansas City 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 5 10 0


WP: J. Bonderman (2-1)
LP: M. Redman (0-3)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markgrudzielanek.jpgMark Grudzielanek- 1 H, 3 RBI, 2B

[shakeyjake448]

Royals Get 3rd Win of the Season
April 18th, 2006

Kansas City, MO- The Kansas City Royals blew two leads, but were still able to come out on top against the Cleveland Indians, 5-4, today at Kauffman Stadium.

Scott Elarton, who came over from Cleveland in the off-season, started against his former team and continued his early season success, going 7 innings and giving up only 3 runs.

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Scott Elarton leads all Kansas City starters with a 3.43 ERA.

“It’s always nice to pitch well against your former team, especially when your team could really use a win.” said Scott Elarton.

The Royals got on the board first when leadoff man David DeJesus hit a 3-run homer off of Cleveland starter Jake Westbrook in the 3rd inning. The Indians would battle their way back in the 6th, scoring 3 runs, 2 of them compliments of a Travis Hafner home run.

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Travis Hafner leads his team with 3 home runs.

“He’s the kind of player who can change the game with his bat,” said Royals manager Buddy Bell speaking of Travis Hafner, “We were able to pitch around him his first 2 times up, but eventually he is going to make you pay.”

Heading into the bottom of the 8th, the game was tied at 4 and Angel Berroa was due up. Berroa proceeded to hit a double off of Jake Westbrook and put the go-ahead run in scoring position. Westbrook would be relieved by veteran pitcher Bob Wickman, but Wickman would give up a single to Doug Mientkiewicz that would score Berroa and give the Royals the winning run.

The Royals have now won 2 of their last 3 games and our 7 games behind the AL Central leading, Minnesota Twins.


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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 11 0
Kansas City 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 7 0

WP: E. Dessens (1-0)
LP: J. Westbrook (0-3)
SV: M. MacDougal (2)


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Indians Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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G. Sizemore CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 .280
J. Michaels RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 .191
T. Hafner DH 4 1 1 2 0 0 .302
C. Blake LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 .293
V. Martinez C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .225
B. Broussard 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 .225
J. Peralta SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200
R. Belliard 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .386
R. Vazquez 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222

TOTALS: 36 4 11 4 0 1
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Batting:
3B:J. Michaels(1)
HR:T. Hafner(3)
RBI:J. Michaels(1), T. Hafner 2(8), B. Broussard(2)
SH: R. Vazquez

Fielding:


Baserunning:
SB:R. Vazquez(2)


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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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D. DeJesus CF 3 1 1 3 1 1 .275
M. Grudzielanek 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .240
M. Sweeney DH 3 0 1 0 1 0 .159
R. Sanders LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .152
E. Brown RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .278
J. Buck C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .286
A. Berroa SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333
D. Mientkiewicz 1B 2 1 1 1 1 0 .171
M. Teahen 3B 3 2 2 0 0 0 .256

TOTALS: 28 5 7 5 4 3
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Batting:
2B:A. Berroa(6)
HR:D. DeJesus(3)
RBI:D. DeJesus 3(7), M. Grudzielanek(8),
D. Mientkiewicz(5)

Fielding:

Baserunning:
CS:J. Buck(2), D. Mientkiewicz(1)


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Indians Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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J. Westbrook(L,0-3) 7.0 5 5 5 3 2 1 6.75
B. Wickman 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 8.10
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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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S. Elarton 7.0 8 3 3 0 0 1 3.43
E. Dessens(W,1-0) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 5.91
M. MacDougal(S,2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.29
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Lovin' the new format with the pictures and all, very nice.

[shakeyjake448]

Royals 10 Games Back in AL Central
April 19th-23rd, 2006

#14Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 1 2 0 6 1 0 0 10 16 0
Kansas City 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 12 0

WP: J. Davis (1-0)
LP: A. Sisco (0-3)

* RP Andy Sisco has been sent back down to AAA and RP David Elder has been
called up. Sisco has lost 3 games since being called up for the injured Kyle
Middleton and has a 10.13 ERA.

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/paulbako.jpgPaul Bako- 2 R, 3 H, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 3B

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 10 0

WP: F. Liriano (1-0)
LP: R. Hernandez (0-3)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/mikesweeney.jpgMike Sweeney- 3 H, 1 RBI, 2B

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 X 3 11 0

WP: J. Crain (3-0)
LP: Z. Greinke (0-2)
SV: J. Nathan (7)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/zachgreinke.jpgZach Greinke- 7.2 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 0

WP: M. Redman (1-3)
LP: M. Buehrle (0-3)
SV: M. MacDougal (3)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markredman.jpgMark Redman- 8.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 BB, 5 SO

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 9 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 6 1

WP: F. Garcia (4-0)
LP: S. Elarton (0-2)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/scottelarton.jpgScott Elarton- 5.2 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 SO

[shakeyjake448]

Royals Lose to World Series Champions
April 24th, 2006

Kansas City, MO- The Chicago White Sox hit 3 home runs off of Denny Bautista to beat the struggling Kansas City Royals 8-3.

Bautista had trouble getting White Sox hitters out all night as he gave up a total of 5 runs and was finally pulled from the game in the 6th after he gave up a lead-off home run to Joe Crede.

Jim Thome and Tadahito Iguchi also each had a home run for Chicago.

“He’s having trouble locating his pitches right now and when you can’t control where the ball is going, it’s going to be a long day,” said Royals manager Buddy Bell of Bautista. “Right now other teams are just unloading on all of our pitchers and if we don’t fix the problem soon, we’re going to have a hard time winning games.”

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Kansas City manager Buddy Bell can't be happy with how his team has played so far this season.

The Royals are now 4-15 and have the worst record in all of baseball.

Jose Contreras started for the White Sox and pitched 7.1 innings and struck out 5 Kansas City batters.

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Jose Contreras warming up before the game.

“My last couple of starts I haven’t pitched the way I would have liked, so going out there today and getting the win felt great.” said Contreras.

David DeJesus, Emil Brown, and Angel Berroa each stole a base for the Kansas City Royals and Brown and Berroa’s stolen bases led to 2 off Kansas City’s 3 runs.

“Anytime you can get yourself into scoring position, it really helps put pressure on the pitcher,” said David DeJesus who stole a base in the 3rd. “Of course there’s the chance you can get thrown out, but when you have someone on the mound like Contreras who is wheeling and dealing, you got to take chances.”

The Royals have the day off tomorrow and will prepare for their upcoming series with the first place Minnesota Twins.



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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chicago 0 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 8 13 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 10 1

WP: J. Contreras (2-0)
LP: D. Bautista (0-2)

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White Sox Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG[/B]
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J. Dye RF 5 1 0 0 0 1 .288
J. Uribe SS 5 0 2 1 0 0 .319
P. Konerko DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 .231
J. Thome 1B 5 1 1 2 0 0 .226
J. Crede 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .275
A. Pierzynski C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273
T. Iguchi 2B 4 2 3 2 0 0 .314
B. Anderson LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 .311
S. Podsednik CF 4 1 2 0 0 2 .318

TOTALS: 40 8 13 7 0 3
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Batting:
2B:A. Pierzynski(5)
3B:B. Anderson 2(3)
HR:J. Thome(5), J. Crede(2), T. Iguchi(1)
RBI:J. Uribe(12), J. Thome 2(15), J. Crede(8),
T. Iguchi 2(9), B. Anderson(12)
SF: W. Bloomquist(1)

Fielding:

Baserunning:
SB:S. Podsednik(6)


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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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D. DeJesus CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .312
M. Grudzielanek 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .217
M. Sweeney DH 4 0 2 0 0 1 .261
R. Sanders LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .130
E. Brown RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 .232
J. Buck C 4 0 1 1 0 1 .286
A. Berroa SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 .317
D. Mientkiewicz 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .197
M. Teahen 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .179

TOTALS: 35 3 10 3 0 6
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Batting:
2B:D. DeJesus(5), M. Sweeney(4)
RBI:D. DeJesus(9), J. Buck(2), D. Mientkiewicz(7)

Fielding:
E:A. Berroa

Baserunning:
SB:A. Berroa(2), D. Dejesus(2), E. Brown(2)


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White Sox Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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J. Contreras(W,2-0) 7.1 7 2 2 0 5 0 3.76
C. Stewart 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 4.50
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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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D. Bautista(L,0-2) 5.0 7 5 5 0 3 3 8.14
J. Affeldt 2.0 3 3 1 0 0 0 8.53
D. Elder 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
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[shakeyjake448]

Royals Swept by Rolling Twins
April 26th-30th, 2006

#20Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 6 11 0
Kansas City 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 9 0

WP: J. Crain (4-1)
LP: D. Elder (0-1)
SV: J. Nathan (8)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markteahen.jpgMark Teahen- 1 H, 2 RBI, 2B

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 5 11 1
Kansas City 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 6 0

WP: J. Santana (4-0)
LP: Z. Greinke (0-3)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus- 1 R, 1 H, 2 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4 10 0
Kansas City 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0

WP: B. Radke (4-1)
LP: M. Redman (1-4)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/emilbrown.jpgEmil Brown- 1 R, 3 H, 1 RBI, 2B, SB

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0

WP: S. Elarton (1-2)
LP: J. Westbrook (0-5)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus- 2 R, 2 H, 3 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 1
Cleveland 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 0

WP: S. Elarton (1-2)
LP: J. Westbrook (0-5)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/dougmientkiewicz.jpgDoug Mientkiewicz- 2 R, 3 H, BB, 2 2B

[shakeyjake448]

April Rewind(Organization)
May 1st, 2006

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Standings
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Twins 17 7 0.0 100 77
Indians 12 11 4.5 84 88
White Sox 11 12 5.5 95 89
Tigers 11 13 6.0 83 93
Royals 5 19 12.0 82 132

Statistics
Pitching
PLAYER IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Jeremy Affeldt 14.2 1 0 0 4.91 12 5
Denny Bautista 26.0 0 3 0 7.62 18 10
Elmer Dessens 17.0 1 0 0 5.82 8 9
Scott Elarton 33.0 1 2 0 2.73 15 11
David Elder 7.0 0 1 0 2.57 5 2
Zach Greinke 29.2 0 3 0 4.25 14 8
Runelvys Hernandez 22.1 0 3 0 6.45 11 12
Mike MacDougal 7.2 1 0 3 1.17 4 3
Bobby Madritsch 4.1 0 0 0 4.15 1 1
Joe Mays 4.0 0 0 0 4.50 2 1
Kyle Middleton 0.1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
Mark Redman 27.2 1 4 0 7.16 18 16
Andy Sisco 8.0 0 3 0 10.13 5 8
Mike Wood 9.1 0 0 0 5.79 2 3


Hitting
PLAYER AB AVG HR RBI R SB H OBP
Paul Bako 6 .667 0 4 2 0 4 .750
Angel Berroa 78 .295 1 9 10 2 23 .353
Emil Brown 89 .258 2 5 12 3 23 .313
John Buck 76 .263 0 3 5 0 20 .345
David DeJesus 98 .286 5 15 14 2 28 .333
Mark Grudzielanek 88 .216 2 12 7 0 19 .303
Tony Graffanino 5 .600 0 1 2 0 3 .750
Aaron Guiel 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Doug Mientkiewicz 76 .224 1 8 11 0 17 .302
Reggie Sanders 85 .193 0 7 4 0 13 .260
Matt Stairs 8 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mike Sweeney 87 .253 1 5 7 1 22 .327
Mark Teahen 73 .192 1 10 10 0 14 .238

Batter of the Month
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/angelberroa.jpgAngel Berroa- .295 AVG, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 10 R, 2 SB, . 353 OBP

Pitcher of the Month
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/scottelarton.jpgScott Elarton- 33.0 IP, 1 W, 2 L, 2.73 ERA, 15 SO, 11 BB

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Standings
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Royals 14 8 0.0 85 74
Cubs 11 11 3.0 75 78
Redbirds 10 12 4.0 73 73
Sounds 9 13 5.0 60 83

Statistics
Pitching
PLAYER IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Brian Bass 9.0 0 0 6 3.00 7 2
Ambiorix Burgos 15.0 0 0 0 0.60 6 5
Jimmy Gobble 30.1 1 2 0 3.86 22 6
J.P. Howell 20.2 1 3 0 5.23 19 7
Luke Hudson 22.0 1 1 0 4.50 19 9
Andy Sisco 4.2 0 0 0 0.00 4 2
Shane Loux 2.0 0 0 0 0.00 1 2
Devon Lowery 28.2 2 1 1 5.02 19 7
Thad Markray 31.2 2 0 0 1.71 27 12
Ryan Snare 5.2 2 0 0 6.35 8 3
Kyle Snyder 23.2 2 0 0 1.51 21 6
Mike Stodolka 2.2 0 0 0 0.00 3 2


Hitting
PLAYER AB AVG HR RBI R SB H OBP
Chad Allen 15 .200 0 0 1 0 3 .200
Andres Blanco 68 .339 0 7 8 0 23 .392
Dee Brown 85 .271 1 5 9 0 23 .312
Mike Coolbaugh 79 .266 1 11 4 0 21 .303
Shane Costa 81 .210 3 11 10 1 17 .294
Adam Donachie 7 .143 0 1 0 0 1 .143
Ruben Gotay 91 .319 2 8 10 0 29 .389
Ken Harvey 41 .244 1 4 3 1 10 .280
Justin Huber 83 .338 3 7 10 0 28 .353
Paul Phillips 76 .237 2 10 5 0 18 .266
Chris Richard 17 .412 0 0 4 0 7 .474
Kerry Robinson 88 .319 1 6 12 4 28 .401

Batter of the Month
http://www.sportslogos.net/images/teams/thumbs/1022.gifJustin Huber- .338 AVG, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 10 R, .353 OBP

Pitcher of the Month
http://www.sportslogos.net/images/teams/thumbs/1022.gifThad Markray- 31.2 IP, 2 W, 0 L, 1.71 ERA, 27 SO, 12 BB

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Standings
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Wranglers 16 7 0.0 88 58
Cardinals 11 12 5.0 78 88
Drillers 10 13 6.0 78 87
Travelers 9 14 7.0 67 93


Statistics
Pitching
PLAYER IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Ryan Baerlocher 11.2 1 0 0 0.00 7 2
Adam Bernero 33.2 3 2 1 1.07 30 6
Billy Buckner 25.2 1 1 0 2.10 20 3
Juan Cedeno 21.1 3 1 0 2.11 13 4
Justin Huisman 7.1 0 0 8 2.46 10 6
Bob Keppel 27.2 2 0 0 3.58 21 6
Leo Nunez 31.2 1 2 2 2.27 36 3
Seung-Jun Song 5.2 0 0 0 7.94 2 0
Danny Tamayo 19.1 2 1 0 3.26 20 5
Ed Yarnall 27.1 2 0 0 2.63 19 5


Hitting
PLAYER AB AVG HR RBI R SB H OBP
Chip Ambres 78 .231 0 3 5 0 18 .247
David Bowles 77 .299 0 7 6 0 23 .380
Billy Butler 95 .306 7 20 13 0 29 .347
Justin Clark 89 .281 0 3 8 3 25 .327
Esteban German 87 .368 3 10 22 5 32 .467
Alex Gordon 84 .334 6 17 14 0 28 .431
Brett Groves 26 .231 0 0 2 0 6 .260
Colby Gryboski 78 .193 0 4 2 1 15 .208
Donnie Murphy 9 .223 1 3 1 0 2 .223
Jared Price 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wilken Ruan 89 .203 1 8 6 1 18 .216
Blake Santana 79 .241 1 7 9 3 19 .334
Scott Walker 15 .334 0 1 0 0 5 .376

Batter of the Month
http://www.sportslogos.net/images/teams/thumbs/1447.gifBilly Butler- .306 AVG, 7 HR, 20 RBI, 13 R, .347 OBP

Pitcher of the Month
http://www.sportslogos.net/images/teams/thumbs/1447.gifLeo Nunez- 31.2 IP, 1 W, 2 L, 2 SV, 2.27 ERA, 36 SO, 3 BB

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Standings
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Mavericks 16 8 0.0 69 56
66ers 12 11 3.5 59 61
Quakes 10 13 5.5 49 55
Storm 9 12 5.5 53 66
JetHawks 8 14 7.0 43 57

Statistics
Pitching
PLAYER IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Chad Blackwell 24.1 2 1 0 3.70 22 3
Luis Cota 25.1 2 1 0 2.13 24 3
John Grag III 26.1 1 1 0 2.39 23 12
Colt Griffin 13.1 0 0 0 0.00 12 0
Trae McGill 27.0 3 0 0 0.33 21 5
Joe Nelson 16.1 1 1 0 3.86 14 6
Joel Peralta 21.1 3 1 0 1.27 20 5
Steve Stemle 8.0 0 0 8 0.00 7 2
Nic Touchstone 28.0 2 0 0 1.29 31 3
Brandon Weeden 22.2 0 2 0 4.37 18 7
Wes Wilkerson 16.2 2 0 1 1.62 16 3


Hitting
PLAYER AB AVG HR RBI R SB H OBP
Howie Acosta 15 .200 0 1 0 0 3 .401
Jason Andra 99 .374 3 14 13 0 37 .404
Mike Aviles 2 .000 0 2 0 0 0 .250
Rick Borland 95 .348 0 8 6 0 33 .399
Clinton Chauncey 15 .200 0 0 1 0 3 .200
Jeff Foulke 69 .305 0 2 9 1 21 .334
Benji Gil 88 .285 0 4 10 0 25 .358
Jeff Inglin 88 .262 0 3 4 0 23 .278
Chris Lubanski 89 .236 2 10 7 1 21 .285
Mitch Maier 83 .278 0 4 7 0 23 .334
Alejandro Prieto 16 .313 0 2 1 0 5 .353
Eric Rosario 12 .084 0 0 2 0 1 .215
Randy Ruiz 86 .210 2 12 3 0 18 .285
Angel Sanchez 80 .276 1 4 6 0 22 .363

Batter of the Month
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/hdmavs.jpgJason Andra- .374 AVG, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 13 R, .404 OBP

Pitcher of the Month
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/hdmavs.jpgNic Touchstone- 28.0 IP, 2 W, 1 L, 1.29 ERA, 31 SO, 3 BB

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April Rewind(MLB)
May 1st, 2006

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Standings

AL WEST
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Athletics 14 10 0.0 132 102
Angels 13 11 1.0 101 94
Mariners 12 12 2.0 120 111
Rangers 11 13 3.0 115 142

AL CENTRAL
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Twins 17 7 0.0 100 77
Indians 12 11 4.5 84 88
White Sox 11 12 5.5 95 89
Tigers 11 13 6.0 83 93
Royals 5 19 12.0 82 132

AL EAST
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Red Sox 15 8 0.0 133 96
Yankees 14 10 1.5 136 109
Orioles 13 11 2.5 143 130
Devil Rays 10 14 5.5 94 117
Blue Jays 9 16 7.0 113 153

Leaders
BATTING PITCHING
BATTING AVERAGE EARN RUN AVERAGE(MIN. 24 IP)
1. ANA Jay Rivera- .397 1. MIN Brad Radke- 1.33
2. BOS Mark Loretta- .393 2. CWS Freddy Garcia- 1.82
3. BAL Jeff Connie- .391 3. MIN Johan Santana- 1.88
4. TB Joey Gathright- .373 4. CLE C.C. Sabathia- 2.04
5. BAL Melvin Mora- .367 5. DET Nate Robertson- 2.25

HOME RUNS WINS
1. ANA Vladimir Guerrero- 8 1. CWS Freddy Garcia- 4
2. SEA Richie Sexson- 8 2. MIN Johan Santana- 4
3. BAL Corey Patterson- 8 3. MIN Brad Radke- 4
4. TOR Troy Glaus- 8 4. MIN Jesse Crain- 4
5. BAL Jeff Connie- 8 5. BOS Matt Clement- 4

RUNS BATTED IN SAVES
1. BAL Corey Patterson- 25 1. MIN Joe Nathan- 8
2. TOR Troy Glaus- 24 2. BOS Keith Foulke- 6
3. BOS Manny Ramirez- 23 3. TB Jesus Colome- 6
4. NYY Hideki Matsui- 23 4. NYY Mariano Riveria- 5
5. OAK Bobby Crosby- 23 5. ANA Francisco Rodriguez- 4


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Standings
NL WEST
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Giants 14 8 0.0 106 82
Padres 14 9 0.5 117 84
Rockies 11 11 3.0 107 118
Diamondbacks 11 12 3.5 133 121
Dodgers 9 13 5.0 94 115

NL CENTRAL
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Reds 18 5 0.0 103 90
Cubs 13 11 5.5 107 89
Cardinals 11 10 6.0 86 94
Brewers 10 13 8.0 105 98
Astros 9 14 9.0 100 102
Pirates 8 15 10.0 71 123

NL EAST
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Mets 14 9 0.0 135 98
Phillies 13 10 1.0 104 90
Braves 10 13 4.0 89 98
Nationals 9 14 5.0 87 121
Marlins 8 15 6.0 93 114

Leaders
BATTING PITCHING
BATTING AVERAGE EARN RUN AVERAGE(MIN. 24 IP)
1. SD Geoff Blum- .446 1. CHC Glendon Rusch- 1.23
2. FLA Miguel Cabrera- .407 2. SF Jason Schmidt- 1.54
3. SD Ryan Klesko- .394 3. PHI Randy Wolf- 1.58
4. ARI Luis Gonzalez- .393 4. ATL John Smoltz- 1.64
5. SF Lance Niekro- .390 5. STL Sidney Ponson- 2.32

HOME RUNS WINS
1. ATL Andruw Jones- 10 1. SD Jake Peavy- 5
2. COL Todd Helton- 9 2. SF Jason Schmidt- 4
3. CIN Adam Dunn- 8 3. NYM Jose Lima- 4
4. ARI Luis Gonzalez- 8 4. PHI Randy Wolf- 4
5. MIL Prince Fielder- 7 5. LAD Brad Penny- 3

RUNS BATTED IN SAVES
1. PHI Ryan Howard- 23 1. CIN Ryan Wagner- 12
2. ATL Andruw Jones- 22 2. SF Armando Benitez- 7
3. COL Todd Helton- 22 3. WAS Chad Cordero- 7
4. ARI Luis Gonzalez- 21 4. COL Jose Mesa- 6
5. WAS Alfonso Soriano- 21 5. CHC Ryan Dempster- 6

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Meintkiewicz Injured, Royals Lose 11-3
May 1st, 2006

Cleveland, OH- Every hitter on the Cleveland Indians had a hit today as the Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-3.

“Days like today are the best,” said Jason Micheals who had 3 hits and 3 RBI. “Everyone had their best stuff and it really creates a great mood in the clubhouse.”

Runelvys Hernandez started for the Royals, but gave up 6 early runs and was pulled from the game in the 3rd.

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Runelvys Hernandez now has a 7.77 ERA after today's bashing.

“I always want to give my pitchers a chance to go deep into the game, but I thought making a change would maybe give us a little jolt and help us get back into the game.” said Kansas City manager Buddy Bell.

Joe Mays relived Hernandez in the 3rd, but wasn’t much better, giving up 4 runs in 3 innings of work.

The Royals were bad in the field all day and because of misplayed balls in the outfield from Reggie Sanders and Emil Brown, the Indians scored 4 extra runs.

“Me and Emil both took a chance by diving for the ball, trying to make play and it just didn’t pay off,” said outfielder Reggie Sanders. “Next time maybe I’ll be a bit more cautious.”

The Indians scored 6 runs in the first two innings, 2 of them compliments of a Casey Blake 2-run homer.

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Reggie Sanders watches Casey Blakes 2-run homer clear the fences in the 2nd inning.

Kansas City would cut the Tribe’s lead in half in the 3rd when they scored their only 3 runs on the game.

Cleveland would go on to score 5 more, securing their 13th win of the season.

Doug Mientkiewiz fractured his toe in the 8th inning diving for a ball and will be out for 4-6 weeks. Ken Harvey will be called up from Omaha and replace Mientkiewicz at 1st base.


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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Cleveland 3 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 X 11 20 0

WP: P. Byrd (3-2)
LP: R. Hernandez (0-4)

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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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D. DeJesus CF 4 1 3 0 1 0 .304
M. Grudzielanek 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .217
M. Sweeney DH 4 0 2 1 1 0 .264
R. Sanders LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .146
E. Brown RF 3 0 1 1 1 1 .261
J. Buck C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250
A. Berroa SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 .296
D. Mientkiewicz 1B 2 1 0 0 1 1 .218
M. Teahen 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .184

TOTALS: 31 3 8 3 2 3
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Batting:
RBI:Mark Grudzielanek(13), Mike Sweeney(8),
E. Brown(6)

Fielding:
E: Angel Berroa(2)

Baserunning:
CS:D. DeJesus(1), E. Brown(2)

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Indians Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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G. Sizemore CF 4 2 2 1 0 1 .247
J. Michaels RF 5 2 3 3 0 0 .216
T. Hafner DH 5 1 3 2 0 0 .319
C. Blake LF 5 1 1 2 0 0 .321
V. Martinez C 5 1 3 2 0 0 .278
B. Broussard 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 .299
J. Peralta SS 5 0 1 0 0 1 .357
R. Belliard 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 .314
R. Vazquez 3B 4 2 2 0 0 1 .299

TOTALS: 42 11 20 11 0 3
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Batting:
2B:J. Michaels 2(8), T. Hafner 2(6), A. Boone(1)
3B:R. Vazquez(2)
HR:C. Blake(2), V. Martinez(2)
RBI:G. Sizemore(10), J. Michaels 3(6), T. Hafner 2(17),
C. Blake 2(17), V. Martinez 2(8), R. Belliard(5)
SF: Grady Sizemore(2)

Fielding:

Baserunning:

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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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R. Hernandez(L,0-4) 2.0 7 6 5 0 1 1 7.77
J. Mays 3.0 7 4 4 0 2 1 7.71
E. Dessens 3.0 6 1 1 0 0 0 5.40
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Indians Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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P. Byrd(W,3-2) 7.2 8 3 3 2 3 0 3.03
F. Carmona 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.93
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Royals Get Middleton Back
May 2nd-7th, 2006

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 9 0
Chicago 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 12 0

WP: M. Buehrle (2-3)
LP: Z. Greinke (0-4)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus- 1 R, 1 H, 2 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
Chicago 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 10 0

WP: F. Garcia (5-1)
LP: M. Redman (1-5)

*RP Kyle Middleton has returned from the DL and RP David Elder has been sent
down to AAA.

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/jeremyaffeldt.jpgJeremy Affeldt- 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1
Chicago 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 1 X 10 9 0

WP: J. Contreras(3-1)
LP: S. Elarton(1-3)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markteahen.jpgMike Sweeney- 1 R, 1 H, 1 RBI, BB, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 10 0
Baltimore 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 7 1

WP: D. Bautista (1-3)
LP: B. Chen (1-2)
SV: M. MacDougal (4)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markgrudzielanek.jpgMark Grudzielanek- 2 R, 2 H, 2 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 8 11 1
Baltimore 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 18 3

WP: E. DuBose (1-2)
LP: Mike MacDougal (1-1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus- 2 R, 3 H, 4 RBI, 2 HR

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Royals Lose Heartbreaker
May 8th, 2006

Baltimore, MD- Baltimore Oriole David Newhan picked a good time to hit his first triple of the season, as Baltimore beat the Kansas City Royals 8-6.

Newhan, who came into the game after DH Ramon Hernandez was injured, blasted a ball to the right field wall that score Miguel Tejada and Melvin Mora to give the Orioles a 7-6 lead after being down 6-0.

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David Newhan came up big when his team needed it.

“I know my role on this team and when Ramon went down early in the game, I was ready to come in and contribute,” said the hero of the game, David Newhan. “We were losing all game and then finally there in the 7th I got a chance to give us the lead and I did exactly that.”

Zach Greinke started for the Royals and pitched a terrific game up until the 6th when he gave up 5 runs, including 2 home runs, to allow the Orioles back in the game.

“I have to pitch better than what I did today,” said a disappointed Greinke. “We can’t afford to throw games away like that and I blew it. I had only allowed what, 4 hits going into the 6th? Too fall apart the way I did is just unacceptable.”

The Royals scored the first run of the game in the 1st when Reggie Sanders grounded into a double play that scored Mark Grudzielanek from 3rd.

Kansas City would add 2 more runs to their 1-0 lead in the 4th, when after Baltimore starter Rodrigo Lopez walked the first 3 batter, Mark Grudzielanek grounded into a double play to score Ken Harvey from 3rd. One batter later, Mike Sweeney would hit a bouncer over Baltimore third baseman Melvin Mora to score Mark Teahen.

The Royals weren’t done there, as they scored 2 more runs in the 5th, one coming from a bases loaded walk and the other a throwing error. Then in the 6th Angel Berroa would hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Reggie Sanders and give Kansas City a 6-0 lead.

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Angel Berroa's sacrifice fly would be the last run the Royals would score in their 8-6 loss.


The Orioles would make it a game though, scoring 5 runs in the 6th, 3 of them coming for Melvin Mora 3-run blast to the left field seats.

Then in the 8th, Baltimore would get their first lead of the game after David Newhan hit his clutch triple to score 2 runs. One batter later, Javy Lopez hit a sacrifice fly to left field that brought Newhan home and gave the Orioles a 2-run lead.

Kansas City would threaten in the 9th, but after Baltimore closer John Halama picked off John Buck on 1st, the Royals lost all of their momentum and the next 2 batters grounded out.



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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 6 12 0
Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 X 8 12 0

WP: E. DuBose (2-2)
LP: M. Wood (0-1)
SV: J. Halama (6)


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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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D. DeJesus CF 4 0 1 0 1 2 .289
M. Grudzielanek 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 .212
M. Sweeney DH 5 0 3 1 0 0 .272
R. Sanders LF 5 1 2 1 0 1 .175
E. Brown RF 4 1 2 0 1 1 .272
J. Buck C 2 1 1 0 3 0 .227
A. Berroa SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 .257
Ken Harvey 1B 3 1 0 1 2 0 .318
M. Teahen 3B 2 1 1 1 1 1 .194

TOTALS: 34 6 12 5 8 6
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Batting:
2B:E. Brown(9)
RBI:M. Sweeney(10), R. Sanders(9), A. Berroa(10)
K. Harvey(3), Mark Teahen(11)
SF:A. Berroa(2), M. Teahen(3)

Fielding:

Baserunning:
CS:J. Buck(3)


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Orioles Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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B. Roberts 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .333
C. Patterson CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .304
M. Tejada SS 4 2 2 1 0 0 .281
M. Mora 3B 4 2 3 3 0 0 .364
R. Hernandez DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .320
J. Lopez C 3 0 0 1 0 0 .323
K. Millar 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257
J. Gibbons RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .212
J. Connie LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .393
D. Newhan DH 3 2 2 3 0 0 .375

TOTALS: 33 8 12 8 0 1
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Batting:
2B:C. Patterson(7)
3B:D. Newhan(1)
HR:M. Mora(8), D. Newhan(1)
RBI:M. Tejada(19), M. Mora 3(31), J. Lopez(30),
D. Newhan 3(3)

Fielding:


Baserunning:


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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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Z. Greinke 5.1 8 5 5 0 1 2 4.95
J. Affledt 1.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.91
M. Wood(L,0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 6.75
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Orioles Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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R. Lopez 4.0 10 5 5 6 3 0 7.50
E. DuBose(W,2-2) 4.0 2 1 1 1 3 0 3.24
J. Halama(SV,6) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.93
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Devil Rays Take First 2 From Royals
May 9th-13th, 2006

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0
Toronto 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3 6 0

WP: T. Lilly (2-2)
LP: M. Redman (1-6)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/markredman.jpgMark Redman- 7.1 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 1
Toronto 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 X 6 12 2

WP: J. Speier (4-2)
LP: J. Affeldt (1-1)
SV: B. Ryan (6)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/jeremyaffeldt.jpgMark Teahen- 1 R, 3 H, 2 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 1 7 2 1 0 0 11 19 1
Toronto 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 1

WP: D. Bautista (2-3)
LP: J. Towers (1-3)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/kenharvey.jpgKen Harvey- 2 R, 3 H, 6 RBI, 2 HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 9 1
Kansas City 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 8 0

WP: T. Harper (1-1)
LP: M. Wood (0-2)
SV: J. Colome (10)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/johnbuck.jpgJohn Buck- 1 R, 2 H, 3 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 6 11 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 12 0

WP: S. Camp (3-0)
LP: K. Middleton (0-1)
SV: J. Colome (11)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/kenharvey.jpgKen Harvey- 1 R, 2 H, 2 RBI, HR

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Curry Makes First Move as Royals GM
May 13th, 2006

Arthur Curry made his first big move as the Royals' GM today when he traded shortstop Angel Berroa, second baseman Mark Grudzielanek, and left fielder Reggie Sanders to the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for shortstop Rafael Furcal and second baseman Cesar Izturis.

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Mark Grudzielanek will be returning to the NL after his short stay in the AL.

The move was a pleasant surprise to Kansas City fans who were told by GM Arthur Curry at the beginning of the season that he didn’t want to make any major changes to the opening day roster. After a 7-29 start though, Curry felt compelled to make some kind of move.

“Going into the season I was hoping to give all of the players a chance to prove themselves, but we got off to a horrific start and it’s my responsibility to do something,” said Curry.

Furcal and Izturis are both significant upgrades over Berroa and Grudzielanek, but they also both come with expensive contracts, which is the main reason why the Dodgers gave them up.

“When you make trades, sometimes you’re going to have to take a hit financially to get the better player,” said Curry. “Obviously this is a situation where we feel that the players we’re receiving are worth their salaries.”

Furcal signed with the Dodgers this off-season after a terrific year last season with the Atlanta Braves. The Dodgers were expecting him to be one of the top lead-off hitters in the game, but instead Furcal has struggled with his new team. Even with his lack-luster performance so far this season, the Royals feel he still has the ability to be one of the best shortstops in baseball.

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Rafael Furcal is one of the best defensive shortstops in baseball.

Izturis has been on the trading block since opening day, but it’s not because he lacks talent.

“I’m expecting big things from Izturis,” said Curry. “Last season he played well offensively and defensively, but this year he hasn’t got a chance to play because Los Angeles didn’t have a position for him. Hopefully he can help us get back on track”

The trade does leave the Royals with a hole in left field. Matt Stairs will most likely replace Reggie Sanders, but Stairs is 37 years old and is below average defensively. The Royals may even make another move to bring in someone to take over in left field.

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Matt Stairs, who hasn't been a regular in the outfield since 2004, will now start at left field for the Royals.

Outfielder Kerry Robinson will be promoted from Omaha to fill in the extra roster spot.

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New Players, Same Results
May 14th, 2006

Kansas City, MO- Even with the help of newly acquired shortstop Rafael Furcal and second baseman Cesar Izturis, the Kansas City Royals still lost 11-5 against the Tampa Devil Rays today at Kauffman Stadium.

Ken Harvey has been outstanding since being called up for the injured Doug Mientkiewicz and had another terrific game today scoring a run and collecting 3 hits.

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When Doug Mientkiewicz comes back off of the DL, it'll be interesting to see what the Royals do about their excess of first baseman.

“I’ve just been practicing real hard and trying to absorb everything the coaches are telling me and it’s paid off,” said Harvey who is hitting .409 on the season. “When I started the season down in Omaha I was disappointed, but when Doug got hurt and I got called up, I made it a priority to prove to the coaches that I belong in the big leagues.”

Matt Stairs got his first start in left field this season and showed why he is considered to be a designated hitter. Stairs batted in the Royals first run, but was horrific in the field as he had trouble getting to easy pop-ups that resulted in base hits that really should have been outs.

Mark Redman started for the Royals, but could only last 4 innings after giving up 6 runs, including 2 home runs. There has been speculation that Buddy Bell was considering taking Redman, who is now sporting a 7.11 ERA, out of the starting rotation in favor of Jeremy Affeldt and in an interview after the game, Bell hinted towards making the move.

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Mark Redman has pitched his way out of the starting rotation with his 1-7 record.

“Our pitching has been awful this season,” said Bell. “Our pitchers can’t be allowing 11 runs a game if we expect to be competitive. Tonight was a situation where our offense scored enough runs to win the game, but the pitching let us down. For that reason myself and the rest of the staff are ready to make a move.”

Kansas City scored the first run of the game in the 2nd when Matt Stairs batted in Reggie Sanders.

A half an inning later in the top of the 3rd, the Devil Rays would score their first 3 runs of the game, including a bases loaded walk that score Toby Hall.

Mark Teahen scored in the bottom of the 3rd when David DeJesus hit a ball back up the middle to make the score 3-2.

Tampa Bay would put the game away in the 4th and 5th though, scoring a total of 8 runs, 2 of them compliments of a home run to left field by Toby Hall.

Kansas City will look to avoid getting swept by the Devil Rays tomorrow in the last game of the series.




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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 0 11 17 0
Kansas City 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 15 0

WP: E. DuBose (4-3)
LP: M. Redman (1-7)
S: D. Coggin (1)


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Devil Rays Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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C. Crawford DH 4 1 2 1 1 1 .225
J. Gathright LF 3 2 2 0 1 0 .368
A. Huff RF 5 0 3 3 0 0 .277
J. Cantu 3B 5 1 3 3 0 0 .324
R. Baldelli CF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .275
B. Upton SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 .200
L. Rivas 2B 5 2 2 0 0 1 .400
T. Hall C 5 3 3 2 0 1 .231
N. Green 1B 3 1 0 1 0 1 .304

TOTALS: 39 11 17 11 2 5
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Batting:
2B:J. Cantu(10)
HR:J. Cantu(4), T. Hall(5)
RBI:C. Crawford(14), A. Huff 3(29), J. Cantu 3(17)
R. Baldelli(19), T. Hall 2(15), N. Green(5)
SF: R. Baldelli(2), N. Green(1)

Fielding:

Baserunning:

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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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R. Furcal SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 .269
D. DeJesus CF 5 0 2 1 0 2 .273
C. Izturis 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .429
M. Sweeney DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 .266
E. Brown RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .283
K. Harvey 1B 4 1 3 0 0 0 .409
M. Stairs LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 .083
J. Buck C 3 1 2 2 1 1 .243
M. Teahen 3B 3 1 1 1 1 2 .237

TOTALS: 37 5 15 5 2 7
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Batting:
2B:K. Harvey(5), J. Buck 2(4), M. Teahen(4)
RBI:D. DeJesus(22), M. Stairs(1), J. Buck 2(10),
M. Teahen(15)

Fielding:
E: Angel Berroa(2)

Baserunning:
CS:K. Harvey(1), E. Brown(3)

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Devil Rays Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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M. Hendrickson(W,4-3) 5.2 11 5 5 1 5 0 3.27
D. Coggin(S,1) 3.1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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M. Redman(L,1-7) 4.0 10 6 6 0 1 2 7.11
J. Mays 3.0 7 5 5 2 3 0 9.90
J. Affledt 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.19
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Royals Win 3 of 5
May 15th-20th, 2006

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 6 9 0
Kansas City 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 11 2

WP: E. Jackson (1-0)
LP: S. Elarton (1-4)
SV: S. McClung (1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/rafaelfurcal.jpgRafael Furcal- 1 R, 2 H, 1 RBI, 2 SB

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 10 0
Kansas City 0 1 3 0 3 0 4 0 X 11 15 0

WP: B. Madritsch(1-0)
LP: A. Loewen(1-1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/kenharvey.jpgKen Harvey- 1 R, 1 H, 4 RBI, GS

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 12 0
Kansas City 0 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 X 10 13 1

WP: R. Hernandez(1-4)
LP: K. Benson(3-2)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/kenharvey.jpgKen Harvey- 4 R, 4 H, 2 RBI, HR

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6 13 0
Kansas City 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0

WP: R. Lopez(3-2)
LP: Z. Greinke(0-5)
S: C. Ray(1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus- 1 R, 2 H, 1 RBI, BB

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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 12 1
Kansas City 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 X 6 11 1

WP: J. Affeldt(2-1)
LP: C. Carpenter(4-4)
SV: M. MacDougal(5)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/emilbrown.jpgEmil Brown- 1 R, 1 H, 3 RBI, HR

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Elarton Pitches a 2-Hitter
May 21st, 2006

Kansas City, MO- Scott Elarton had perfect game through 6 innings helping the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 for their 4th win in their last 5 games.

The Cardinals had no answers for Elarton who was wheeling and dealing all day long. It wasn’t until the 7th inning when David Eckstein hit a blooper over first baseman Ken Harvey’s head that the Cardinals got their first base runner of the day.

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David Eckstein got a cheap hit in the 7th to break up Elarton's perfect game.

“It’s tough when a pitcher has a perfect game going late in the game,” said David Eckstein. “Instead of focusing on winning the game, you start to focus all attention on just breaking up the perfect game. Nobody wants to be on the wrong end of a perfect game.”

Elarton would end up giving up another hit in the 7th inning to Jim Edmonds, but would get out of the inning without allowing any runs.

“I was in the zone,” said a smiling Elarton. “Whenever I stepped onto the mound I felt un-hittable. I wasn’t even thinking about the perfect game, all my concentration was centered on getting the Cardinals out. It was the greatest game of my life.”

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Scott Elarton could do no wrong today pitching 7 innings, giving up only 2 hits.

Kansas City went up 2-0 in the 1st inning with the help of the newest Royals, Rafael Furcal and Cesar Izturis. Izturis batted in Furcal when he hit a line drive down the first base line and then 4 batters later Matt Stairs hit a ball that dropped right in front of centerfielder Jim Edmonds that scored Cesar Izturis from third.

The Royals would add 1 more run to their lead in the 5th when Mike Sweeney blasted a ball to the right field wall that scored David DeJesus.

St. Louis would score their only in the 9th when Scott Rolen pounded a ball off of Royals closer Mike MacDougal 475 feet to left field for his 9th home run of the season.

Kansas City will attempt to take 3 of 3 from the Cardinals tomorrow and then head to Texas the day after to start a 3 games series with the Rangers.


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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
Kansas City 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 10 0

WP: S. Elarton(2-4)
LP: M. Mulder(3-4)
S: M. MacDougal(6)


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Cardinals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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S. Rolen 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .283
D. Eckstein SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273
A. Pujols 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276
J. Edmonds CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .304
J. Encarnacion RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .258
S. Taguchi LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224
L. Bigbie DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 .125
J. Spivey 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .370
Y. Molina C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268

TOTALS: 30 1 3 1 0 1
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Batting:
2B:J. Edmonds(8)
HR:S. Rolen(9)
RBI:S. Rolen(18)

Fielding:

Baserunning:

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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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R. Furcal SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 .269
D. DeJesus CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 .290
C. Izturis 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 .378
M. Sweeney DH 4 0 3 1 0 0 .276
E. Brown RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .296
K. Harvey 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 .415
M. Stairs LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .212
J. Buck C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .250
M. Teahen 3B 3 0 0 0 0 3 .241

TOTALS: 33 3 10 3 1 9
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Batting:
RBI:C. Izturis(7), M. Sweeney(16), M. Stairs(6)

Fielding:

Baserunning:


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Cardinals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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M. Mulder(L,3-4) 8.0 10 3 3 1 9 0 5.21
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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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S. Elarton(W,2-4) 7.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4.00
E. Dessens 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.56
M. MacDougal(S,6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.77
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Royals Take 2 of 3 From Texas
May 22nd-27th, 2006

#44Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Louis 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 4 2 20 24 0
Kansas City 3 0 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 10 14 1

WP: J. Hancock(1-0)
LP: B. Madritsch(1-1)
SV: D. Tankersly(1)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/mikesweeney.jpgMike Sweeney- 3 R, 3 H, 5 RBI, BB, 2 2B, HR

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#45Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 1 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 9 17 0
Texas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 2


WP: R. Hernandez(2-4)
LP: J. Benoit(1-4)
S: M. Redman(1)

*Ken Harvey was injured with a concussion and will be out for
the next 3 days.

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/emilbrown.jpgEmil Brown- 3 R, 4 H, 2 RBI, 2B, HR, SB

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#46Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Kansas City 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 13 1
Texas 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 14 0


WP: R. Dickey(1-1)
LP: K. Middleton(0-2)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/cesarizturis.jpgCesar Izturis- 1 R, 3 H, 1 RBI, 2B, SB

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#47Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 1 3 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 10 17 1
Texas 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 1


WP: J. Affeldt(3-1)
LP: A. Eaton(3-4)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus- 3 H, 4 RBI, 2B, 3B

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#48Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
Anaheim 0 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 X 7 8 1


WP: J. Weaver(4-4)
LP: S. Elarton(2-5)


*Ken Harvey has returned from his injury.

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/kenharvey.jpgKen Harvey- 1 H, BB

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Homeruns Carry Angels to Victory
May 28th, 2006

Anaheim, CA- With the help of homeruns from Vladimir Guererro and Orlando Cabrera, the Anaheim Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 this afternoon at Angel Stadium.

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Orlando Cabrera came up big in the 7th inning hitting a 2-run homer to give the Angels the 4-2 lead.

Royals' starter Denny Bautista threw a good game, but made 2 giant mistakes that cost him the win.

“He’s a young guy and he’s going to make mistakes,” said Royals' manager Buddy Bell. “In the 1st inning he tried to overpower Vladimir Guererro and that’s just not going to happen. He’s got good stuff, he just has to get more experience at the big league level and learn when to throw certain pitches.”

Kansas City didn’t just lose the game though as they also lost right fielder Emil Brown for 6-8 weeks with a concussion.

“In the 9th inning he slid into second base and the second baseman’s knee caught Emil in the head,” said head trainer Alan Scott. “It’s a pretty severe concussion and he’s going to need some time to recover.”

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The Royals will miss Emil Brown's strong arm in the outfield.

With the injury to Brown, the Royals may be forced to make a move to bring in another outfielder. They were already unhappy about having to play Matt Stairs outfield, but now they have even less depth. Buddy Bell stated after the game that he wasn’t sure who was going to take over for Brown, but chances are that David DeJesus will move over from center to right field and Kerry Robinson, who was called up from AAA after Reggie Sanders was traded, will take over in center.

John Buck and Mark Teahen, who hit 8 and 9 in the Royals' lineup, each scored a run and had 3 hits on the day.

The Angels jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the 1st when Vladimir Guererro hit a bomb to left field with Chone Figgins on base.

Kansas City didn’t give up though, as David DeJesus would hit a beamer down the third base line to score Mark Teahen to make the score 2-1 in favor of the Angels.

The Royals would then tie the game up in the 7th when Cesar Izturis just beat out the throw from Angels third baseman Edgar Alfonso to get an infield single and score John Buck from third.

Anaheim would ultimately win the game though after Orlando Cabrera showed a rare sign of power, hitting a 2-run homerun to left field to give the Angels the 4-2 win.

Kansas City will look to avoid getting swept by the Angels tomorrow and then head back home to prepare for a 6 game home stand.


#49Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12 0
Anaheim 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 4 10 0

WP: K. Escobar(4-4)
LP: D. Bautista(2-4)
S: F. Rodriguez(13)

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Royals Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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R. Furcal SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .288
D. DeJesus CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 .307
C. Izturis 2B 4 0 0 1 0 0 .359
M. Sweeney DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277
E. Brown RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .307
K. Harvey 1B 3 0 2 0 1 1 .407
M. Stairs LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .259
J. Buck C 3 1 3 0 0 1 .247
M. Teahen 3B 3 1 3 0 0 1 .255

TOTALS: 37 2 12 2 0 5
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Batting:
2B:D. DeJesus(10), K. Harvey(9)
3B:R. Furcal(3)
RBI:D. DeJesus(32), C. Izturis(10)
SH:R. Furcal(1)

Fielding:

Baserunning:

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Angels Today Season
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Player Name POS AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
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C. Figgins 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .258
D. Erstad 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245
V. Guerrero RF 4 1 2 2 0 1 .324
G. Anderson LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .249
E. Alfonso 3B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262
O. Cabrera SS 3 1 1 2 0 0 .215
J. Molina C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243
J. Mathis DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264
B. Balkcon CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 .212

TOTALS: 32 4 10 4 0 1
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Batting:
2B:J. Edmonds(8)
HR:V. Guererro(15), O. Cabrera(5)
RBI:V. Guerrero 2(40), O. Cabrera 2(17)

Fielding:

Baserunning:
CS: D. Erstad(3)

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Royals Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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D. Bautista(L,2-4) 7.0 9 4 4 0 0 2 7.69
E. Dessens 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.86
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Angels Today Season
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Player Name IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
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K. Escobar(W,4-4) 7.0 10 2 2 0 2 0 6.87
J. Romero 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.48
F. Rodriguez(S,13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
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Royals Go 9-18 in the Month of May
May 29th-31st, 2006

#50Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 17 1
Anaheim 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 18 0

WP: R. Hernandez(3-4)
LP: E. Santana(4-4)
S: M. MacDougal(7)

Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/daviddejesus.jpgDavid DeJesus-1 R, 2 H, 2 RBI, 2B, SB

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#51Final Score-
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BOX SCORE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 2 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 10 13 2
Kansas City 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 7 1



WP: R. Johnson(7-3)
LP: Z. Greinke(0-6)


Kansas City Player of the Game:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/cesarizturis.jpgCesar Izturis-2 H, 2 RBI, BB, 2B

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May Rewind(Organization)
May 1st, 2006

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Standings
TEAM W L GB RS RA
White Sox 28 25 0.0 245 216
Twins 27 24 0.0 211 248
Indians 26 25 1.0 218 212
Tigers 24 27 3.0 199 197
Royals 14 37 13.0 224 302

Statistics
Pitching
PLAYER IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Jeremy Affeldt 44.2 3 1 0 2.82 35 11
Denny Bautista 50.1 2 4 0 7.69 29 14
Elmer Dessens 31.2 1 0 0 5.97 16 16
Scott Elarton 59.0 2 5 0 4.12 30 20
David Elder 8.1 0 1 0 4.32 5 4
Zach Greinke 58.1 0 6 0 5.86 35 21
Runelvys Hernandez 48.2 3 4 0 6.47 26 26
Mike MacDougal 13.2 1 1 7 2.63 10 4
Bobby Madritsch 16.1 1 1 0 4.41 6 7
Joe Mays 10.0 0 0 0 9.90 7 3
Kyle Middleton 15.1 0 2 0 6.46 13 4
Mark Redman 61.1 1 7 1 6.31 38 24
Andy Sisco 8.0 0 3 0 10.13 5 8
Mike Wood 13.0 0 2 0 6.75 6 9


Hitting
PLAYER AB AVG HR RBI R SB H OBP
Paul Bako 14 .571 0 5 4 0 8 .625
Emil Brown 189 .307 8 22 31 6 58 .358
John Buck 169 .237 2 14 14 0 40 .301
David DeJesus 213 .310 9 35 28 4 66 .348
Rafael Furcal 126 .302 3 12 26 5 38 .380
Tony Graffanino 22 .455 2 3 6 0 10 .538
Aaron Guiel 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ken Harvey 90 .389 7 24 17 0 35 .434
Cesar Izturis 72 .389 1 13 13 5 28 .443
Doug Mientkiewicz 78 .218 1 8 12 0 17 .303
Kerry Robinson 9 .333 0 0 2 0 3 .333
Matt Stairs 64 .266 2 9 5 0 17 .356
Mike Sweeney 196 .270 5 24 20 2 53 .345
Mark Teahen 159 .270 4 21 15 0 43 .335

Batter of the Month
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/kenharvey.jpgKen Harvey- .389 AVG, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 17 R, 35 H, .434 OBP

Pitcher of the Month
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/shakeyjake448/kc/jeremyaffeldt.jpgJeremy Affeldt- 44.2 IP, 3 W, 1 L, 2.82 ERA, 35 SO, 11 BB

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Standings
TEAM W L GB RS RA
Royals 29 24 0.0 223 194
Cubs 28 25 1.0 185 195
Redbirds 25 28 4.0 169 171
Sounds 21 32 8.0 158 209

Statistics
Pitching
PLAYER IP W L SV ERA SO BB
Brian Bass 16.1 0 1 13 3.86 10 6
Ambiorix Burgos 33.1 1 1 0 1.89 23 11
David Elder