Sat, 08/14/2010 - 12:04 by Prince damin
Kansas City, Mo. -- Billy Butler's homer put Kansas City in front in the fifth Friday and the Royals escaped a ninth-inning jam to defeat the New York Yankees 4-3.
The teams endured a lengthy rain delay in the fifth, and then battled to a tense conclusion that saw the Royals end a five-game losing streak.
After Butler hit a one-out homer to left off Dustin Moseley (2-2), three Kansas City relievers combined to throw four scoreless innings.
Joakim Soria came on in the ninth and gave up a leadoff single to Derek Jeter. After Curtis Granderson flew out to left and Mark Teixeira struck out, Alex Rodriguez singled Jeter to third.
Robinson Cano then grounded to second to end the game and give Soria his 32nd save.
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Wed, 06/02/2010 - 10:19 by Rakhi
Kansas City, Mo. -- Billy Butler and David DeJesus notched a pair of RBI apiece Tuesday to help the Kansas City Royals post a 6-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
The Royals used a four-run uprising in the fifth inning to take control of the game.
Jose Guillen connected for a solo homer, and Chris Getz collected two hits and knocked in a run for the winners.
Brian Bannister (5-3) lasted 5 1/3 innings to win his fourth straight start, yielding three runs on seven hits. Joakim Soria nailed down the win with his 13th save of the year.
The Angels got a solo homer from Maicer Izturis. Mike Napoli and Howie Kendrick each chipped in with an RBI for Los Angeles.
Joel Pineiro (3-6) absorbed the loss, yielding six runs on 10 hits over eight innings.
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Tue, 09/22/2009 - 10:14 by shalini.bahadur
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 22: Yuniesky Betancourt stroked a two-run single to ignite a six-run sixth inning Monday and the Kansas City Royals beat Boston 12-9.
Mike Jacobs had a three-run home run and Billy Butler, Alberto Callaspo and Alex Gordon drove in two runs apiece for the Royals, who erased an 8-2 deficit and earned their 11th win in 14 games.
Jason Bay had a three-run home run for the Red Sox, who lead Texas by 7 1/2 games in the AL wild-card chase, pending the outcome of the Rangers' game in Oakland Monday.
Victor Martinez had two RBI and ran his hitting streak to a career-best 20 games. Jacoby Ellsbury knocked in two runs for Boston.
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Tue, 09/15/2009 - 04:23 by surajdogra
New York -- Kansas City first baseman Billy Butler was named Monday the American League Player of the Week.
Butler hit .419 (13-for-31) with two home runs and a major league-best 12 runs batted in in seven games this past week. He also had an AL-best 24 total bases and tied for the major league lead with five doubles.
Butler had a .774 slugging percentage in taking his second career weekly award. He also earned the honor for the week ending Aug. 9.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Thu, 09/10/2009 - 11:21 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. Sept. 10: Billy Butler had three doubles and drove in a run apiece with two of them Wednesday in leading the Kansas City Royals to a 5-1 win over Detroit.
Robinson Tejeda (2-1) struck out eight in throwing six shutout innings. It was Tejada's second start in place of the ailing Gil Meche and Tejada ran his scoreless streak to 11 1/3 innings.
Kansas City has won three in a row for the first time since July 4-6. Detroit has dropped two straight and saw its lead in the American League Central reduced to 5 1/2 games over Minnesota.
Butler scored the game's first run on a single by Mike Jacobs in the third and the lead remained 1-0 until Butler's first RBI double in the seventh.
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Wed, 09/09/2009 - 11:11 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. Sept. 8: Billy Butler drove in the game-tying run and Mike Jacobs drove in the game-winner Tuesday in the Kansas City Royals' 7-5 win over Detroit.
The Royals scored five unanswered runs to end Detroit's six-game winning streak.
Butler had two RBI for the Royals and Jacobs had two hits, an RBI and a run scored in the win.
Bruce Chen gave up five runs, seven hits and four walks through 4 2/3 innings.
Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-1) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless frames to earn the win, and Joakim Soria earned his 23rd save of the season.
Ryan Raburn was 3-for-4 with a homer for the Tigers, who maintained their 6 1/2 game lead over Minnesota in the AL Central. Marcus Thames and Aubrey Huff each drove in two of runs in defeat.
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Tue, 09/08/2009 - 06:18 by harsheeb
Kansas -- Billy Butler had two home runs and four RBI Monday to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Mike Jacobs and Alberto Callaspo each had RBI singles for Kansas City, which got only its second victory in its last seven games.
Kyle Davies (7-9) earned the win after allowing a run on five hits in five innings. It was his fourth win in his last five decisions.
Bobby Abreu had a solo homer and Kendry Morales and Torii Hunter each drove in a run for the Angels, who are five games in front of Texas for the top spot in the American League West.
Ervin Santana (7-8) took the loss after allowing five runs on nine hits.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 08/19/2009 - 10:02 by Jaspreet Virk
Chicago, Aug. 19: Three doubles and two RBI by Billy Butler helped carry the Kansas City Royals past the Chicago White Sox 5-4 Tuesday.
Butler, who is second in the majors with 41 doubles this season, drove in the tying run in the fifth inning and then scored the eventual game-winning run on a two-out single by Alberto Callaspo.
Joe Buck added a two-run homer for the Royals and Gil Meche (6-9) got the win despite allowing four runs on eight hits and five walks in five innings.
Joakim Soria tallied his 20th save.
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Fri, 08/07/2009 - 10:25 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 6: Billy Butler's two-run homer ignited a five-run first inning Thursday and the Kansas City Royals went on to defeat Seattle 8-2.
The Royals ended a three-game losing streak, batting around in the first inning off Jason Vargas (3-6).
David DeJesus walked on four pitches to open the first and was erased at second on a fielder's choice grounder by Willie Bloomquist. Butler then gave Kansas City the lead for good with his 13th home run.
Brayan Pena and Alberto Callaspo kept things going with singles and both runners scored on a double by Mark Teahen. A two-out double by Yuniesky Betancourt brought in Teahen.
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Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:24 by surajdogra
Baltimore, July 27: Billy Butler had five hits, including two doubles, and three RBI Monday to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 5-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Mark Teahen added two hits and an RBI for the Royals.
Royals starter Bruce Chen gave up three runs in five innings. Winner Robinson Tejeda (1-0) pitched three shutout innings, allowing one hit, in relief and Joakim Soria worked the ninth for his 16th save.
Orioles starter Rich Hill was pulled after 2 1/3 innings. He gave up three runs on four hits and three walks.
Brian Bass followed with 3 1/3 frames of scoreless relief, but Matt Albers (1-4) allowed the go-ahead run and took the loss.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:33 by preet_20
Boston, July 12: Kevin Youkilis homered twice and drove in four runs and scored four times Saturday, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 15-9 win over Kansas City.
Youkilis hit a two-run homer in the second and a solo shot in the eighth to go with an RBI single in the first.
Jason Varitek hit a solo homer in the third and scored three times, David Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the fourth and scored twice, Nick Green drove in two runs, Dustin Pedroia had two hits and one RBI, while J.D. Drew had one RBI for the Red Sox, who have won four of five.
The winner was John Smoltz (1-2). He went five innings, allowing one run on four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts.
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Wed, 06/17/2009 - 10:08 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. June 17: Gil Meche's second consecutive shutout led the Kansas City Royals to a 5-0 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday.
Meche, who blanked Cleveland over seven innings in his last start, struck out six and walked one in his first complete game this season.
Mark Teahen had three hits and an RBI to lead the Royals' offense.
Doug Davis (3-8) took the inter-league loss. He gave up four runs -- three earned -- on six hits over 5 2/3 innings.
While Meche struck out 11 in his last start, he was plenty effective Tuesday against the slumping Diamondbacks, who have lost seven of their last 10 games. He allows only three hits in his first seven innings and did not allow a runner past second base.
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