Thu, 11/11/2010 - 08:48 by Prince damin
Oakland, Calif. -- The Oakland Athletics obtained Kansas City outfielder David DeJesus Wednesday for pitchers Vin Mazzaro and Justin Marks, the teams said.
DeJesus, a longtime fixture in the Royals' outfield, was limited to 91 games this year after tearing a ligament in his right thumb while trying to make a leaping catch against the outfield wall at Yankee Stadium in late July.
DeJesus has played eight seasons with Kansas City after being drafted in the fourth round of the 2000 MLB draft. He batted .318 with five home runs and 37 runs batted in last season and has logged 241 consecutive errorless games.
DeJesus has 61 homers, 390 RBI and a .289 average for his career.
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Sat, 07/24/2010 - 10:28 by Rakhi
New York -- The Kansas City Royals announced Friday center fielder David DeJesus would be lost for the rest of the season due to a ligament tear in his right thumb.
DeJesus suffered the injury Thursday while trying to make a catch against the wall of a long drive off the bat of New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
The ball eluded DeJesus and Jeter turned it into the second inside-the-park home run of his career.
The Royals originally announced DeJesus had suffered only a sprained and that X-rays were negative. Further examination revealed he would require surgery to repair the damage.
DeJesus ended his season with a .318 batting average and 37 RBI in 91 games.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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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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Wed, 09/16/2009 - 12:20 by shalini.bahadur
Detroit, Sept. 15: Alberto Callaspo, Miguel Olivo and David DeJesus each hit a three-run homer Tuesday to power Kansas City in an 11-1 rout of Detroit.
Callaspo also added a sacrifice fly, as the Royals won for the seventh time in eight games. Robinson Tejeda (3-1) made his third start of the season and allowed just one run on two hits and four walks in five innings.
Carlos Guillen had an RBI single.
The Tigers had only four hits in their sixth loss in eight games. The defeat narrows their division lead over Minnesota to five games.
Jarrod Washburn (9-9) lasted only one inning, giving up four runs, three hits and two walks.
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Thu, 09/03/2009 - 11:22 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. Sept. 2: Landon Powell hit his first career grand slam Wednesday in Oakland's 10-4 victory over Kansas City.
Powell's grand slam, his fifth homer this season, capped a five-run inning, giving Oakland an 8-0 lead with two outs in the bottom of the second.
Rajai Davis and Ryan Sweeney had two hits and two RBI apiece.
Mark Ellis drove in a run.
Sweeney drove in a run with a groundout, while Jack Cust and Adam Kennedy added two hits each for the Athletics, who have split their last eight games.
Winner Trevor Cahill (8-12) gave up three runs and six hits in five innings.
Josh Anderson led Kansas City with two hits and one RBI.
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Fri, 08/28/2009 - 10:38 by preet_20
Seattle, Aug. 28: Brayan Pena hit the first of four Kansas City home runs Thursday that powered the Royals past Seattle 8-4.
Kansas City needs one more victory to become the last team in the American League to reach 50 wins. Seattle had a three-game winning streak halted.
Pena hit a two-run homer in the first, Yuniesky Betancourt added a solo shot in the fifth and Kansas City then got two-run blasts from Alberto Callaspo in the sixth and David DeJesus in the seventh.
Kyle Davies (5-9) benefited from the homers to get a win after having lost eight of his previous 10 decisions. Davies gave up two runs on five hits over six innings.
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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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Sun, 07/19/2009 - 11:28 by surajdogra
Kansas City, Mo. July 18: Willy Aybar went 4-for-4 and drove in the winning run Saturday to pace the Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
B.J. Upton had three hits and an RBI and Ben Zobrist added two hits and a run for the Rays, who have won five of their last seven games.
Tampa Bay starter Scott Kazmir gave up one run on four hits with four walks over six innings before leaving with arm trouble. Chad Bradford (1-0) earned the win for retiring the final batter of the seventh.
David DeJesus and Alberto Callaspo each drove in a run for the Royals, who have lost their last five games.
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Mon, 07/13/2009 - 03:09 by surajdogra
Boston -- Josh Beckett threw a complete-game three-hit shutout Sunday, helping the Boston Red Sox record an easy 6-0 win over the Kansas City Royals.
Beckett (11-3) retired the side in the first three innings before David DeJesus hit a lead-off double in the top of the fourth.
With 94 pitches, the All-Star right-hander did not walk a batter and struck out seven.
Five batters had one RBI.
A run scored on Jacoby Ellsbury's double-play ground out in the fifth, while Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis had two hits apiece for the Red Sox, who won five of six before the start of the All-Star break Monday.
Pedroia will miss the All-Star Game to be with his ailing, pregnant wife.
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Fri, 07/10/2009 - 10:22 by preet_20
Boston, July 9: David DeJesus put Kansas City in front with a two-run homer in the sixth inning Thursday, lifting the Kansas City Royals to an 8-6 victory over Boston.
The Red Sox lost for the first time in three games and fell back into a tie with the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East.
Boston took a 4-0 lead through three innings and still maintained a 5-3 advantage going into the sixth before the Royals moved in front against the Red Sox bullpen.
Manny Delcarmen replaced starter Brad Penny in the sixth and gave up a leadoff double to Mark Teahen. Two outs later, Teahen was still on second base, but he scored on Alberto Callaspo's double.
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Wed, 07/08/2009 - 11:26 by preet_20
Detroit, July 7: Placido Polanco had a homer, four RBI and two runs, and Marcus Thames drilled a three-run homer Tuesday in Detroit's 8-5 win over Kansas City.
Justin Verlander (9-4) got the win despite giving up five runs on seven hits in six innings. He struck out 11. Fernando Rodney pitched a scoreless ninth for his 18th save.
Miguel Cabrera had a solo homer for Detroit.
Bruce Chen (0-3) took the loss after giving up seven runs on four hits with five walks in 4 2/3 innings. Chen hasn't won in the majors since Oct. 2, 2005.
David DeJesus was 3-for-5 with three RBI for Kansas City, which is just 3-5 over its last eight games.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Fri, 07/03/2009 - 10:38 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. July 2: Mark Buehrle worked into the ninth Thursday and the Chicago White Sox extended their season-long winning streak to six games by downing Kansas City 4-1.
Chicago won for the 13th time in 17 contests and moved within 2 ½ games of idle Detroit for first place in the American League Central.
Buehrle (8-2), who had won just one of his previous seven starts, took the mound in the ninth in an attempt to finish off a shutout. Alberto Callaspo, however, opened the inning with a double and, one out later, scored on a two-base hit by David DeJesus.
Bobby Jenks came on to replace Buehrle and retired the next two batters to earn his 19th save.
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