Fri, 05/28/2010 - 10:03 by Pankaj Damin
Boston -- Joakim Soria finished a perfect three-inning effort by the Kansas City relief corps Thursday, allowing the Royals to edge Boston 4-3.
The Red Sox, who had won eight of their previous nine and were coming off a three-game sweep of Tampa Bay, limited the Royals to four hits.
Boston starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, however, walked eight batters and the Red Sox could not solve the relief efforts of Robinson Tejeda, Blake Wood and Soria.
Kansas City took advantage of four walks and a wild pitch in the fifth inning to score three times. David DeJesus singled in a run in that inning and doubled in another in the sixth.
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Thu, 10/01/2009 - 09:48 by shalini.bahadur
New York, Sept. 30: John Buck tripled in Mark Teahen with the deciding run in the seventh inning Wednesday, giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 win over the New York Yankees.
Kansas City let a 3-1 lead get away in the fifth when Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer but the Royals responded to win for the second time in eight games.
Brayan Pena had RBI singles in the first and fourth innings for the Royals.
Jamey Wright (3-5) picked up the win with two innings of scoreless relief. Joakim Soria worked the ninth for his 30th save.
Kansas City's go-ahead run came off Damaso Marte (1-3).
The Yankees, winners of 102 games and certain to have the best record in the majors this year, had a seven-game victory streak snapped.
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Mon, 09/28/2009 - 11:25 by shalini.bahadur
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 27: Yuniesky Betancourt hit a key three-run homer Sunday, leading the Kansas City Royals' 4-1 win over Minnesota.
The homer, Betancourt's sixth this season, gave Kansas City a quick 3-0 lead with one out in the bottom of the second.
Betancourt had three of his team's six hits and scored on a fourth-inning wild pitch by reliever Jeff Manship to help the Royals avert a three-game sweep.
Winner Zack Greinke (16-8), a possible AL Cy Young contender, yielded a run and seven hits in seven innings with two walks and eight strikeouts.
Closer Joakim Soria hurled two scoreless innings to earn his 29th save.
Minnesota's run scored on Michael Cuddyer's groundout in the sixth.
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Wed, 09/02/2009 - 12:29 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. Sept. 2: A two-run single by Joakim Soria was the big blow in a three-run sixth inning Tuesday that carried the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 win over Oakland.
Callaspo's rap staked the Royals to a 4-1 lead that held up as Oakland scored single runs in the seventh and eighth inning.
Jay Marshall (0-2) took the loss after starting the sixth in relief of starter Edgar Martinez.
Closer Joakim Soria pitched the final two innings for his 21st save.
Kyle Davies (6-9) went six innings for the win. He gave up one run on four hits and struck out six.
Rajai Davis hit his third home run of the season off Davies in the first inning. Adam Kennedy and Mark Ellis drove in the other Oakland runs.
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Tue, 08/25/2009 - 10:43 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 24: Luis Valbuena gave Cleveland the lead with a three-run homer in the eighth Monday and the Indians pulled away late to defeat Kansas City 10-6.
Cleveland has won three in a row, one short of its longest streak of the season. Kansas City dropped its fifth straight.
The Indians faced a 5-4 deficit going into the eighth but they quickly got to reliever Joakim Soria (3-2).
Jhonny Peralta reached on a one-out single and Travis Hafner delivered an infield hit. Valbuena then hit a 1-1 pitch out to right for his eighth homer of the season.
After Kansas City got a run back in the bottom of the eighth, Cleveland tacked on three more in the ninth -- two of the runs scoring on a double by Asdrubal Cabrera.
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Sat, 08/22/2009 - 09:50 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. Aug. 22: Orlando Cabrera tripled home Alexi Casilla from first with two out in the 10th inning Friday, giving Minnesota a 5-4 victory over Kansas City.
The Twins survived both a blown save by Joe Nathan in the ninth and a scare in the bottom of the 10th to hand the Royals their second straight loss.
Casilla singled on an 0-2 pitch with one away in the 10th and, after Denard Span flew out, Cabrera tripled to right off Joakim Soria (3-1).
Nathan (2-1) gave up a two-out, score-tying home run to pinch-hitter Brayan Pena in the ninth. Nathan, however, got the win when the Twins scored in the 10th.
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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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Wed, 07/29/2009 - 11:05 by surajdogra
Baltimore, July 28: John Buck's RBI single in the 11th inning Tuesday gave the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
Jamey Wright (1-3) earned the win with two perfect innings. Joakim Soria pitched the bottom of the 11th for his 17th save.
Willie Bloomquist was 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs scored, and Billy Butler hit a two-run homer for the Royals.
Jason Berken gave up two runs on six hits in six innings. Danys Baez (4-4) took the loss, the Orioles' seventh in their last eight games.
Adam Jones hit a two-run homer, and Matt Wieters had the first four-hit game of his career for Baltimore.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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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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Tue, 07/07/2009 - 10:18 by preet_20
Detroit, July 6: Mike Jacobs homered off Detroit reliever Fernando Rodney in the ninth inning Monday to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 win over the Tigers.
Willie Bloomquist was 3-for-4 with a home run and a two-run triple for the Royals, who have three straight wins. Jose Guillen and Miguel Olivo each had two hits in the victory.
Joakim Soria allowed one hit but struck out two in one inning of relief to earn his 13th save.
Ryan Raburn homered and had an RBI double and Marcus Thames also homered for Detroit.
Roman Colon (1-0) got the victory.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Mon, 06/29/2009 - 11:41 by preet_20
Pittsburgh, June 28: Zack Greinke yielded two runs and seven hits Sunday, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 inter-league win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Greinke (10-3) did not walk a batter in 80 pitches.
Closer Joakim Soria followed two other relievers to record his ninth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
David DeJesus had two RBI with a fourth-inning homer and a fielder's choice groundout in the fifth. Mark Teahen added a fifth-inning RBI double for the Royals, who had eight hits on the way to breaking their three-game losing streak.
Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche had two hits and one RBI. Jason Jaramillo hit an RBI groundout in the seventh, while Adam LaRoche had a run and three hits for the Pirates, who had won their previous four contests.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 15:48 by preet_20
Houston, June 25: Miguel Olivo hit a towering homer on the first pitch of the 11th inning Wednesday, giving Kansas City a wild 4-3 victory over Houston.
Kansas City forced extra innings with a run in the ninth and both teams scored in the 10th before Olivo hit his game-winning blast off Jeff Fulchino (2-3).
The Royals tied it in the ninth with an unearned run, which came after Mitch Maier reached on first baseman Lance Berkman's fielding error. Maier later scored on a single by David DeJesus.
Kansas City took the lead in the 10th on a homer by Brayan Pena, but the Astros tied it in the bottom half of the inning when Matt Kata singled in Ivan Rodriguez from second.
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