Sat, 09/19/2009 - 11:40 by shalini.bahadur
Chicago, Sept. 19: Miguel Olivo drove in a career-high six runs Friday with the help of a pair of two-run homers, carrying Kansas City to an 11-0 rout of the Chicago White Sox.
Luke Hochevar (7-10) coasted to his second complete game and the first shutout of his three-year major league career.
Olivo drew a bases-loaded walk in the third, hit his first two-run homer in the fourth, delivered a sacrifice fly in the seventh and homered again in the eighth. Kansas City pounded out 13 hits.
Hochevar allowed just three hits -- a lead-off single to Dewayne Wise in the third, an infield single to Scott Podsednik in the sixth and another infield single by Chris Getz in the eighth.
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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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Sat, 09/12/2009 - 10:17 by harsheeb
Cleveland, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Miguel Olivo hit a one-out home run in the 12th inning Friday, lifting Kansas City to a 2-1 victory over Cleveland.
The Royals won their fifth straight and Cleveland lost its fourth in a row. The Indians had the would-be winning run thrown out at home in both the ninth and 11th innings.
Olivo, who drove in Kansas City's first run with a groundout in the fourth, hit an 0-2 pitch out to left-center for his 19th homer of the year.
That blast came only a few minutes after Michael Brantley had been thrown out at home by left fielder David DeJesus trying to score on Jhonny Peralta's single.
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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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Wed, 08/12/2009 - 11:03 by preet_20
Minneapolis, Aug. 12: Miguel Olivo had three hits, including a home run, drove in three runs and scored three Tuesday in the Kansas City Royals' 14-6 pounding of Minnesota.
Alex Gordon, Yuniesky Betancourt and Mitch Maier had two hits and two RBI apiece for the Royals, who won for the third time in their last five games.
Kansas City starter Kyle Davies (4-8) went five innings, allowing one run on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts to get the win.
Denard Span drove in two runs and Delmon Young and Brendan Harris homered for the Twins.
Minnesota starter Nick Blackburn (8-7) lasted just 1 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on six hits in the Twins' eighth loss in their last 10 games.
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Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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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, 07/06/2009 - 04:04 by Salinder Kumar
Kansas City, Mo. -- Miguel Olivo whacked a two-run home run for Kansas City Sunday, helping the Royals down the Chicago White Sox 6-3.
David DeJesus and Willie Bloomquist each contributed three hits and an RBI for Kansas City.
Brian Bannister (6-6) got his first win in his last four starts, allowing two runs and five hits in six innings.
Jermaine Dye hit a solo homer for the White Sox, who lost their second straight game after winning seven in a row.
Loser Clayton Richard (3-2) gave up four runs and eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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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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Wed, 06/24/2009 - 13:29 by preet_20
Houston, June 24: A strong start by Zack Greinke and a solo home run by Billy Butler carried the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory Tuesday over the Houston Astros.
Butler's third-inning shot broke a 1-1 tie and proved to be the game-winner in a pitching duel between Greinke (9-3), who struck out five and scattered eight hits over eight innings, and Russ Ortiz (3-3), who took the inter-league loss after giving up two runs on five hits in seven innings.
Miguel Olivo drove in the other run for the Royals, who ended five-game losing streak.
The Astros scored a run in the first inning when Miguel Tejada drove in Hunter Pence from third with two outs.
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Mon, 06/15/2009 - 12:56 by preet_20
Kansas City, Mo. June 14: Miguel Olivo homered and drove in four runs Sunday when the Kansas City Royals recorded a 7-1 inter-league win over Cincinnati, completing a three-game sweep.
After two earlier RBI, Olivo capped the rout with a two-run eighth-inning blast, his ninth homer this season.
Alberto Callaspo had two hits and two RBI, while Mark Teahen had three hits and one RBI for the Royals, who have won four of five.
Winner Brian Bannister (5-3), winless in his previous three starts, surrendered an unearned run and just four hits in eight innings.
Reliever Juan Cruz pitched a scoreless ninth.
Cincinnati's run scored on a first-inning throwing error by Luis Hernandez.
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Wed, 06/10/2009 - 10:25 by Anonymous
Cleveland, June 9: -- Mark DeRosa hit his fifth career grand slam in the seventh inning Tuesday, propelling the Cleveland Indians to an 8-4 win over Kansas City.
DeRosa was 2-for-4 and scored two runs. Shin-Soo Choo had an RBI and two runs for Cleveland, which has won four of its last six games.
Cleveland starter Cliff Lee gave up four runs on 11 hits in six innings. Rafael Perez (1-1) got the win after pitching only two-thirds of an inning.
Miguel Olivo hit a solo homer and David DeJesus had an RBI triple for the Royals, who have lost 10 of their last 11 games. Willie Bloomquist had three hits, an RBI and run scored for KC.
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