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| Sweeney has surgery on both knees |
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06/11/2008 |
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| is procedures to repair loose cartilage in the knees were performed by team orthopedist Dr. John Frazier. ``Everything went well,'' A's manager Bob Geren said. Sweeney also had right knee surgery last year in the final of his 13 seasons with the Kansas City Royals. Once swelling has subsided in both his knees, he'll spend a couple of weeks rehabilitating in San Diego with a therapist he's worked with before. ``They did the same thing to both,'' Oakland athletic trainer Steve Sayles said. ``It was exactly wh |
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| Davies leads Royals versus Rangers |
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06/11/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Kyle Davies tries to win his third straight start this evening when the Kansas City Royals play the second of three games against the Texas Rangers at Kauffman Stadium. After giving up a run in five innings in his season debut against Cleveland on May 31, Davies was even better against the New York Yankees on Friday, as he allowed a run and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings to get the win. Davies, who started the year at Triple-A Oklahoma, is 2-0 with a 1.54 earned run average. However, he has strug |
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| Rangers squeak by Royals in ninth |
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06/11/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (MySportsbook) - Ian Kinsler doubled and scored the winning run in the top of the ninth, as the Texas Rangers used a four-run eighth to comeback and beat the Kansas City Royals, 6-5, in the opener of a three-game set. Gerald Laird went 3-for-4 and Josh Hamilton knocked in his league-leading 70th RBI for the Rangers, who have won two in a row. David Murphy, Chris Shelton and Milton Bradley each had an RBI in the win. Kevin Millwood started for Texas, going six innings, and was touched for five r |
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| Hamilton, Young back in Rangers lineup |
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06/10/2008 |
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -Josh Hamilton and Michael Young returned to the Texas Rangers' lineup against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night after missing the series finale against Tampa Bay on Sunday. Hamilton, who had been slowed by a virus for several days, went 1-for-12 in three games before sitting out Sunday. He leads the majors with 69 RBIs and tops the American League with 155 total bases, 17 home runs, 36 extra-base hits and 26 multi-hit games. Hamilton said he felt ``about 90 percent.'' Young, |
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| Yankees send Wang to hill versus Athletics |
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06/10/2008 |
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| win. Eric Chavez finished 3-for-4 and knocked in two runs for Oakland, which has won five of its last seven games. The Yankees, meanwhile, lost in dramatic fashion on Monday, as Jose Guillen's ninth-inning home run off of Mariano Rivera carried the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 win at Yankee Stadium. Alex Rodriguez belted a two-run homer for the Yankees, who are back at the .500 mark (32-32) for the 22nd time this season. It was also the second go-ahead homer allowed by Rivera (2-2) this series. Rivera gave up a n |
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| Millwood leads Rangers into Kansas City |
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06/10/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Kevin Millwood tries to win his third straight start this evening when the Texas Rangers begin a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Millwood won his second start since coming off the disabled list on Thursday against Cleveland, as he surrendered four runs and nine hits in six innings of a 9-4 win. He also struck out six without walking a batter. The 33-year-old right-hander, who has pitched to a 4.65 earned run average this season, last won three consecutive sta |
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| Guillen's HR in ninth lifts Royals past Yankees |
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06/09/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - Jose Guillen snapped a ninth-inning tie with a solo homer off Mariano Rivera, as the Kansas City Royals gained a split of a four-game series at Yankee Stadium with a 3-2 victory over New York. Guillen, who battered Yankee pitching all series, lifted an 0-2 Rivera offering just over the wall in left field for his 11th home run of the season. He was 2-for-4 on Monday and finished the four-game set 9-for-16 with three homers and 10 runs batted in. It was also the second go-ahead homer a |
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| Mussina goes for No. 10 in Yanks-Royals finale |
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06/09/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - New York Yankees starting pitcher Mike Mussina has been consistent all season and is showing no signs of slowing down. This afternoon Mussina will try to lead the Yankees past the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a four-game series from the Bronx. Mussina has won three straight starts with a 3.71 earned run average over that span. He is also 8-1 over his past nine trips to the mound to run his record to 9-4 with a 4.01 ERA in 13 outings in 2008. Mussina last toed the rubber Wednesday versus |
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| Joba improved in second start as Yankees power past Royals |
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06/08/2008 |
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| Bronx, NY (MySportsbook) - Bobby Abreu belted a two-run homer and Jason Giambi broke a sixth-inning tie with a solo blast, as the New York Yankees went on to a 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the third of a four- game set at Yankee Stadium. Alex Rodriguez doubled in two runs for the Yankees, who have won two in a row after dropping the series-opener and moved over .500 at 32-31. They haven't been more than one game over the .500 mark since improving to 12-10 after an April 23 win over the Chicago Wh |
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| AL Capsules |
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06/08/2008 |
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NEW YORK (AP) -Joba Chamberlain bounced back from a disappointing first start with the Yankees, pitching into the fifth inning to help New York beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 Sunday. Jason Giambi hit a tiebreaking homer in the sixth and Bobby Abreu finished with a home run and three RBIs for the Yankees, who have won four of five. Johnny Damon got two more hits after going 6-for-6 with the game-winning single in New York's 12-11 comeback victory Saturday. Jose Guillen hit a two-run homer and Joey Gathrigh |
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