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Trio of three-run taters leads KC to rout

Say, wait a minute. Maybe having the Detroit Tigers for the 2010 Opening Day opponent is a good idea for the Royals after all. The Tigers have become tame tabbies for the Royals.

Alberto Callaspo, David DeJesus and Miguel Olivo each belted a three-run homer as the Royals stomped the Tigers, 11-1, in front of 20,442 fans on Tuesday night at Comerica Park. It was Kansas City’s seventh victory in the past eight games — and four of them have come over the guys wearing the old English “D.”

Royals right-hander Robinson Tejeda went five innings for his second consecutive win over the Tigers and got four scoreless innings of backing from the bullpen.

Click here to read the full article – By Dick Kaegel of MLB.com

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September 16, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Kansas City Royals, MLB, Royals News | Alberto Callaspo, Baseball, David Dejesus, kansas, Kansas City, Kansas City Royals, Miguel Olivo, MLB, Royals, Royals baseball | No Comments Yet

Soria looks old-school with six-out save

It took Joakim Soria to halt another meltdown by the Royals’ bullpen on Tuesday night. Soria pitched the final two innings for the save as the Royals held on for a 4-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics, their first win in four tries this season at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Kyle Davies pitched six solid innings to get the win.

“It wasn’t easy,” acting manager John Gibbons said. “You tip your hat to Soria. He’s done that for us a few times this year now. That’s why he’s one of the elite closers in the game. He’s got that knack.”

This was Soria’s 21st save and marked the fourth time in his last seven successes that he’d had to pitch two innings to do it.

“Like one of those old-time closers,” Gibbons said.

Click here to read the full article – By Dick Kaegel of MLB.com

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September 2, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Kansas City Royals, MLB, Royals Apparel, Royals News | Baseball, Joakim Soria, Kansas City, Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Royals Apparel, Kansas City Royals Clothing, MLB, Royals, Royals baseball | No Comments Yet

Guillen activated off disabled list

Just as he predicted, Royals outfielder Jose Guillen came off the 15-day disabled list prior to Tuesday night’s 4-3 win over the Athletics. Guillen was not in the starting lineup, but acting manager John Gibbons used him as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and he struck out.

“He should be ready to go,” Gibbons said. “He ran around pretty good yesterday and did a lot of things, so we thought we’d give him today to regroup and then throw him in there tomorrow.”

Guillen is likely to be the designated hitter in Wednesday afternoon’s game against the A’s.

Guillen has been out since July 23 with a ligament tear in his right knee. He had a .245 average, nine home runs and 40 RBIs in 79 games before his trip to the DL.

Click here to read the full article – By Dick Kaegel of MLB.com

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September 2, 2009 Posted by GameSetMatch | Kansas City Royals, MLB, Royals News | Baseball, Carlos Guillen, Kansas City, Kansas City Royals, MLB, Royals, Royals baseball | No Comments Yet

Royals evaluating catcher options

John Buck sat in the Royals’ clubhouse Tuesday and talked a little bit about his season.

Playing for the first time in almost a week Monday, Buck went for 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and two RBIs.

But Buck wasn’t in the lineup Tuesday. Buck has played just once in the past six games and just eight times in August.

There’s a reason for this.

Trey Hillman is juggling playing time between three catchers — Buck, Miguel Olivo and Brayan Pena. It’s an evaluation process, Hillman says. But it does mean fewer at-bats for all three players.

Click here to read the full article – By Rustin Dodd of MLB.com

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