ROYALS 17, YANKEES 8 Kansas City Exposes Yanks&#39; Feeble Pitching
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If an injured pitcher could somehow take a loss, Kevin Brown might have deserved one on Monday. It was Brown&#39;s turn in the Yankees&#39; rotation, but, of course, Brown is not pitching now.
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Jeremy Bonderman brought the Kansas City Royals back to earth in a hurry. After Kansas City set a team record for runs in a 26-5 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday, the Detroit right-hander shut down the Royals in the nightcap, allowing six hits in eight innings in the Tigers' 8-0 victory.
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The last-place Kansas City Royals are giving playoff contenders a tough time.
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KANSAS CITY, MO. -- Zack Greinke had his 95-mile-an-hour fastball working last night and it wasn&#39;t even his best pitch. It was his 50-mph curveball that had the Detroit Tigers shaking their heads after the
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It was a good start for Royals right-hander Mike Wood. It was a bad finish for the bullpen. Closer Jeremy Affeldt gave up a three-run homer to Joe Crede in the ninth inning
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Javier Vazquez pitched the Yankees to their second consecutive shutout, and Derek Jeter homered and doubled twice in a victory over the Royals.
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The Yankees won Game 1 on Tuesday night, and that was their mistake. Historically, they have done better in the division series when they have lost the first game.
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The preliminary diagnosis on Gerut is a right knee injury, pending an MRI...DeJesus also stole a base, his eighth of the season...The Royals won for only the second time in seven meetings at Jacobs Field this year.
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this season.
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Ivan Rodriguez drove in five runs in the final two innings and the Detroit Tigers rallied from a six-run deficit to beat Kansas City 13-8 Thursday, handing the Royals their 13th straight loss.
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Only one of the four pitchers the St. Louis Cardinals sent to the mound Friday night gave up fewer runs than innings pitched, and he is normally a third baseman. Scott Spiezio pitched the final inning and the Cardinals lost 14-3 to the Oakland Athletics, a night after allowing 17 runs to the Kansas City Royals.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The New York Yankees hope to recover from another pitching collapse when they face the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in the second game of their series.
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Mike Mussina pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and struck out a season-high 11, leading the New York Yankees over the Royals, 4-0, last night in Kansas City.
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The Yankees enter another postseason with such a star-studded lineup that only their own insecurities or a strong pitching staff can derail them.
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More than a month has elapsed since the most embarrassing setback in Yankee history. Yet, the images of Game 7 haven&#39;t faded. In fact, there&#39;s no need to reference the four straight
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Royals manager Tony Pena would rather look forward to next season than dwell on this one. The Royals set a club record for losses with their 101st of the season, falling 5-2 to the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night.
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What on earth is wrong with the Yankees? I&#39;m not talking about their woeful pitching or their erratic offense. I&#39;m talking about their demand that MLB award them a win by forfeit because the Devil Rays were