Thomson tops Angels to win Royals' debut
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When John Thomson got the call last week from his agent and was told that the Kansas City Royals wanted to sign him, it didn't dawn on him that his new manager was going to be his old one. The reunion of Thomson and Buddy Bell went well. The right-hander won in his Royals debut, outpitching John Lackey in a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
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(CP) - Troy Glaus provided the Anaheim Angels with the type of clutch hitting Oakland could have used on Wednesday night. Glaus hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning as the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 8
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Sammy Sosa got his first hit of spring training, and Kenny Lofton and Ian Kinsler each had a run-scoring double to help the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 on Saturday.
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In his first start of the season after a blood clot was removed from his pitching shoulder, Kenny Rogers leads the Tigers to a 5-0 win over the Braves on Friday.
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And when you do all three as well as the Red Sox did on Tuesday afternoon, the result is a 9-3 win over the Angels in the first game of the American League Division Series.
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Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Bartolo Colon hurled seven shutout innings of three-hit ball as the Anaheim Angels drew first blood in this three-game series for the American League West title with a 10-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Network
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As joyous fans celebrated by honking car horns in Caracas, Johan Santana sounded overwhelmed. He became the first Venezuelan to win a Cy Young Award, and not only that, he was a unanimous choice.
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Shane Costa doubled twice and drove in a run and Seth Etherton won in the majors for first time in more than a year in the Kansas City Royals&#039; 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.
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Joe Randa had six hits and tied a major-league record with six runs scored as the Kansas City Royals broke a club record for runs in a 26-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
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A pair of AL races tilted a bit Wednesday as a pair of aces went in different directions. Freddy Garcia took a perfect-game bid into the eighth inning before Adam Kennedy singled with two outs. The Chicago White Sox coasted, beating the Los Angeles Angels 9-0.
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Ervin Santana pitched two-hit ball over 6 1-3 scoreless innings for his first win since June 9, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 9-5 Monday night.
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Michael Young's grand slam in the fourth inning helps the Rangers to a 9-4 win Tuesday in game one of a vital three-game series against the division-leading Athletics.
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Ross Gload homered and drove in three runs yesterday for the Kansas City Royals, who gave Minnesota starter Matt Garza another rough game at home and beat the host Twins, 9-4, in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
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Gustavo Chacin became the first lefty starter to win his major league debut against the Yankees in the Joe Torre era, pitching the Toronto Blue Jays past New York 6-3 Monday night.
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Lance Broadway allowed two hits over six innings for his first major league win and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 10-0 on Thursday night.
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Frank Thomas hit a walkoff two-run homer for the seventh home run of the game, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 7-5 victory Thursday night and snapping the Los Angeles Angels&#039; season-best five-game winning streak.
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Kansas City, MO -- Casey Blake delivered a two-run single in the seventh inning and Jake Westbrook tossed seven solid frames to lead Cleveland to a 6-1 win over Kansas City in the first of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium.