Royals 4, Rockies 2
Luke Hochevar threw 95 pitches in his outing on Wednesday night. (Orlin Wagner/AP)
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Luke Hochevar went a career-high eight innings and the Royals took advantage of two Rockies errors to beat them for a series sweep. Ross Gload drove in two runs and Alex Gordon and David DeJesus drove in a run apiece in the win.
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Kansas City 4, Colorado 2
Today's Boxes 6/25/08
ATL 4, MIL 2
BOS 5, ARI 0
NYY 10, PIT 0
SF 4, CLE 1
DET 8, STL 7
CIN 6, TOR 5
WSH 5, LAA 4
NYM 8, SEA 2
TB 15, FLA 3
CHC 7, BAL 4
TEX 3, HOU 2
MIN 9, SD 3
PHI 4, OAK 0
LAD 5, CWS 0
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Standings thru 6/25/08 | Recap: COL | KC | Gameday | Rockies stats | Royals stats
Colorado AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Taveras , CF4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
Spilborghs , DH4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .303
Holliday , LF3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .328
Helton , 1B4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .267
Atkins , 3B4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .307
Hawpe , RF4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .263
Barmes , 2B3 0 0 0 1 1 2 .331
Iannetta , C3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .269
Quintanilla , SS3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .272
Totals 32 2 7 2 2 5 10
BATTING 2B : Iannetta (9, Hochevar), Helton (14, Hochevar).HR : Hawpe (10, 7th inning off Hochevar, 0 on, 0 out).TB : Spilborghs; Helton 2; Atkins; Hawpe 5; Iannetta 2; Quintanilla.RBI : Iannetta (23), Hawpe (31).2-out RBI : Iannetta.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Helton; Taveras; Atkins.GIDP : Barmes; Quintanilla.Team LOB : 5.BASERUNNING CS : Spilborghs (2, 2nd base by Hochevar/Buck).FIELDING E : Atkins (9, throw), Quintanilla (2, missed catch).DP : 2 (Iannetta-Atkins, Barmes-Quintanilla-Helton).
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus , LF3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .312
Aviles, M , SS4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333
Gordon , 3B3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .262
Guillen , RF4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .288
Teahen , DH4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .256
Buck , C4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .249
Gload , 1B3 1 3 2 0 0 0 .261
Callaspo , 2B3 0 0 0 0 1 4 .290
Gathright , CF3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .240
Totals 31 4 8 4 0 3 10
BATTING 2B : Gload 2 (8, Cook, Cook).TB : DeJesus 2; Teahen; Buck 2; Gload 5.RBI : DeJesus (39), Gordon (35), Gload 2 (14).Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Guillen; Gathright.SF : Gordon.GIDP : Aviles, M.Team LOB : 5.BASERUNNING CS : Buck (3, 3rd base by Cook/Iannetta).FIELDING E : Aviles, M (3, throw).DP : 2 (Aviles, M-Gload 2).
Colorado IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cook (L, 10-5)5.1 8 4 3 0 2 0 3.64
Corpas 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.92
Herges 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.52
Fuentes 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.01
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hochevar (W, 5-5)8.0 7 2 2 2 3 1 4.60
Soria (S, 21)1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.29
HBP : DeJesus (by Cook).Pitches-strikes : Cook 98-71, Corpas 9-7, Herges 9-6, Fuentes 7-6, Hochevar 95-64, Soria 15-11.Ground outs-fly outs : Cook 8-5, Corpas 2-0, Herges 2-2, Fuentes 0-1, Hochevar 17-3, Soria 1-0.Batters faced : Cook 25, Corpas 2, Herges 4, Fuentes 2, Hochevar 31, Soria 3.Inherited runners-scored : Corpas 1-0.Umpires : HP: Angel Campos. 1B: Mike Muchlinski. 2B: Jerry Crawford. 3B: Paul Nauert.Weather : 91 degrees, clear.Wind : 7 mph, R to L.T : 2:28.Att : 16,615.Box score official statistics approved by Major League Baseball Office of the Commissioner
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