Royals 10, Orioles 7
Kyle Davies was taken off the hook for a no-decision. (AP)
By Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
After scoring seven runs in the first two games of the series, the Royals put up that number in one inning. K.C. put three runs up early, but then used a six-hit, seven-runs sixth inning to take Kyle Davies, who gave up seven runs in four-plus innings, off the hook as the bullpen gave up one hit over the final five innings.
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Kansas City
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Won 1
Kansas City 10, Baltimore 7
Today's Boxes 7/3/08
LAD 5, HOU 2
ARI 6, MIL 5
PHI 4, ATL 1
BOS 7, NYY 0
SF 8, CHC 3
CIN 5, WSH 3
COL 6, FLA 5
OAK 3, CWS 2
NYM 11, STL 1
DET 8, SEA 4
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Lost 1
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Standings thru 7/3/08  | Recap: KC | BAL  | Gameday  | Royals stats  | Orioles stats
Kansas City AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus , CF5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .321
Grudzielanek , 2B5 2 4 1 0 1 0 .315
Gordon , 3B4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .262
Guillen , LF4 1 2 3 1 0 1 .280
Butler , DH5 2 2 1 0 1 3 .275
Olivo , C4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .261
Teahen , RF3 1 0 1 1 1 0 .252
Gload , 1B4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .260
Pena , SS4 2 2 1 0 0 0 .162
Totals 38 10 13 10 2 5 9
BATTING 2B : Grudzielanek (19, Olson), Butler (12, Olson).HR : Butler (2, 2nd inning off Olson, 0 on, 0 out), Pena (1, 3rd inning off Olson, 0 on, 0 out).TB : DeJesus; Grudzielanek 5; Gordon; Guillen 2; Butler 6; Gload; Pena 5.RBI : Butler (19), Pena (9), Guillen 3 (64), Teahen (30), Gload (17), DeJesus (43), Grudzielanek (18), Gordon (42).2-out RBI : Guillen 2.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Guillen.SF : Gordon.GIDP : Gload; Butler.Team LOB : 4.
Baltimore AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Roberts , 2B5 0 0 0 0 2 2 .291
Markakis , RF4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .288
Huff , DH4 2 3 3 0 0 0 .283
Hernandez, R , C4 1 1 0 0 2 1 .252
Scott , LF4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .271
Mora , 3B4 1 1 1 0 1 0 .228
Millar , 1B3 1 0 0 1 1 0 .236
Jones , CF4 1 2 2 0 2 0 .276
Fahey , SS3 0 1 1 0 0 1 .211
a-Payton , PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Totals 36 7 9 7 1 10 5
a-Popped out for Fahey in the 9th.
BATTING 2B : Huff (25, Davies).3B : Jones (4, Davies), Fahey (1, Davies).HR : Huff 2 (17, 4th inning off Davies, 0 on, 1 out; 5th inning off Davies, 1 on, 0 out).TB : Markakis; Huff 10; Hernandez, R; Mora; Jones 4; Fahey 3.RBI : Huff 3 (52), Mora (40), Jones 2 (33), Fahey (4).2-out RBI : Mora; Jones 2; Fahey.Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Hernandez, R; Roberts.Team LOB : 3. FIELDING E : Millar (3, fielding).DP : 2 (Fahey-Roberts-Millar, Roberts-Fahey-Millar).
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Davies 4.0 8 7 7 1 4 2 4.71
Peralta (W, 1-2)2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.54
Mahay (H, 13)2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.03
Soria (S, 23)1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.22
Davies pitched to 2 batters in the 5th. Loewen pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.Pitches-strikes : Davies 77-45, Peralta 24-16, Mahay 26-17, Soria 12-10, Olson 89-57, Loewen 10-8, Bradford 13-10, Cormier 25-19, Cabrera, F 9-7.Ground outs-fly outs : Davies 1-7, Peralta 1-4, Mahay 1-2, Soria 0-1, Olson 9-5, Loewen 0-0, Bradford 1-1, Cormier 3-1, Cabrera, F 0-2.Batters faced : Davies 21, Peralta 7, Mahay 6, Soria 3, Olson 25, Loewen 3, Bradford 4, Cormier 6, Cabrera, F 3.Inherited runners-scored : Loewen 2-2, Bradford 3-3.Umpires : HP: Mike DiMuro. 1B: Mike Estabrook. 2B: Larry Vanover. 3B: Mike Everitt.Weather : 88 degrees, partly cloudy.Wind : 6 mph, Out to CF.T : 2:53.Att : 16,782.
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