Jul 3, 2008 - 9:26 AM
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BALTIMORE (Ticker) -- Ramon Hernandez looks to stay hot and help the Baltimore Orioles continue their domination of the Kansas City Royals on Thursday in the finale of a four-game series.
Daniel Cabrera threw a seven-hitter and Aubrey Huff homered as the Orioles beat the Royals for the 17th time in the last 20 meetings on Wednesday, 5-2.
Hernandez went 3-for-4 and drove in a run, upping his average to .348 (16-for-46) over the last 12 games.
Hernandez has three home runs and eight RBI in that span, and has been even better against Kansas City. The 10th-year backstop is batting .396 (21-for-53) with three homers and 14 RBI in his last 15 games against the Royals.
Garrett Olson (6-3, 4.76 ERA) will looks to lead the Orioles to a third straight win. In his last start, the lefthander limited the Washington Nationals to one run and six hits in five innings of a 9-1 victory. Olson had been 0-2 with a 8.40 ERA in his previous three starts.
Olson will be opposed by Kyle Davies (3-1, 3.34), who allowed one run or less in each of his first four starts before suffering through a pair of terrible outings. The righthander has been reached for eight runs and 13 hits in his last 7 1/3 innings.
From the Bleachers
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KANSAS CITY: 10
BALTIMORE: 7
Final
Jul 3 10:00 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED DAVID DEJESUS AND MARK
GRUDZIELANEK.
SITUATION: 7 RUNS IN, J GUILLEN ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 10
BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.278, 2-FOR-3, HR, RBI)
Jul 3 9:06 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY ALEX GORDON SCORED TONY PENA.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, D DEJESUS ON
THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 8
BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GUILLEN (.278, 1-FOR-2, BB, RBI)
Jul 3 9:05 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MARK GRUDZIELANEK SCORED ROSS GLOAD.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON FIRST, D DEJESUS ON
SECOND, T PENA ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 7
BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.263, 1-FOR-3)
Jul 3 9:03 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED MARK TEAHEN.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, D DEJESUS ON FIRST, T PENA ON SECOND, R
GLOAD ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 6
BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.314, 3-FOR-3)
Jul 3 8:58 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ROSS GLOAD SCORED BILLY BUTLER.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R GLOAD ON FIRST, M TEAHEN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5
BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA (.158, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)
Jul 3 8:53 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY KEVIN MILLAR ALLOWED JOSE GUILLEN TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON FIRST, B BUTLER ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
BALTIMORE 7 TOP, 6TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.258, 0-FOR-2)
Jul 3 8:49 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY AUBREY HUFF (17) TO RIGHT WITH 0 OUT IN
THE 5TH OFF KYLE DAVIES SCORED NICK MARKAKIS.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3, BALTIMORE 7
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: R HERNANDEZ (.254, 1-FOR-2)
Jul 3 8:32 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY BRANDON FAHEY SCORED ADAM JONES.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, B FAHEY ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
BALTIMORE 5 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: B ROBERTS (.294, 0-FOR-2)
Jul 3 8:17 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
TRIPLE BY ADAM JONES SCORED MELVIN MORA AND KEVIN MILLAR.
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, A JONES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
BALTIMORE 4 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: B FAHEY (.194, 0-FOR-1)
Jul 3 8:14 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MELVIN MORA SCORED RAMON HERNANDEZ.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M MORA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
BALTIMORE 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: K MILLAR (.238, 0-FOR-1)
Jul 3 8:09 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY AUBREY HUFF (16) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 4TH OFF KYLE DAVIES.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3, BALTIMORE 1
DUE UP FOR BALTIMORE: R HERNANDEZ (.251, 0-FOR-1)
Jul 3 8:03 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J GUILLEN ON FIRST, A GORDON ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
BALTIMORE 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.276, 1-FOR-1, HR, RBI)
Jul 3 7:46 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY TONY PENA (1) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
3RD OFF GARRETT OLSON.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2, BALTIMORE 0
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.322, 0-FOR-1)
Jul 3 7:39 PM -
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AT BALTIMORE - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY BILLY BUTLER (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
2ND OFF GARRETT OLSON.
CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, BALTIMORE 0
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M OLIVO (.266, 9 HR, 28 RBI)
Jul 3 7:25 PM
