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Twins' Ortiz looks for fourth win against Royals

Apr 22, 2007 - 2:39 PM Minnesota (11-6) at Kansas City (5-12), 2:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- It's only April but the gap between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals is growing already.

Seventeen games into the season, the last-place Royals already find themselves six games behind the Twins in the American League Central Division.

The Royals look to close the gap when they host Minnesota in the finale of a three-game series on Sunday, but it won't be easy. Twins starter Ramon Ortiz (3-0, 2.05 ERA) has looked like a Cy Young Award candidate in his first three starts this season. The righthander has pitched at least seven innings in every start and hasn't allowed more than two runs in a game. That's bad news for the Royals, who are batting .238 as a team this season.

The Royals counter with Jorge De La Rosa (1-1, 4.34), who was 0-3 with a 6.91 ERA in four appearances - three starts - against the Twins last season.

David DeJesus has been the Royals most productive offensive player thus far batting .347 (25-of-72), with three home runs, seven RBI and a team-high 40 total bases.

Minnesota's Torii Hunter has hit in seven consecutive games. During the streak, he is 12-for-32 (.364) with eight doubles, one home run and 10 RBI.

The only blemish in Hunter's recent play is the fact that he was caught stealing in Saturday's victory over the Royals. Prior to that, the Twins were 19-for-19 in stolen base attempts this season.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 x 3 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: MIN - RAMON ORTIZ, DENNYS REYES (8TH), MATT GUERRIER (8TH) AND JOE
    MAUER
    KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA, JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND JOHN
    BUCK

    HOME RUNS: MIN - NONE
    KAN - ROS

    Apr 22 4:17 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 7 0 (BOT 7)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: MIN - RAMON ORTIZ
    KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA

    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.190, 0-FOR-2)
    E GERMAN (.270, 1-FOR-3)
    R GLOAD (.256, 1-FOR-3, HR, 2 RBI)

    Apr 22 3:46 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MICHAEL CUDDYER SCORED JOE MAUER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M CUDDYER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 1
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MORNEAU (.303, 0-FOR-2)

    Twins vs. RoyalsApr 22 3:33 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MIKE SWEENEY SCORED ESTEBAN GERMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M SWEENEY ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.140, 0-FOR-2)

    Twins vs. RoyalsApr 22 3:24 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 (TOP 5)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: MIN - RAMON ORTIZ
    KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA

    DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: M REDMOND (.258, 0-FOR-1)
    J RABE (.125, 0-FOR-1)
    J BARTLETT (.222, 0-FOR-1)

    Apr 22 3:12 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ROSS GLOAD (1) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 3RD OFF RAMON ORTIZ SCORED TONY PENA JR.
    CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 0, KANSAS CITY 2
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.245, 0-FOR-1)

    Twins vs. RoyalsApr 22 2:53 PM


  • AL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    MINNESOTA 0 0 0 2 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: MIN - RAMON ORTIZ
    KAN - JORGE DE LA ROSA

    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M SWEENEY (.229, 1 HR, 5 RBI)
    A GORDON (.145, 2 HR, 4 RBI)
    R SANDERS (.407, 2 HR, 6

    Apr 22 2:30 PM

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