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Meche takes the hill as Royals aim for fourth straight win

May 19, 2007 - 3:12 PM Kansas City (16-27) at Colorado (17-25) 8:05 pm EDT

DENVER (Ticker) -- Gil Meche now has the tough task of keeping the Kansas City Royals rolling along Saturday when they continue their visit to the Colorado Rockies.

Kansas City is on the verge of winning four straight road games for the first time since 2003. A victory would also give the Royals their first four-game overall winning streak since last July 4-7.

Meche (3-1, 1.91 ERA) hopes to continue his road scoreless innings streak following Monday's 2-1 victory over Oakland. He allowed seven hits and struck out five in seven scoreless frames.

The righthander is 9-2 with a 3.35 ERA in his 15 career outings against the National League, including an impressive 5-0 mark since June 14, 2005.

Taylor Buchholz (1-2, 7.52) takes the ball for the Rockies as he tries to bounce back after giving up eight runs and 12 hits - both season highs - in 4 2/3 innings of 15-2 loss to San Francisco on Sunday.

The 25-year-old has only faced Kansas City once, surrendering two runs and two hits in six innings for a win as a member of the Houston Astros on June 17.

In Friday's interleague series opener, Emil Brown capped a five-run eighth inning with a three-run homer as the Royals rallied for a 5-2 victory.








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

    BATTERIES: KAN - GIL MECHE, JOEL PERALTA (6TH), JASON STANDRIDGE (8TH) AND JOHN
    BUCK
    COL - TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ, JEREMY AFFELDT (8TH), RAMON
    RAMIREZ (9TH), BRIAN FUENTES (9TH) AND

    May 19 10:44 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY RYAN SHEALY (2) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF RAMON RAMIREZ SCORED MARK TEAHEN AND JOHN BUCK.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4, COLORADO 6
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.240, 0-FOR-3)

    Royals vs. RockiesMay 19 10:40 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TODD HELTON (5) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
    7TH OFF JOEL PERALTA.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, COLORADO 6
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.242, 1-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)

    Royals vs. RockiesMay 19 10:10 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY GARRETT ATKINS (3) TO RIGHT WITH 0
    OUT IN THE 6TH OFF GIL MECHE SCORED MATT HOLLIDAY AND TODD HELTON.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, COLORADO 5
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: B HAWPE (.275, 1-FOR-2, HR, 2 RBI)

    Royals vs. RockiesMay 19 9:46 PM


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    AT COLORADO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY BRAD HAWPE (4) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF GIL MECHE SCORED TODD HELTON.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1, COLORADO 2
    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: C IANNETTA (.190, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. RockiesMay 19 9:18 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - GIL MECHE
    COL - TAYLOR BUCHHOLZ

    DUE UP FOR COLORADO: W TAVERAS (.296, 0 HR, 6 RBI)
    T TULOWITZKI (.262, 2 HR, 17 RBI)
    M HOLLIDAY (.351, 8 HR,

    Royals vs. RockiesMay 19 8:19 PM

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