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Wells hopes to avoid loss No. 12 vs. Royals

Jun 19, 2007 - 1:26 PM Kansas City (29-42) at St Louis (30-37) 8:10 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - The St. Louis Cardinals have had their share of issues since winning the World Series last October, but Kip Wells' struggles have become the most glaring problem of late.

Wells (2-11, 6.93 ERA) takes the mound on Tuesday hoping to avoid his 12th loss of the season when the Cardinals visit the Kansas City Royals.

The 30-year-old righthander signed a one-year, $4 million contract with St. Louis in the offseason in part to replace World Series heroes Jeff Suppan and Jeff Weaver, who left for Milwaukee and Seattle, respectively.

Wells has struggled all season, but lately his problems have gotten worse. He lasted a season-low 1 1/3 innings last Thursday at Kansas City, yielding six earned runs and walking four batters.

The Royals have traditionally been a tough matchup for Wells, who owns a 3-3 career mark with a 10.44 ERA in seven games - six starts.

Kansas City will counter with its own struggling starter, Scott Elarton (2-2, 8.54). The 31-year-old righthander lasted just two innings last Thursday against the Cardinals, allowing six runs and five hits.

Elarton will need to find a way to slow St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols, who is 5-for-10 with three homers in his career against the righthander.








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

    BATTERIES: KAN - SCOTT ELARTON, NEAL MUSSER (3RD), JOEL PERALTA (7TH) AND JASON
    LARUE
    STL - BRAD THOMPSON, RANDY FLORES (8TH), RYAN FRANKLIN
    (9TH) AND KELLY STINNETT

    HOME R

    Jun 19 10:21 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOEY GATHRIGHT SCORED FERNANDO CORTEZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GATHRIGHT ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    ST LOUIS 5 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.269, 1-FOR-2, HBP)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 19 9:46 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHRIS DUNCAN SCORED SCOTT SPIEZIO.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON FIRST, S ROLEN ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    ST LOUIS 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B RYAN (.214, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 19 8:56 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SCOTT SPIEZIO SCORED SO TAGUCHI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, S SPIEZIO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    ST LOUIS 4 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S ROLEN (.263, 1-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 19 8:48 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ALBERT PUJOLS SCORED BRAD THOMPSON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, S TAGUCHI ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    ST LOUIS 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: S SPIEZIO (.280, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 19 8:46 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CHRIS DUNCAN (13) TO CENTER WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 2ND OFF SCOTT ELARTON SCORED SCOTT ROLEN.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0, ST LOUIS 2
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B RYAN (.231, 0 HR, 2 RBI)

    Royals vs. CardinalsJun 19 8:31 PM

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