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Bannister takes hill as Royals seek fifth straight

Jun 29, 2007 - 1:28 PM Chi White Sox (33-42) at Kansas City (33-46) 8:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - The Kansas City Royals are playing their best baseball of the season as they head into Friday's opener of a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox.

Brian Bannister (4-4, 3.78 ERA) takes the mound looking to extend the Royals' season-high winning streak to five games.

Kansas City, which has not won five in a row since June 10-16, 2005, is coming off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Now Bannister, who has won four of his last five starts will try and keep them rolling. His lone loss in that span came on Saturday when he allowed a season-high six runs and six hits in five innings - his shortest outing of the season - against Milwaukee.

As for Chicago, it has won four in a row after sweeping a series from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

Jose Contreras (5-8, 4.63) takes the ball for the White Sox, who have beaten the Royals four of the last five meetings. Contreras is 1-4 with a 6.00 ERA in his last six starts. On Sunday, he allowed two runs and 10 hits in seven innings in a loss to the Cubs.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 x 8 13 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS, BOONE LOGAN (7TH), DAVID AARDSMA (8TH) AND
    A.J. PIERZYNSKI
    KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER, ZACK GREINKE (7TH) AND JOHN BUCK

    HOME RUNS: CHA - NONE
    KAN

    Jun 29 10:46 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED TONY PENA JR.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D DEJESUS ON SECOND, J GATHRIGHT ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 8 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.254, 2-FOR-4, 2 RBI)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 10:32 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TONY PENA JR SCORED BILLY BUTLER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, T PENA JR ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GATHRIGHT (.340, 1-FOR-3)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 10:30 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY SHANE COSTA SCORED DAVID DEJESUS AND ESTEBAN
    GERMAN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, S COSTA ON FIRST, M TEAHEN ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.240, 2-FOR-2, BB)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 10:13 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED JOEY GATHRIGHT.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E GERMAN ON SECOND, D DEJESUS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 4 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.290, 0-FOR-3)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 10:09 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY JOHN BUCK SCORED ALEX GORDON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, B BUTLER ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.273, 1-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 9:21 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BILLY BUTLER SCORED SHANE COSTA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B BUTLER ON FIRST, A GORDON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.251, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 9:20 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED TONY PENA JR.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E GERMAN ON FIRST, D DEJESUS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.292, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 8:59 PM


  • AL
    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY JUAN URIBE SCORED TADAHITO IGUCHI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J FIELDS ON SECOND, R MACKOWIAK ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: CHI WHITE SOX 1
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: S PODSEDNIK (.279, 0-FOR-1)

    White Sox vs. RoyalsJun 29 8:35 PM

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