Rangers 5 - 6 Royals
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Grudzielanek hopes to keep roll going

Jul 28, 2007 - 1:15 PM Texas (46-57) at Kansas City (45-57) 7:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - Mark Grudzielanek will look to extend his nine-game hitting streak when the Kansas City Royals host the Texas Rangers on Saturday in the second of the three-game series.

Grudzielanek had three hits in the Royals' 6-1 victory on Friday. The 37-year-old Grudzielanek is batting .500 (20-for-40) with six RBI and 11 runs scored over his current hitting streak.

Sammy Sosa accounted for Texas' only run in Friday's setback with his 604th career home run. Texas had its four-game winning streak stopped Friday.

Kansas City will turn to Odalis Perez (5-9, 5.80 ERA) to keep Sosa in the ballpark. The Domincan lefthander yielded four runs and eight hits with three walks over seven innings in a 9-2 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday.

He will be opposed by Kevin Millwood (7-8, 5.56), who recorded the win in Monday's triumph over the Seattle Mariners despite having his worst outing of the month. The righthander gave up four runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in beating Seattle.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    TEXAS 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 x 6 13 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD, WILLIE EYRE (3RD), JOHN RHEINECKER (6TH),
    FRANK FRANCISCO (8TH), C.J. WILSON (8TH) AND GERALD LAIRD
    KAN - ODALIS PEREZ, DAVID RISKE (7TH), ZAC

    Jul 28 10:11 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY NELSON CRUZ (5) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF OCTAVIO DOTEL SCORED BRAD WILKERSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 5, KANSAS CITY 6
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: T METCALF (.237, 0-FOR-3)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 10:03 PM
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    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 10:03 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    GROUND OUT BY NELSON CRUZ SCORED GERALD LAIRD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 3
    KANSAS CITY 6 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: T METCALF (.242, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 8:33 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED TONY PENA JR.
    SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, D DEJESUS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    KANSAS CITY 6 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M GRUDZIELANEK (.307, 0-FOR-1, HBP, RBI)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 8:25 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY TONY PENA JR SCORED ALEX GORDON AND EMIL BROWN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, T PENA JR ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    KANSAS CITY 5 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.278, 0-FOR-0, BB, HBP)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 8:22 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOHN BUCK SCORED ROSS GLOAD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BUCK ON FIRST, E BROWN ON SECOND, A GORDON
    ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.283, 1-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 8:20 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    MARK GRUDZIELANEK HIT BY KEVIN MILLWOOD PITCH WITH BASES
    LOADED SCORED JOHN BUCK.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON FIRST, D DEJESUS ON
    SECOND, T PENA JR ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.282, 0-FOR-1)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 7:57 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOHN BUCK SCORED EMIL BROWN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BUCK ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2
    KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.281, 1 HR, 33 RBI)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 7:50 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY NELSON CRUZ (4) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF ODALIS PEREZ SCORED BRAD WILKERSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2, KANSAS CITY 0
    DUE UP FOR TEXAS: T METCALF (.245, 1 HR, 6 RBI)

    Rangers vs. RoyalsJul 28 7:37 PM

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