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Greinke, Royals hope to get back to winning ways

Apr 19, 2008 - 12:01 PM Kansas City (9-8) at Oakland (10-8) 4:05 pm EDT

OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - Lately the Kansas City Royals have had trouble winning without Zack Greinke or Brian Bannister starting. Lucky for them, Greinke is ready to go.

Greinke will look to post his fourth consecutive win when the Royals visit the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.

While Bannister got roughed up in Friday's 13-2 setback to fall to 3-1, Greinke (3-0, 0.75 ERA) has yet to allow more than one earned run in any of his three outings this season.

The 24-year-old righthander tossed a complete at Seattle on Monday, allowing one run and five hits to earn his third win of the season. He has surrendered two runs in 24 innings this season while walking just five batters.

He has been strong against the A's in the past, owning a 1-0 mark and a 2.66 ERA in seven career games - three starts.

Oakland broke out of an offensive funk on Friday. After managing just seven runs in their five previous games, the A's pounded out 15 hits en route to a season-high 13 runs.

Bobby Crosby homered and drove in five runs and Emil Brown and Ryan Sweeney each had three hits.

Rookie Greg Smith (1-0, 2.08) will start for Oakland looking to build upon two solid outings. The 24-year-old lefthander earned his first major league win on Monday at Chicago, allowing one run and six hits in seven frames.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    KANSAS CITY 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 1
    OAKLAND 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 x 6 16 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: KAN - ZACK GREINKE, RAMON RAMIREZ (6TH), JOEL PERALTA (7TH), JIMMY
    GOBBLE (7TH), YASUHIKO YABUTA (8TH) AND JOHN BUCK
    OAK - GREG SMITH, JOEY DEVINE (6TH), ALAN EMBRE

    Apr 19 7:23 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOHN BUCK SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BUCK ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 5
    OAKLAND 6 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA (.120, 0-FOR-3)

    Royals 5, Athletics 6  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 19 7:21 PM
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    Royals 5, Athletics 6  Top 9, 0 OutsApr 19 7:21 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY DARIC BARTON SCORED KURT SUZUKI.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, D BARTON ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    OAKLAND 6 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: M ELLIS (.250, 2-FOR-3, BB)

    Royals 4, Athletics 6  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 19 6:33 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY KURT SUZUKI SCORED CHRIS DENORFIA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, K SUZUKI ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    OAKLAND 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: D BARTON (.261, 2-FOR-4)

    Royals 4, Athletics 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsApr 19 6:29 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RYAN SWEENEY SCORED DARIC BARTON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R SWEENEY ON FIRST, J CUST ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    OAKLAND 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: B CROSBY (.284, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Royals 4, Athletics 4  Bot 6, 0 OutsApr 19 6:11 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY BOBBY CROSBY SCORED EMIL BROWN.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, B CROSBY ON FIRST, R SWEENEY ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    OAKLAND 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: C DENORFIA (.269, 1-FOR-2)

    Royals 4, Athletics 3  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 19 5:47 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY RYAN SWEENEY SCORED MARK ELLIS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R SWEENEY ON FIRST, E BROWN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    OAKLAND 2 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: B CROSBY (.274, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals 4, Athletics 2  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 19 5:45 PM


  • AL
    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY EMIL BROWN SCORED DARIC BARTON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E BROWN ON FIRST, M ELLIS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4
    OAKLAND 1 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: R SWEENEY (.297, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals 4, Athletics 1  Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 19 5:44 PM


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    AT OAKLAND - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MIGUEL OLIVO (2) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN THE
    2ND OFF GREG SMITH.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4, OAKLAND 0
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.239, 1 HR, 6 RBI)

    Royals 4, Athletics 0  Top 2, 0 OutsApr 19 4:28 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: KAN - ZACK GREINKE
    OAK - GREG SMITH

    DUE UP FOR OAKLAND: K SUZUKI (.339, 0 HR, 3 RBI)
    D BARTON (.246, 0 HR, 5 RBI)
    M ELLIS (.233, 2 HR, 10 RBI)

    Royals 3, Athletics 0  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 19 4:15 PM
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    Royals vs. AthleticsApr 18 8:27 PM

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