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Bannister starts for red-hot Royals

May 17, 2008 - 3:26 PM Kansas City (20-21) at Florida (23-18) 7:10 pm EDT

MIAMI (Ticker) -- The Kansas City Royals hope to extend their season-high five-game winning streak Saturday when they continue their interleague series against the Florida Marlins.

Brett Tomko threw six solid innings and former Marlin Miguel Olivo homered as Kansas City posted a 7-6 victory on Friday. The win pulled the Royals (20-21) within one game of .500.

The Royals start Brian Bannister (4-4, 3.75 ERA), who is looking to build on his best outing of the season.

The righthander held Baltimore to just two hits in eight innings in Sunday's 4-0 victory. Prior to that, Bannister had allowed 14 runs in 16 1/3 innings. He yielded just two runs and three hits in his first 21 innings of the campaign.

The Royals last won six a row from June 24-29 of last season.

Florida is heading in the opposite direction, having lost four straight for the first time this year. The slide has dropped the Marlins into a first-place tie with Philadelphia in the NL East.

Florida aims to get back in the win column behind Scott Olsen (4-1, 2.63), who did not get a decision his last time out. He allowed four runs and six hits over six innings in Sunday's 5-4 victory over Washington.








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

    BATTERIES: KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER, RON MAHAY (7TH), YASUHIKO YABUTA (8TH) AND
    MIGUEL OLIVO
    FLA - SCOTT OLSEN, LOGAN KENSING (7TH), MATT LINDSTROM
    (8TH), KEVIN GREGG (9TH) AND

    May 17 9:54 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MIKE JACOBS (10) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 7TH OFF RON MAHAY SCORED JEREMY HERMIDA.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3, FLORIDA 7
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.314, 1-FOR-3)

    Royals 3, Marlins 7  Bot 7, 0 OutsMay 17 9:27 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY WES HELMS (3) TO LEFT WITH 0 OUT IN
    THE 7TH OFF BRIAN BANNISTER SCORED LUIS GONZALEZ AND MIKE RABELO.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3, FLORIDA 5
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: A AMEZAGA (.220, 0-FOR-3)

    Royals 3, Marlins 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsMay 17 9:18 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY BILLY BUTLER SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, B BUTLER ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 3
    FLORIDA 2 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M OLIVO (.280, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Royals 3, Marlins 2  Top 5, 0 OutsMay 17 8:32 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JORGE CANTU SCORED MIKE JACOBS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J CANTU ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    FLORIDA 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: L GONZALEZ (.265, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals 2, Marlins 2  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 17 8:21 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY MIKE JACOBS SCORED HANLEY RAMIREZ.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M JACOBS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    FLORIDA 1 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR FLORIDA: D UGGLA (.311, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals 2, Marlins 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsMay 17 8:14 PM


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    AT FLORIDA - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK AND ALEX
    GORDON.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J GUILLEN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    FLORIDA 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.277, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Royals 2, Marlins 0  Top 3, 0 OutsMay 17 7:50 PM

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