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Blue Jays go for sweep of struggling Royals

May 26, 2008 - 1:16 PM Kansas City (21-29) at Toronto (27-25) 12:37 pm EDT

TORONTO (Ticker) - The Toronto Blue Jays look to complete a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Monday.

Toronto, which has won four straight and 10 of its last 13 games, has outscored Kansas City, 16-2, over the first three games.

Roy Halladay and Jesse Litsch threw complete games on Friday and Saturday, respectively, and Dustin McGowan earned the win with seven strong innings on Sunday.

Shaun Marcum (4-3, 2.80 ERA) looks to continue Toronto's recent pitching dominance when he takes the hill. The righthander suffered the loss in his last start, allowing four runs in six innings during a 4-3 setback to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Wednesday.

The Royals are hoping to avoid their second straight four-game series sweep after dropping four consecutive games to Boston last week.

Veteran righthander Brett Tomko (2-5, 5.76) hopes to turn things around for Kansas City when he takes the mound. Tomko suffered the loss in his last outing, surrendering five runs over 4 1/3 innings in a 6-3 setback to Boston on Wednesday.

With a win, Toronto would go three games above .500 for the first time this season.






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    Royals 2, Blue Jays 7  FinalMay 26 4:22 PM


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

    BATTERIES: KAN - BRETT TOMKO, JOEL PERALTA (7TH), JOAKIM SORIA (8TH) AND MIGUEL
    OLIVO
    TOR - SHAUN MARCUM, JESSE CARLSON (8TH), JASON FRASOR
    (8TH) AND GREGG ZAUN

    HOME RUNS:

    May 26 3:11 PM


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    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MARCO SCUTARO (2) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 6TH OFF BRETT TOMKO.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2, TORONTO 7
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: B WILKERSON (.207, 0-FOR-1, SF, RBI)

    Royals 2, Blue Jays 7  Bot 6, 0 OutsMay 26 2:24 PM


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    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY MIGUEL OLIVO SCORED BILLY BUTLER.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M TEAHEN ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    TORONTO 6 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA (.163, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals 2, Blue Jays 6  Top 6, 0 OutsMay 26 2:16 PM


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    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    FIELDER'S CHOICE BY MARK TEAHEN SCORED ALEX GORDON.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON FIRST, B BUTLER ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    TORONTO 6 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M OLIVO (.295, 1-FOR-2)

    Royals 1, Blue Jays 6  Top 6, 0 OutsMay 26 2:14 PM


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    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY ALEX RIOS SCORED GREGG ZAUN AND JOE INGLETT.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, A RIOS ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    TORONTO 6 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: S ROLEN (.308, 1-FOR-2)

    Royals 0, Blue Jays 6  Bot 5, 0 OutsMay 26 2:01 PM


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    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY GREGG ZAUN (2) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF BRETT TOMKO SCORED MARCO SCUTARO.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0, TORONTO 4
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: S STEWART (.263, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals 0, Blue Jays 4  Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 26 1:09 PM


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    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY BRAD WILKERSON SCORED LYLE OVERBAY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M SCUTARO ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    TORONTO 2 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: G ZAUN (.254, 1 HR, 6 RBI)

    Royals 0, Blue Jays 2  Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 26 1:07 PM


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    AT TORONTO - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY LYLE OVERBAY SCORED SCOTT ROLEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, L OVERBAY ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    TORONTO 1 BOTTOM, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR TORONTO: M SCUTARO (.254, 1 HR, 16 RBI)

    Royals 0, Blue Jays 1  Bot 2, 0 OutsMay 26 1:04 PM

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