Royals 2 - 1 Cardinals
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Pineiro, Cardinals want to continue streak, face Royals

Jun 17, 2008 - 2:52 PM KANSAS CITY (28-42) at ST LOUIS (42-29), 8:15 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The injury-riddled St. Louis Cardinals look for some relief against a familiar interleague foe.

Joel Pineiro and the Cardinals aim for their third straight victory when they face the Kansas City Royals.

After being routed, 20-2 in Friday's debacle against Philadelphia, St. Louis took the next two vs. the Phillies to win for the sixth time in the last eight games.

The Cardinals won Sunday's 10-inning game, 7-6, but lost catcher Yadier Molina was run over on a tag play in the ninth. Molina sustained a mild concussion, and his status for this series is uncertain.

The absence of Molina just adds on to the loss of All-Star Albert Pujols , who has missed the past five games due to a strained left calf. The Cardinals are 3-2 without Pujols.

Facing the lowly Royals, the injuries may not matter to Pineiro (2-3, 4.41 ERA) and St. Louis as the home team has either won or tied the season series against Kansas City for the past six seasons. The 29-year-old righthander, who hasn't won a game since April 29, is 4-1 in nine career appearances - five starts - against the Royals.

Kansas City counters with Kyle Davies (2-0, 1.53 ERA), who is making his fourth start of the season. The righthander was in line for a third consecutive win after he yielded one run in six innings vs. Texas last Wednesday. However, the Royals bullpen surrendered 10 runs over the next three frames in the 11-5 loss.

Kansas City, which is tied for the second worst record in the majors, has won two of three.








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

    BATTERIES: KAN - KYLE DAVIES, RON MAHAY (8TH), JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND MIGUEL
    OLIVO
    STL - JOEL PINEIRO, RON VILLONE (8TH), RUSS SPRINGER
    (8TH), JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (9TH) AND JA

    Jun 17 10:41 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY MIKE AVILES (3) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    8TH OFF RON VILLONE.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2, ST LOUIS 1
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.270, 1-FOR-3)

    Royals 2, Cardinals 1  Top 8, 0 OutsJun 17 10:14 PM
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    Royals 2, Cardinals 1  Top 8, 0 OutsJun 17 10:14 PM
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    Royals 1, Cardinals 1  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 17 9:59 PM
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    Royals 1, Cardinals 1  Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 17 9:25 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED ROSS GLOAD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D DEJESUS ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    ST LOUIS 1 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M AVILES (.326, 0-FOR-2)

    Royals 1, Cardinals 1  Top 5, 0 OutsJun 17 9:23 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    BRENDAN RYAN HIT INTO DOUBLE PLAY SCORING CESAR IZTURIS.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 0
    ST LOUIS 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.310, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Royals 0, Cardinals 1  Bot 3, 0 OutsJun 17 8:59 PM
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