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Scorching hot DeJesus, Royals aim to sweep Cardinals

Jun 19, 2008 - 1:16 PM Kansas City (30-42) at St. Louis (42-31) 2:15 pm. EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- The Kansas City Royals look to ride the hot bat of David DeJesus to a three-game series sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

DeJesus hit a game-tying home run in the eighth inning and Alex Gordon belted a go-ahead shot later in the frame as the Royals rallied for a 3-2 victory on Wednesday. It was the first late-inning comeback for the Royals, who had been 0-37 when trailing after seven innings.

Kansas City has won four straight, thanks in large part to DeJesus. The sixth-year center fielder is hitting .471 (8-for-17) with three home runs eight RBI during the winning streak.

DeJesus and the Royals will try to match their longest winning streak of the season against spot-starter Brad Thompson, who will be activated from the disabled list prior to this game. The righthander has been sidelined since April 23 with right elbow inflammation.

Thompson (1-1, 4.58 ERA) is the Cardinals third option after both Todd Wellemeyer and Anthony Reyes were unable to go. Wellemeyer has inflammation in his right elbow, and Reyes was placed in the disabled list with a right elbow strain on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Royals counter with Zack Grienke (5-4, 3.48), who is 0-3 with a 6.10 ERA in his last five starts.








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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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    KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 0
    ST LOUIS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: KAN - ZACK GREINKE, RAMON RAMIREZ (8TH), JOAKIM SORIA (9TH) AND JOHN
    BUCK
    STL - BRAD THOMPSON, JASON ISRINGHAUSEN (6TH), RANDY
    FLORES (8TH), CHRIS PEREZ (9TH) AND

    Jun 19 4:45 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MARK TEAHEN (7) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 9TH OFF CHRIS PEREZ SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 4, ST LOUIS 1
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.250, 0-FOR-3)

    Royals 4, Cardinals 1  Top 9, 0 OutsJun 19 4:29 PM
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    Royals 4, Cardinals 1  Top 9, 0 OutsJun 19 4:29 PM
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    Royals 2, Cardinals 1  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 19 3:55 PM
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    Royals 2, Cardinals 1  Top 7, 0 OutsJun 19 3:51 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY RICK ANKIEL (11) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 2
    OUT IN THE 4TH OFF ZACK GREINKE.
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2, ST LOUIS 1
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: T GLAUS (.262, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals 2, Cardinals 1  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 19 3:15 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK TEAHEN SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M TEAHEN ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 2
    ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.253, 0-FOR-1)

    Royals 2, Cardinals 0  Top 4, 0 OutsJun 19 3:06 PM


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    AT ST LOUIS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARK GRUDZIELANEK SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: KANSAS CITY 1
    ST LOUIS 0 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.259, 1-FOR-1)

    Royals 1, Cardinals 0  Top 4, 0 OutsJun 19 3:03 PM
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    Royals 0, Cardinals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 19 2:46 PM

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