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Rockies, Royals put interleague success on line
Jun 23, 2008 - 1:48 PM Colorado (32-44) at Kansas City (33-43) 8:10 pm EDTKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Both the Kansas City Royals and Colorado Rockies wouldn't mind it if interleague lasted just a bit longer.
The Royals and Rockies - two of best teams in interleague play this season - put their dominance in that area on the line on Monday as the teams begin a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium.
Kansas City won its fourth consecutive interleague series in Sunday's thrilling 11-10 victory over San Francisco, improving to 9-3 against the National League. The Royals, who find themselves at the bottom of the American League standings, rallied from a 10-3 fifth-inning deficit to beat the Giants.
Colorado will be returning to interleague play after dropping two of three games over the weekend to the New York Mets. While the Rockies are just 25-42 against the NL, they are an impressive 6-2 against the AL, having won their last six games.
In an effort to post its seventh consecutive interleague win, Colorado will turn to Jeff Francis (3-6, 5.22 ERA), who will try to win two straight decisions for the first time all season. The lefthander allowed an earned run and five hits over six innings in Wednesday's 4-2 victory over Cleveland.
Kansas City will counter with Brian Bannister (6-6, 4.81), who will attempt to post his third straight winning decision. The righthander permitted two runs and nine hits over seven innings to remain unbeaten over his last five turns in Wednesday's 3-2 win at St. Louis.
- ML
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
COLORADO 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4 6 0
KANSAS CITY 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 x 8 8 1 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: COL - JEFF FRANCIS, MATT HERGES (5TH), RYAN SPEIER (7TH), LUIS
VIZCAINO (8TH) AND CHRIS IANNETTA
KAN - BRIAN BANNISTER, HORACIO RAMIREZ (8TH), RAMON
RAMIREZ (9TH)
Jun 23 10:56 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ROSS GLOAD (1) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN THE
8TH OFF LUIS VIZCAINO.
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 4, KANSAS CITY 8
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GATHRIGHT (.245, 0 HR, 13 RBI)
Rockies 4, Royals 8 Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 23 10:39 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY TODD HELTON SCORED MATT HOLLIDAY.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 4
KANSAS CITY 7 TOP, 8TH
DUE UP FOR COLORADO: G ATKINS (.303, 0-FOR-2, BB)
Rockies 4, Royals 7 Top 8, 0 OutsJun 23 10:24 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY MIGUEL OLIVO SCORED JOSE GUILLEN.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M OLIVO ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3
KANSAS CITY 7 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.261, 1-FOR-2, HR, 3 RBI)
Rockies 3, Royals 7 Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 23 9:43 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY JOSE GUILLEN SCORED ALEX GORDON.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GUILLEN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3
KANSAS CITY 6 BOTTOM, 5TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M OLIVO (.254, 0-FOR-2)
Rockies 3, Royals 6 Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 23 9:38 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY MATT HOLLIDAY (9) TO CENTER WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 5TH OFF BRIAN BANNISTER SCORED JEFF BAKER.
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 3, KANSAS CITY 5
DUE UP FOR COLORADO: T HELTON (.273, 0-FOR-2)
Rockies 3, Royals 5 Top 5, 0 OutsJun 23 9:31 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JEFF BAKER SCORED CLINT BARMES.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BAKER ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 1
KANSAS CITY 5 TOP, 5TH
DUE UP FOR COLORADO: M HOLLIDAY (.324, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Rockies 1, Royals 5 Top 5, 0 OutsJun 23 9:29 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY JOSE GUILLEN (13) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF JEFF FRANCIS.
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0, KANSAS CITY 5
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M OLIVO (.256, 0-FOR-1)
Rockies 0, Royals 5 Bot 3, 0 OutsJun 23 9:03 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY MARK TEAHEN (8) TO LEFT CENTER WITH 2
OUT IN THE 1ST OFF JEFF FRANCIS SCORED MIKE AVILES AND ALEX GORDON.
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0, KANSAS CITY 4
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.241, 0 HR, 10 RBI)
Rockies 0, Royals 4 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 23 8:28 PM - ML
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY MIKE AVILES SCORED DAVID DEJESUS.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M AVILES ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: COLORADO 0
KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: A GORDON (.268, 8 HR, 32 RBI)
Rockies 0, Royals 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsJun 23 8:21 PM
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