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Ankiel, Cardinals face Royals in rubber match

Jun 29, 2008 - 1:20 PM St. Louis (46-36) at Kansas City (37-44) 2:10 pm EDT

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- Rick Ankiel and the St. Louis Cardinals will look to take the rubber match of a three-game series against the cross-state rival Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

Ankiel blasted a two-run home run Saturday as the Cardinals ended a three-game losing skid with a 5-1 victory. The lefthanded slugger is batting .255 with 15 blasts and 37 RBI on the season.

Rookie Mike Aviles collected two hits and David DeJesus extended his hitting streak to 13 games for the Kansas City, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.

The Royals, who are tied with the Minnesota Twins for the best interleague record at 13-4, will send righthander Brian Bannister (7-6, 4.47 ERA) to the mound.

Bannister won his third straight decision after allowing three unearned runs on three hits and six walks with five strikeouts over seven innings during Monday's 8-4 triumph over the Colorado Rockies.

He will be opposed by righthander Braden Looper (9-5, 4.22), who gave up four runs and seven hits over six frames in Tuesday's 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. He is 3-1 with a 2.67 ERA during his five starts this month.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    ST LOUIS 0 2 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 9 14 0
    KANSAS CITY 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 6 13 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: STL - BRADEN LOOPER, CHRIS PEREZ (4TH), RUSS SPRINGER (5TH), JASON
    ISRINGHAUSEN (6TH), KYLE MCCLELLAN (7TH), RYAN FRANKLIN (8TH)
    AND JASON LARUE
    KAN - BRIAN BANNIS

    Jun 29 5:45 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK GRUDZIELANEK SCORED ESTEBAN GERMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON FIRST, M AVILES ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 9
    KANSAS CITY 6 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.258, 2-FOR-4, RBI)

    Cardinals 9, Royals 6  Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 29 5:29 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY MARK TEAHEN SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 9
    KANSAS CITY 5 BOTTOM, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.266, 1-FOR-2, SF, RBI)

    Cardinals 9, Royals 5  Bot 7, 0 OutsJun 29 4:57 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY ALBERT PUJOLS (17) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT
    IN THE 6TH OFF JOEL PERALTA SCORED AARON MILES.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 9, KANSAS CITY 4
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R ANKIEL (.256, 1-FOR-3, RBI)

    Cardinals 9, Royals 4  Top 6, 0 OutsJun 29 4:25 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ROSS GLOAD SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M TEAHEN ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 7
    KANSAS CITY 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J BUCK (.247, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Cardinals 7, Royals 4  Bot 5, 0 OutsJun 29 4:08 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY JASON LARUE SCORED RYAN LUDWICK AND ADAM KENNEDY.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, J LARUE ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 7
    KANSAS CITY 3 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B RYAN (.289, 1-FOR-2)

    Cardinals 7, Royals 3  Top 5, 0 OutsJun 29 3:53 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ESTEBAN GERMAN SCORED ROSS GLOAD.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, E GERMAN ON FIRST, J GATHRIGHT ON SECOND, J
    BUCK ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 5
    KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M AVILES (.318, 0-FOR-1, BB)

    Cardinals 5, Royals 3  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 29 3:36 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY JOEY GATHRIGHT SCORED MARK GRUDZIELANEK.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J GATHRIGHT ON FIRST, J BUCK ON SECOND, R
    GLOAD ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 5
    KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: E GERMAN (.149, 0-FOR-1)

    Cardinals 5, Royals 2  Bot 4, 0 OutsJun 29 3:34 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    PASSED BALL BY JASON LARUE ALLOWED JOEY GATHRIGHT TO
    SCORE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A GORDON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 5
    KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GUILLEN (.283, 1-FOR-1)

    Cardinals 5, Royals 1  Bot 3, 0 OutsJun 29 3:13 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SACRIFICE FLY BY ADAM KENNEDY SCORED RICK ANKIEL.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON SECOND, R LUDWICK ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 5
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: J LARUE (.238, 1-FOR-1, HR, 2 RBI)

    Cardinals 5, Royals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 29 3:01 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CHRIS DUNCAN SCORED ALBERT PUJOLS.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, C DUNCAN ON FIRST, R LUDWICK ON SECOND, R
    ANKIEL ON THIRD, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 4
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: A KENNEDY (.267, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Cardinals 4, Royals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 29 2:59 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY RICK ANKIEL SCORED SKIP SCHUMAKER.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R ANKIEL ON FIRST, A PUJOLS ON SECOND, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 3
    KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 3RD
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: R LUDWICK (.285, 0-FOR-1)

    Cardinals 3, Royals 0  Top 3, 0 OutsJun 29 2:52 PM


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    AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY JASON LARUE (3) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT IN
    THE 2ND OFF BRIAN BANNISTER SCORED ADAM KENNEDY.
    CURRENT SCORE: ST LOUIS 2, KANSAS CITY 0
    DUE UP FOR ST LOUIS: B RYAN (.286, 0 HR, 7 RBI)

    Cardinals 2, Royals 0  Top 2, 0 OutsJun 29 2:36 PM

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