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Josh Vernier
May 20
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-The Royals (20-21) dropped a fourth straight game, losing the opener in Houston, 6-5. The loss drops Kansas City below .500 for the first time since the first week of the season.
-Jeremy Guthrie made the start, coming off his first loss since...
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Josh Vernier
May 19
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-The Royals (20-19) dropped a second straight in Oakland, 2-1.
-Ervin Santana made the start, and, like James Shields the night before, was masterful. Santana's final line showed 7 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 5 K, 3 BB on 101 pitches, but ended up taking the...
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Josh Vernier
May 15
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-The Royals (19-17) dropped the second game against the Angels, 6-2, evening the three-game series.
-Jeremy Guthrie took the loss, and ended his streak and franchise-record 18 straight starts without suffering a defeat. His final line showed 7 IP, 5...
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Josh Vernier
May 14
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-The Royals (19-16) took the opener in Anaheim, 11-4, to open a nine-game road trip on the right note.
-Luis Mendoza made the start, and put together his second straight quality start. His final line showed 6 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 6 K and he didn't...
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Josh Vernier
May 7
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-Royals (17-12) dropped the opener in Baltimore, 4-3.
-Ervin Santana made the start and was a tad bit shaky early on. It appeared to me that he was struggling with his velocity with the first few batters, and was trying to be too fine. With the...
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Josh Vernier
May 5
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-The Royals (17-10) improved to 3-0 in extra-inning games, and picked up the 11th come-from-behind victory of the season by knocking off the White Sox 6-5 in 10 innings.
-Wade Davis made the start, and after back-to-back poor outings bounced back...
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Josh Vernier
May 4
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-The Royals (16-10) rode a remarkable effort from Jeremy Guthrie to a third straight win, taking the opener from Chicago, 2-0 at Kauffman.
-The offense gave Guthrie an early cushion in the first inning. After Alex Gordon (0-for-4) and Alcides...
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Josh Vernier
Apr 28
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-Royals (13-9) split the first day/night doubleheader in team history, winning the opener 9-0, but falling in the night cap 10-3.
-Jeremy Guthrie was the story of the opener. He threw 6.2 innings of shutout baseball, scattering six hits, striking...
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Josh Vernier
Apr 24
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-Royals (10-8) dropped the opener in Detroit, 7-5.
-Wade Davis made his first start since last Wednesday in Atlanta, and was helped out by some tremendous defense early. Alex Gordon (1-for-4) and Eric Hosmer (1-for-1) made an extra-base saving...
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Josh Vernier
Apr 16
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-Royals (7-6) fell to Atlanta, 6-3, in the opener of a two-game series.
-Jeremy Guthrie brought his 2-0 record into the game, and looked to be on his way to a third victory. After setting the Braves down in order to start the game, Guthrie...
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