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| Butler serves up Royal pounding in KC's rout of Jays |
MLB Baseball |
04/30/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Worldwide Gamble) - Billy Butler blasted his first two homers of the year, and the Kansas City Royals routed the Toronto Blue Jays, 11-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series. Butler finished the game 4-for-5 with four runs scored and four RBI, as the Royals stopped a brief skid in which they had lost three of four. Zack Greinke (5-0) allowed an earned run for the first time in 43 innings but still earned the win, yielding two runs on five hits and two walks while fanning eight in seven fra |
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| Greinke goes for No. 5 as Royals host Jays |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Zack Greinke attempts to become the majors' first five-game winner this evening, when the Kansas City Royals play the third test of their four-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays at Kauffman Stadium. Greinke has been absolutely amazing for the Royals in the early going, winning all four of his starts while surrendering just one unearned run in 29 innings. The 25-year-old right-hander had his scoreless innings streak dating back to last season end at 38 Friday against Detroit, as the Tig |
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| Blue Jays crush Royals |
MLB Baseball |
04/29/2009 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Worldwide Gamble) - Scott Richmond pitched seven strong innings while Vernon Wells drove in three runs, as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8-1, in the continuation of a four-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Richmond (3-0) allowed one run on five hits with five strikeouts for the Blue Jays, who evened the series after dropping Monday's opener and have won four of their last six games overall. Aaron Hill finished 3-for-4 with two RBI and Marco Scutaro scored twice in the win. |
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| Jays, Royals resume set in KC |
MLB Baseball |
04/28/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - The Toronto Blue Jays try to avoid their first losing streak of the season this evening when they play the second test of their four-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. In the opener of this set on Monday, Brian Bannister threw seven innings of one-run, one-hit ball, and Jose Guillen hit a pair of home runs to lead Kansas City to a 7-1 victory. Guillen finished 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Miguel Olivo chipped in a three-run homer for the Royals, who had lost three o |
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| Jays, Royals open set in KC |
MLB Baseball |
04/27/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - The Toronto Blue Jays try to beat the Kansas City Royals for the sixth straight time this evening when the two clubs begin a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City beat the Blue Jays the first two times the teams met last season, but Toronto won the final five meetings. The Blue Jays enter tonight's contest with the best record in baseball at 14-6. They improved upon that mark this weekend by taking two of three from the Chicago White Sox. In Sunday's rubber match at U.S. Cellular |
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| Halladay gets fourth win as Jays top White Sox |
MLB Baseball |
04/26/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (Worldwide Gamble) - Scott Rolen stroked the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays edged the Chicago White Sox to take the rubber match of a weekend set at U.S. Cellular Field. Marco Scutaro knocked in a run for the Blue Jays, who have won four of five and eight of 11. Vernon Wells had two hits and scored twice in the triumph. Adam Lind drove in a pair of runs and Rod Barajas went 3-for-4 with a run scored. Roy Halladay (4-1) got the win after going seven innings and giving |
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| Halladay hopes to bounce back in Windy City |
MLB Baseball |
04/26/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Roy Halladay tries to bounce back from his first loss of the season when the Toronto Blue Jays close their three-game series with the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. After winning his first three starts, Halladay was roughed up a bit by the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, as he allowed five runs and eight hits in eight innings, dropping him to 3-1, while raising his earned run average to 3.72. Halladay is 3-4 lifetime against the White Sox with a 3.40 ERA in 13 games, 10 of which have bee |
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| Ramirez slams ChiSox to rout of Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
04/26/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (Worldwide Gamble) - Alexei Ramirez went 2-for-5 with a grand slam and finished with five runs driven in, as the Chicago White Sox crushed the Toronto Blue Jays, 10-2, in the middle test of a three-game set. Jermaine Dye added a two-run homer for the White Sox, who snapped a two-game slide. Brian Anderson ended with two RBI and Paul Konerko went 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Mark Buehrle (3-0) lasted six frames and gave up two runs on six hits to get his third straight win. Octavio Dotel, M |
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| Rays' Garza tries to rebound in Oakland |
MLB Baseball |
04/25/2009 |
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| and eight hits in a 5 2/3-inning relief effort back in 2006. Oakland, meanwhile, will counter with 25-year-old lefty Dallas Braden, who is 1-2 despite a 2.79 ERA and is coming off a terrific effort in his last trip to the hill on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Braden allowed a run and five hits in 7 1/3 innings in that one, but absorbed a hard-luck loss in his team's 1-0 setback. The A's have been shut out in both of Braden's losses this season. Braden is 1-1 lifetime against the Rays with a 5.23 ERA in |
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| White Sox continue series with Blue Jays |
MLB Baseball |
04/25/2009 |
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| (Worldwide Gamble) - Mark Buehrle tries to make it three straight wins this evening when the Chicago White Sox continue their three-game set with the Toronto Blue Jays at U.S. Cellular Field. After receiving a no-decision in his first start, Buehrle has responded with back-to-back terrific efforts. Against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday, Buehrle allowed just three runs and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings. In his three starts this year Buehrle has surrendered six runs in 18 innings. Buehrle has faced the Blue Jays 12 |
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