Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
46-57, 4th Central
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Meche battles sweat, pitches Royals over Rays
Meche battles sweat, pitches Royals over Rays
JOHN MARSHALL,
Jul 25, 2008
Gil Meche's arms and hands were coated with sweat, his rhythm completely off from spending so much time trying to dry off. It took three innings, but Meche finally overcame the sweating -- and started pitching. Meche threw seven scoreless innings after a sweaty, shaky start and John Buck drove in two runs, helping the Kansas City Royals hold off Tampa Bay 4-2 on Thursday night to extend the AL... ...More |
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Royals Team Report
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Royals Team Report Jul 25, 2008
Mitch Maier knew when he received an early morning call from Class AAA Omaha manager Mike Jirschele in his Las Vegas hotel room it must be important.
"I was sleeping, but I was awake as soon as I saw who was calling me," Maier said. "The manager normally doesn't call you at 7 a.m. for no reason. I knew something was going on. Soon as he told me I was coming up, I was wide awake then."
Maier, who was hitting .316 with Omaha, was immediately inserted in the starting lineup, playing center field and batting ninth against the Rays. He went 1-for-4 with an infield single in the fourth and logged seven putouts in center. His only previous major league experience was 12 days, five games, 13 at-bats for the Royals in September 2006 after Class AA Wichita was eliminated from ...More |
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| Scores & Schedule |
| Last Five Games |
| Sun, Jul 20 | at Chi White Sox | W 8-7 | | Mon, Jul 21 | Detroit | L 4-19 | | Tue, Jul 22 | Detroit | L 1-7 | | Wed, Jul 23 | Detroit | L 1-7 | | Thu, Jul 24 | Tampa Bay | W 4-2 |
| Next Five Games |
| Fri, Jul 25 | Tampa Bay | 8:10 pm | | Sat, Jul 26 | Tampa Bay | 7:10 pm | | Sun, Jul 27 | Tampa Bay | 2:10 pm | | Mon, Jul 28 | at Oakland | 10:05 pm | | Tue, Jul 29 | at Oakland | 10:05 pm |
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