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Royals seeking power from Guillen

Mark Dent / MLB.com
The Royals are hoping that Jose Guillen's power will begin to show through this week, as they open a three-game series against the Rangers in Arlington. Brett Tomko will face Jason Jennings in the series opener on Tuesday.
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Royals probable pitcher

Brett Tomko

  • RHP
  • (1-3) 5.25 ERA
Royals: Tomko felt like he never had control in his last start, a loss to the Indians. He lasted just four innings, allowing seven runs and 11 hits while throwing 108 pitches. The high pitch count can be contributed to control issues. Tomko thought he let the batters get ahead in the count too often. The outing was his worst of the season. Tomko had gone seven innings and six innings in his previous two starts and allowed a combined seven runs.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 94-95 4.62 1695.0 547 1124 .270
Season 1-3 5.25 24.0 6 11 .300
April 1-3 5.32 22.0 5 9 .309

Series at a Glance

Standings - 04/29/2008 W L PCT GB Home Away
Kansas City Royals (AL Central) 11 14 .440 3.0 5-7 6-7
Texas Rangers (AL West) 9 17 .346 7.5 4-7 5-10
Stats - 04/29/2008 AVG R HR RBI SB SO ERA IP H BB SO
KC .253 82 12 79 14 154 4.42 220.0 233 71 155
TEX .270 114 24 109 12 179 5.34 231.0 273 122 123
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Rangers face Royals without Blalock

T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
Jason Jennings will take the mound for the Rangers when they open against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. CT at the Ballpark in Arlington. The Rangers will be without Hank Blalock, who will miss 3 to 4 weeks with a muscle tear.
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Rangers probable pitcher

Jason Jennings

  • RHP
  • (0-4) 7.46 ERA
Rangers: Jennings is facing the Royals for the first time in his career. Jennings is 0-2 with a 9.64 ERA after two starts this year at Rangers Ballpark, where opponents are hitting .341 off him with 14 hits, including three home runs, and eight walks in 9 1/3 innings. He has a a 5.73 ERA in his last two starts, holding opponents to a .211 average but with seven walks and three home runs in 11 innings.
  W-L ERA IP BB SO AVG
Career 60-69 4.97 1065.1 476 705 .284
Season 0-4 7.46 25.1 17 12 .273
April 0-4 7.46 25.1 17 12 .273

Royals hitters vs Jason Jennings

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Anderson, Josh - - - - - - - -
Aviles, Mike - - - - - - - -
Betancourt, Yuniesky .500 2 0 0 .400 5 0 0
Bianchi, Jeff - - - - - - - -
Bloomquist, Willie - - - - - - - -
Buck, John - - - - - - - -
Butler, Billy - - - - .500 2 0 0
Callaspo, Alberto - - - - - - - -
DeJesus, David - - - - .500 2 0 0
Dyson, Jarrod - - - - - - - -
Fields, Josh - - - - 1.000 2 0 0
Getz, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gordon, Alex - - - - 1.000 1 0 0
Guillen, Jose - - - - .286 7 0 3
Hernandez, Luis .000 1 0 0 .000 1 0 0
Jacobs, Mike - - - - .286 7 1 1
Ka'aihue, Kila - - - - - - - -
Lisson, Mario - - - - - - - -
Maier, Mitch - - - - - - - -
Parraz, Jordan - - - - - - - -
Pena, Brayan - - - - - - - -
Pina, Manuel - - - - - - - -

Rangers hitters vs Brett Tomko

  2008 2003-2007
Hitter AVG AB HR RBI AVG AB HR RBI
Andrus, Elvis - - - - - - - -
Arias, Joaquin - - - - - - - -
Boggs, Brandon - - - - - - - -
Borbon, Julio - - - - - - - -
Cruz, Nelson - - - - - - - -
Davis, Chris - - - - - - - -
Gentry, Craig - - - - - - - -
German, Esteban - - - - - - - -
Golson, Greg - - - - - - - -
Hamilton, Josh - - - - .667 3 0 1
Kinsler, Ian - - - - .500 2 0 1
Murphy, David - - - - .667 3 1 3
Ramirez, Max - - - - - - - -
Saltalamacchia, Jarrod - - - - .667 3 0 1
Teagarden, Taylor - - - - - - - -
Young, Michael - - - - .500 4 0 1

Guillen finds his groove in Texas (12-14) (9-18)

Royals 9, Rangers 5

Guillen guides Royals

Dick Kaegel / MLB.com
Jose Guillen, who brought a .177 batting average into the game, had two hits, including a two-run home run, five RBIs and two runs scored, leading the Royals over the Rangers. Mark Teahen added two hits and three RBIs, while Mark Grudzielanek had four hits and three runs.

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Rangers can't rally

Ken Daley / Special to MLB.com
Texas starter Jason Jennings gave up five runs and eight hits before leaving the game with no outs in the third inning due to a sore elbow, and the Rangers went on to fall to the Royals. Michael Young, Josh Hamilton and Ramon Vazquez each had two hits and one RBI.
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Royals 9, Rangers 5

Kansas CityABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
DeJesus, D, CF-LF4110200.341
Grudzielanek, 2B6340013.319
Gordon, 3B5220132.296
Guillen, LF4225101.190
  1-Gathright, PR-CF0100000.250
Teahen, RF4023102.271
Butler, DH4020102.292
Gload, 1B5011016.293
Olivo, C5000015.233
Pena, T, SS5000021.139
Totals4291496822 


1-Ran for Guillen in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Gordon (6, Jennings), Grudzielanek 3 (4, Jennings, Benoit, Francisco).
3B: Teahen (2, Benoit).
HR: Guillen (3, 4th inning off Feldman, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: DeJesus, D; Grudzielanek 7; Gordon 3; Guillen 5; Teahen 4; Butler 2; Gload.
RBI: Guillen 5 (15), Teahen 3 (7), Gload (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Olivo 2; Butler; Grudzielanek; Gload; Gordon.
Team LOB: 12.

FIELDING
E: Grudzielanek (1, fielding).
 
TexasABRHRBIBBSOLOBAVG
Kinsler, 2B1000010.295
  Duran, 2B3110001.154
Young, SS4121101.308
Hamilton, RF5021003.336
Bradley, DH3000203.305
Murphy, CF4001014.290
Shelton, 1B5000023.000
Catalanotto, LF1100100.246
  a-Boggs, PH-LF20201001.000
Saltalamacchia, C4111115.286
Vazquez, R, 3B4121021.233
Totals3651056721 

a-Singled for Catalanotto in the 5th.

BATTING
2B: Hamilton (10, Tomko), Saltalamacchia (1, Tomko), Young (8, Tomko).
TB: Duran; Young 3; Hamilton 3; Boggs 2; Saltalamacchia 2; Vazquez, R 2.
RBI: Hamilton (28), Murphy (13), Saltalamacchia (1), Vazquez, R (2), Young (11).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Murphy; Shelton; Bradley; Saltalamacchia 2.
S: Duran.
SF: Murphy.
Team LOB: 12.
 
Kansas CityIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Tomko 3.17553306.26
Mahay (W, 1-0)2.12000002.02
Gobble (H, 3)0.20001004.76
Ramirez, R (H, 5)1.21001200.71
Soria 1.00001200.00
 
TexasIPHRERBBSOHRERA
Jennings (L, 0-5)2.08551008.56
Feldman 4.03223416.00
Wright 1.00000104.20
Benoit 1.02222107.84
Francisco 1.01000205.40

Jennings pitched to 1 batter in the 3rd.

WP: Tomko 2.
IBB: Gordon (by Jennings).
Pitches-strikes: Tomko 89-52, Mahay 34-21, Gobble 10-4, Ramirez, R 34-21, Soria 29-16, Jennings 55-33, Feldman 69-40, Wright 12-6, Benoit 25-13, Francisco 12-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Tomko 3-4, Mahay 4-3, Gobble 0-2, Ramirez, R 2-1, Soria 0-1, Jennings 2-4, Feldman 5-3, Wright 2-0, Benoit 0-2, Francisco 0-1.
Batters faced: Tomko 20, Mahay 9, Gobble 3, Ramirez, R 7, Soria 5, Jennings 16, Feldman 18, Wright 3, Benoit 7, Francisco 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Mahay 1-0, Gobble 1-0, Ramirez, R 1-0, Feldman 1-0.
EjectionsTexas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler ejected by HP umpire Bill Welke. (1st).
Umpires: HP: Bill Welke. 1B: Chris Guccione. 2B: Tim Welke. 3B: Chuck Meriwether.
Weather: 80 degrees, clear.
Wind: 13 mph, R to L.
T: 3:41.
Att: 16,472.
April 29, 2008

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