Kansas City Royals: Return of the King (OOTP10)

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Detroit Tigers (9-7, 2nd in AL Central, 2nd in Wildcard) @ Kansas City Royals (7-8, 4th in AL Central)

Probable Pitching Matchups

Rick Porcello (2-1, 5.03 ERA) vs. Kyle Davies (0-2, 4.26 ERA)
Edwin Jackson (0-0, 7.94 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (0-1, 5.06 ERA)
Armando Galarraga (1-1, 4.35 ERA) vs. Brian Bannister (0-1, 18.00 ERA)

Tigers Top Five Players

1B Miguel Cabrera (.277, 2 HR, 10 RBI)
CF Curtis Granderson (.288, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
SP Justin Verlander (2-2, 4.61 ERA)
RF Magglio Ordonez (.237, 0 HR, 10 RBI)
CL Bobby Seay (1-0, 4 saves, 0.00 ERA)

[Rexis]

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                              R     H     E
Detroit Tigers (10-7)         3     7     1
Kansas City Royals (7-9)      1     9     0

W:  Rick Porcello (3-1)   L:  Kyle Davies (0-3)   S:  Bobby Seay (5)

Detroit Tigers Stats

Josh Anderson: 2-3, 3B, RBI, R (.308, 0 HR, 1 RBI)
Rick Porcello: 8 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, W (3-1, 3.90 ERA)

2B: M. Thames (4)
3B: J. Anderson (1)
RBI: M. Cabrera (11), J. Anderson (1), G. Laird (10)
SB: C. Granderson (2)
E: M. Ordonez (1)

Kansas City Royals Stats

David DeJesus: 3-4 (.324, 2 HR, 9 RBI)
Kyle Davies: 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, L (0-3, 4.15 ERA)

RBI: A. Gordon (13)

Player of the Game



Rick Porcello

[MrGmen55]

how did you change their hats

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Quote: Originally Posted by MrGmen55

how did you change their hats

Photoshop. I cut hats off of other guys and put them on the players who were traded, then just cleaned them up a bit to make them fit right.

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April 25, 2009 - Robinson Cano (.413, 3 HR, 11 RBI) has been having a very good year, and last night he had a very good night. As the Yankees and Red Sox squared off in the most storied rivalry in baseball Cano went a perfect 5-5 with 3 RBI's to help the Yankees to the win.

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Jamey Wright (0-0, 0.00) faced only one batter in his first start of the 2009 season before he was injured. Well Wright's sore elbow has healed and he is ready to return to the rotation. The Royals have called him up to the big team and he will take Sidney Ponson's (0-1, 5.06) spot on the team and in the rotation. Ponson was placed on waivers and designated for assignment, and the Royals hope he will accept a minor league demotion, if not the team is prepared to cut him loose. Wright will make his first start after being called up tonight against the Tigers.

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                              R     H     E
Detroit Tigers (10-8)         4     6     0
Kansas City Royals (8-9)      6     7     0

W:  Jamey Wright (1-0)   L:  Edwin Jackson (0-1)   S:  Joakim Soria (6)

Detroit Tigers Stats

Gerald Laird: 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, R (.313, 2 HR, 13 RBI)
Edwin Jackson: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, L (0-1, 11.88)

2B: A. Everett (4)
HR: G. Laird (2), C. Guillen (3)
RBI: C. Guillen (10), G. Laird 3 (13)

Kansas City Royals Stats

Mark Teahen: 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI, R (.250, 1 HR, 6 RBI)
Jamey Wright: 7 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, W (1-0, 4.91 ERA)

2B: M. Teahen (3)
HR: B. Butler (2)
RBI: B. Butler (6), M. Jacobs (5), M. Teahen 3 (6), M. Olivo (8)

Player of the Game



Mark Teahen (1)

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April 26, 2009 - Ryan Braun (.338, 2 HR, 8 RBI) is continuing the great start to his young career in Milwaukee. He had the best game of his season so far as he had a five hit day in a Brewers victory over the Astros last night.

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The Seattle Mariners suffered a big loss when outfielder Franklin Gutierrez (.254, 3 HR, 12 RBI) went down with a torn labrum last night. Gutierrez is expected to miss around 6 months. Look for the Mariners to play Ichiro in center field now and Ken Griffey Jr. in right field.

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                              R     H     E
Detroit Tigers (11-8)         12    18    0
Kansas City Royals (8-10)      1     5     0

W:  Armando Galarraga (2-1)   L:  Brian Bannister (0-2)   S:  Brandon Lyon (2)

Detroit Tigers Stats

Gerald Laird: 3-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R, BB (.338, 2 HR, 17 RBI)
Armando Galarraga: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, W (2-1, 3.76 ERA)

2B: G. Laird 2 (7)
3B: C. Granderson (1)
HR: R. Raburn (2), C. Granderson (1)
RBI: C. Granderson 2 (3), C. Guillen 2 (12), R. Raburn (3), B. Inge 2 (16), G. Laird 4 (17), A. Everett (6)

Kansas City Royals Stats

Coco Crisp: 1-3, RBI (.253, 0 HR, 7 RBI)
Brian Bannister: 5 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, L (0-2, 15.30 ERA)

2B: A. Gordon (3), B. Butler (2)
RBI: C. Crisp (7)

Player of the Game



Gerald Laird

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Monday Morning Report

American League Player of the Week



Michael Aubrey (.391, 3 HR, 13 RBI)
11-24, 1 HR, 7 RBI

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National League Player of the Week



Jay Bruce (.316, 7 HR, 20 RBI)
14-30, 3 HR, 11 RBI

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American League Central Standings

Cleveland Indians 14-5
Minnesota Twins 12-7 - 2 GB
Detroit Tigers 11-8 - 3 GB
Kansas City Royals 8-10 - 5.5 GB
Chicago White Sox 8-11 - 6 GB

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Royals Pitching Stats

Starters

Zack Greinke: 2-1, 3.16 ERA, 29 K, 3 BB, 0.86 WHIP, 31.1 IP
Gil Meche: 1-2, 3.00 ERA, 20 K, 6 BB, 1.56 WHIP, 27 IP
Kyle Davies: 0-3, 4.15 ERA, 14 K, 10 BB, 1.42 WHIP, 26 IP
Jamey Wright: 1-0, 4.91 ERA, 4 K, 4 BB, 0.82 WHIP, 7.1 IP
Brian Bannister: 0-2, 15.30 ERA, 7 K, 4 BB, 3.00 WHIP, 10 IP

Middle Relievers

Ron Mahay: 0-0, 2.25 ERA, 2 K, 2 BB, 1.00 WHIP, 4 IP
Robinson Tejada: 2-0, 1.80 ERA, 6 K, 2 BB, 1.40 WHIP, 5 IP
Doug Waechter: 0-0, 10.39 ERA, 6 K, 5 BB, 1.85 WHIP, 8.2 IP
Heath Phillips: 0-0, 2.57 ERA, 2 K, 3 BB, 1.14 WHIP, 7 IP

Setup Relievers

Kyle Farnsworth: 1-0, 1.80 ERA, 6 K, 0 BB, 1.20 WHIP, 5 IP
Juan Cruz: 1-1, 1.59 ERA, 5 K, 6 BB, 1.76 WHIP, 5.2 IP

Closer

Joakim Soria: 0-0, 6 Saves, 0.00 ERA, 6 K, 1 BB, 0.67 WHIP, 6 IP

Royals Batting Stats

Coco Crisp: .253, 0 HR, 7 RBI, 2 SB, .628 OPS
David DeJesus: .301, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 2 SB, .775 OPS
Billy Butler: .303, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .754 OPS
Alex Gordon: .246, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 1 SB, .780 OPS
Mike Jacobs: .299, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .746 OPS
Mark Teahen: .231, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .635 OPS
Miguel Olivo: .217, 0 HR, 8 RBI, .550 OPS
Mike Aviles: .258, 0 HR, 2 RBI, .608 OPS
Alberto Callaspo: .267, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .670 OPS

Brayan Pena: .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .250 OPS
Willie Bloomquist: .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS
Brian Buchanan: .000, 0 HR, 0 RBI, .000 OPS
Jose Guillen: .394, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .928 OPS

Player of the Week



Billy Butler (1)