Kansas City Royals: Return of the King (OOTP10)

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Toronto Blue Jays (9-11, 3rd in AL East) @ Kansas City Royals (8-10, 4th in AL Central)

Probable Pitching Matchups

Jesse Litsch (0-1, 2.30 ERA) vs. Zack Greinke (2-1, 3.16 ERA)
Brian Tallet (1-3, 4.45 ERA) vs. Gil Meche (1-2, 3.00 ERA)
Casey Janssen (0-1, 5.11 ERA) vs. Kyle Davies (0-3, 4.15 ERA)
Scott Richmond (0-1, 9.18 ERA) vs. Jamey Wright (1-0, 4.91 ERA)

Blue Jays Top Five Players

SP Roy Halladay (3-1, 2.92 ERA)
RF Alex Rios (.243, 2 HR, 8 RBI)
MR Jason Frasor (2-0, 6.35)
LF Adam Lind (.220, 1 HR, 10 RBI)
3B Scott Rolen (.221, 0 HR, 9 RBI)

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Final in 10 Innings
                                 R     H     E
Toronto Blue Jays (10-11)        4     8     0
Kansas City Royals (8-11)        3     10    1

W:  Scott Downs (1-0)   L:  Kyle Farnsworth (1-1)

Toronto Blue Jays Stats

Aaron Hill: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R (.217, 3 HR, 10 RBI)
Jesse Litsch: 7 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, ND (0-1, 2.36 ERA)

HR: L. Overbay (3), A. Hill (3)
RBI: A. Hill 2 (10), L. Overbay (7), M. Scutaro (10)

Kansas City Royals Stats

Billy Butler: 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R (.309, 3 HR, 8 RBI)
Zack Greinke: 8 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, ND (2-1, 3.20 ERA)

2B: M. Aviles (3), M. Jacobs (3)
HR: B. Butler (3)
RBI: B. Butler 2 (8), M. Jacobs (6)
SB: C. Crisp (3)
E: D. DeJesus (1)

Player of the Game



Aaron Hill

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April 28, 2009 - Conor Jackson (.320, 2 HR, 12 RBI) had a big game against the Chicago Cubs last night as we was able to pound out five hits. Unfortunately it wasn't enough as the Diamondbacks fell to the Cubbies.

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                                 R     H     E
Toronto Blue Jays (10-12)        2     6     0
Kansas City Royals (9-11)        3     8     0

W:  Juan Cruz (2-1)   L:  Brian Tallet (1-4)    S:  Joakim Soria (7)

Toronto Blue Jays Stats

Adam Lind: 1-4, HR, R (.211, 2 HR, 11 RBI)
Brian Tallet: 8 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, L (1-4, 4.21 ERA)

HR: A. Lind (2), A. Rios (3)
RBI: A. Lind (11), A. Rios (9)

Kansas City Royals Stats

Alex Gordon: 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, R (.260, 5 HR, 16 RBI)
Gil Meche: 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, ND (1-2, 2.91 ERA)

2B: C. Crisp (3)
HR: A. Gordon (5)
RBI: A. Gordon 3 (16)

Player of the Game



Alex Gordon (2)

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                                 R     H     E
Toronto Blue Jays (10-13)        3     8     1
Kansas City Royals (10-11)       5     12    0

W:  Kyle Davies (1-3)   L:  Casey Janssen (0-2)   S:  Joakim Soria (8)

Toronto Blue Jays Stats

Travis Snider: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R (.444, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
Casey Janssen: 6 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, L (0-2, 4.91 ERA)

2B: A. Lind (8)
HR: T. Snider (1), L. Overbay (4)
RBI: T. Snider 2 (3), L. Overbay (8)
E: H. Clark (1)

Kansas City Royals Stats

Coco Crisp: 3-5, 3B, 3 R, SB (.281, 0 HR, 7 RBI)
Kyle Davies: 8 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, W (1-3, 3.18 ERA)

2B: A. Gordon (4)
3B: C. Crisp (2)
RBI: D. DeJesus (10), B. Butler (9), A. Gordon (17) M. Teahen (7)
SB: D. DeJesus (3), C. Crisp (4)

Player of the Game



Kyle Davies (2)

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April 30, 2009 - BJ Upton (.455, 4 HR, 10 RBI) had a big five hit day in Tampa Bay's victory over the Twins. Upton has been off to a great start and the Rays are hoping he keeps this great hitting up.

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Miguel Cabrera (.326, 3 HR, 15 RBI) is not known for hitting triples, but he got one on his way to hitting for the cycle in a win over the Yankees last night. Cabrera becomes the second player to hit for the cycle this year.

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Braves Get:



Carlos Guillen

Tigers Get:



Omar Infante

A trade happened today between the Detroit Tigers and the Atlanta Braves. The Tigers are sending Carlos Guillen (.342, 3 HR, 16 RBI) to the Braves, while the Tigers are getting shortstop Omar Infante (.362, 0 HR, 10 RBI). Both men are having very good years, and the teams are just dealing to fill holes they have in their teams.

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                                 R     H     E
Toronto Blue Jays (10-14)        0     4     0
Kansas City Royals (11-11)       8     13    0

W:  Jamey Wright (2-0)   L:  B.J. Ryan (0-2)

Toronto Blue Jays Stats

Alex Rios: 1-3, BB (.225, 3 HR, 9 RBI)
Scott Richmond: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, ND (0-1, 7.78 ERA)

Kansas City Royals Stats

Coco Crisp: 3-5, 3B, HR, 2 RBI, R (.298, 1 HR, 9 RBI)
Jamey Wright: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, W (2-0, 2.92 ERA)

2B: M. Olivo (2), M. Teahen (4), D. DeJesus (2)
3B: C. Crisp (3)
HR: C. Crisp (1)
RBI: C. Crisp 2 (9), D. DeJesus (11), A. Gordon (18), M. Teahen 2 (9), M. Olivo (9), M. Aviles (3)

Player of the Game



Coco Crisp (1)