Mark Teahen News

Well how about this one? The Royals spotted the Boston Red Sox a four-run lead Thursday night at Fenway Park and, somehow, goosed their production-challenged attack into a rousing comeback for an 8-6 victory.

An interesting tidbit popped up in Ken Rosenthal's notes column today regarding Mark Teahen.

I can't remember seeing a position player with as awful ABs as Cedeno has had. He looks worse than a pitcher.

One thing you can say about these Royals: They are reliable. I went out Thursday night with the tentative idea of writing about the remarkably bad base running they have exhibited this year.

But the Chicago left-hander tinkered with the grip on his sinker and became even more dominant than usual against the Royals , taking a four-hit shutout into the ninth before settling for a 4-1 victory that gave the surging White Sox their sixth win in a row.

The Twins-Royals game Tuesday moved with the pace of a senate election recount. But before lawyers got involved, the Twins squeezed out a run in the sixth to win 2-1 over a Kansas City team that is peskier than their 33-43 record suggests.

Either Olivo was being a contrarian or wasn't watching the same game as everyone else.

Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Jaramillo, right, can't get the tag on Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen who scored from third on a David DeJesus fielder's choice to Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 28, 2009.

Here is a prime example of my bad luck with storm chasing: Tuesday night, when funnel clouds seemed to be popping up all over Cowley County, I was at the Royals baseball game in Kansas City.

Royals center fielder Coco Crisp will undergo right shoulder surgery on Wednesday and will miss the rest of the season, manager Trey Hillman said on Tuesday.

Kansas City Royals third baseman Mark Teahen throws to first base for the out on Houston Astros' Hunter Pence in the sixth inning in a baseball game Tuesday, June 23, 2009, in Houston.

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St. Louis opened the three-game series between the instate rivals Friday night by pounding out 14 hits in a 10-5 win.

It'll happen every once and again. Trey Hillman will be out in Kansas City, running some mundane errand, and he'll hear from a Royals fan.

The Royals had everything lined up. They had a four-game winning streak and Zack Greinke on the mound and an offense that seemed to be emerging from hibernation.

Gil Meche pitched a four-hit shutout and Mark Teahen had three hits and drove in a run as the Kansas City Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 Tuesday.

Royals coach Trey Hillman looks on during the Royals home opener against the New York Yankees Tuesday, April 8, 2008.

Miguel Olivo hit a two-run homer and ended with four runs batted in, as the Royals completed a three-game sweep of the Reds with a 7-1 final to cap a weekend interleague series from Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals led the Indians, 1-0, through three innings tonight at Progressive Field.

Centerfielder Scott Podsednik #1 of the Chicago White Sox makes the catch on a fly ball by Mark Teahen of the Kansas City Royals in the first inning May 5, 2009 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri.