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Posted on July 7th, 2009 8:56 AM By Joe Christensen 1. That's three straight losses for the Tigers , pulling the Twins within 1 1/2 games of first place.

Anderson , who was 82 days old when Smoltz made his major-league debut on April 23, 1988, struck out a career-high nine, walked two and ended Oakland's 151-game stretch without a complete game.

Mike Jacobs hit a go-ahead solo homer in the ninth and closer Joakim Soria held on, giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.

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One pitch after another, the Royals fouled back seemingly everything threw. Good pitches, bad pitches, pitches he was trying to let them hit: Foul! When it mattered most, Baker got the outs and the win.

Royals catcher Miguel Olivo has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for inappropriate actions in Saturday's game at Pittsburgh.

Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire has been ejected in the sixth inning for arguing whether a ball hit Jason Kubel's foot in Monday night's game against Kansas City.

In short, hea TMs been a disaster a ' considerably worse than any reasonable Royalsa TM fan had any right to fear.

Designated hitter Mike Jacobs isn't kidding himself. He knows he's underperforming, and he's open to adjustments in his approach at the plate.

Mike Jacobs isn't kidding himself. He knows he's underperforming, and he's open to adjustments in his approach at the plate.

With the Royals on a two-game streak and coming off a really nice win in Houston last night, it's perhaps not the best time to go negative, but I'm going to anyway.

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So much for the idea that Wednesday's clunker was a mere aberration in the Royals' cakewalk through interleague play.

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.

Wednesday was Retro Night at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals recalled their 1969 founding which would have been fine had they not reverted to their expansion form on the field.

Gil Meche threw a four-hitter for his second career shutout to lead Kansas City over Arizona, 5-0, in the first of a three-game interleague set from Kauffman Stadium.

Kansas City Royals' Miguel Olivo is congratulated by Mike Jacobs after Olivo hit a two-run home run during the eighth inning Sunday.

So, apparently, this is how the other half lives. They're the ones who benefit from opponents' bad defense, and have pitchers who take advantage of weak hitters, and -- most important part here -- sweep three-game series in front of bigger crowds.

The Jays came out with an unlikely explosion of offense on Friday at Rogers Centre, pounding the Royals, 9-3. Kansas City starter Zack Greinke had been nothing short of outstanding this season, but looked human against the Jays, giving up seven runs as Toronto took the series opener.

Zack Greinke enters Thursday's series finale against the Indians on the heels of what he views as his worst start in four years but also a smarter pitcher for the beating he took last Friday in Toronto.