AL: TEXAS (46-57) at KANSAS CITY (45-57) <h3>Grudzielanek hopes to keep roll going</h3> <div class="pre">Texas (46-57) at Kansas City (45-57) 7:10 pm EDT</div> KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) - Mark Grudzielanek will look toextend his nine-game hitting streak when the Kansas City Royalshost the Texas Rangers on Saturday in the second of thethree-game series. Grudzielanek had three hits in the Royals' 6-1 victory onFriday. The 37-year-old Grudzielanek is batting .500(20-for-40) with six RBI and 11 runs scored over his currenthitting streak. Sammy Sosa accounted for Texas' only run in Friday's setbackwith his 604th career home run. Texas had its four-game winningstreak stopped Friday. Kansas City will turn to Odalis Perez (5-9, 5.80 ERA) to keepSosa in the ballpark. The Domincan lefthander yielded four runsand eight hits with three walks over seven innings in a 9-2loss to the New York Yankees on Monday. He will be opposed by Kevin Millwood (7-8, 5.56), who recordedthe win in Monday's triumph over the Seattle Mariners despitehaving his worst outing of the month. The righthander gave upfour runs and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings in beating Seattle.
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">TEXAS AT KANSAS CITY -- LINEUPS TEXAS KANSAS CITY AVG HR RBI AVG HR RBI Jerry Hairston Jr 2B .197 3 13 David Dejesus CF .278 5 39 Michael Young SS .296 4 57 Mark Grudzielanek 2B .308 4 34 Mark Teixeira 1B .299 13 49 Mark Teahen RF .283 5 44 Sammy Sosa DH .245 16 70 Billy Butler DH .309 4 30 Marlon Byrd CF .343 3 34 Ross Gload 1B .285 3 29 Gerald Laird C .237 6 33 Alex Gordon 3B .245 7 35 Brad Wilkerson LF .223 15 46 Emil Brown LF .226 4 42 Nelson Cruz RF .188 3 12 John Buck C .233 16 33 Travis Metcalf 3B .245 1 6 Tony Pena Jr SS .281 1 33 Kevin Millwood RHP (7-8, 5.56) Odalis Perez LHP (5-9, 5.80)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY WARMUPS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD (7-8, 5.56) KAN - ODALIS PEREZ (5-9, 5.80) UMPIRES: HP - TIM TSCHIDA 1B - TODD TICHENOR 2B - JIM WOLF 3B - ROB DRAKE WEATHER: 86 Degrees, cloudy WIND: 2 mph, swirling</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY STARTING BATS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD AND GERALD LAIRD KAN - ODALIS PEREZ AND JOHN BUCK DUE UP FOR TEXAS: J HAIRSTON (.197, 3 HR, 13 RBI) M YOUNG (.296, 4 HR, 57 RBI) M TEIXEIRA (.299, 13 HR, 49 RBI)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL TEXAS AT KANSAS CITY NOTE: TEXAS SHORTSTOP MICHAEL YOUNG SINGLED IN THE FIRST INNING TO EXTEND HIS HITTING STREAK TO 11 GAMES.</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 0 2 0 KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 (BOT 1) CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD KAN - ODALIS PEREZ DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: D DEJESUS (.278, 5 HR, 39 RBI) M GRUDZIELANEK (.308, 4 HR, 34 RBI) M TEAHEN (.283, 5 HR, 44 RBI)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">TEXAS (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - MID 1ST - IN PROGRESS TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Hairston Jr 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 M Young ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .301 S Sosa dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .244 M Byrd cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .341 G Laird c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 B Wilkerson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 N Cruz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 T Metcalf 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - M Young (9, 3rd base off O Perez/J Buck). KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 M Grudzielanek 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 M Teahen rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 B Butler dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309 R Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 A Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 E Brown lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BATTING: Team LOB - 0. ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 0 -- 0 KANSAS CITY - -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Millwood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.56 KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era O Perez 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.75 Pitches-strikes: O Perez 22-15. Ground balls-fly balls: O Perez 1-1. Batters faced: O Perez 5. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Todd Tichenor. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Rob Drake. Weather: 88 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, swirling.</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY CONFIRMED STARTERS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD KAN - ODALIS PEREZ</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 0 2 0 KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 (TOP 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD KAN - ODALIS PEREZ DUE UP FOR TEXAS: G LAIRD (.237, 6 HR, 33 RBI) B WILKERSON (.223, 15 HR, 46 RBI) N CRUZ (.188, 3 HR, 12 RBI)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">TEXAS (0) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - END 1ST - IN PROGRESS TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Hairston Jr 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 M Young ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .301 S Sosa dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .244 M Byrd cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .341 G Laird c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 B Wilkerson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 N Cruz rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 T Metcalf 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 5 0 2 0 0 1 4 BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - M Young (9, 3rd base off O Perez/J Buck). KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 M Teahen rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .307 R Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 A Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 E Brown lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Butler 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 0 -- 0 KANSAS CITY - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Millwood 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.51 KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era O Perez 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5.75 Pitches-strikes: K Millwood 17-8; O Perez 22-15. Ground balls-fly balls: K Millwood 3-0; O Perez 1-1. Batters faced: K Millwood 4; O Perez 5. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Todd Tichenor. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Rob Drake. Weather: 88 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, swirling.</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY NELSON CRUZ (4) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE 2ND OFF ODALIS PEREZ SCORED BRAD WILKERSON. CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2, KANSAS CITY 0 DUE UP FOR TEXAS: T METCALF (.245, 1 HR, 6 RBI)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 2 2 4 0 KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 (BOT 2) CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD KAN - ODALIS PEREZ DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: R GLOAD (.285, 3 HR, 29 RBI) A GORDON (.245, 7 HR, 35 RBI) E BROWN (.226, 4 HR, 42 RBI)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">TEXAS (2) VS KANSAS CITY (0) - MID 2ND - IN PROGRESS TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Hairston Jr 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 M Young ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .301 S Sosa dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .244 M Byrd cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .341 G Laird c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 B Wilkerson lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .227 N Cruz rf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .193 T Metcalf 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Totals 10 2 4 2 0 2 4 BATTING: HR - N Cruz (4, 2nd inning off O Perez 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - N Cruz 2 (14). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - M Young (9, 3rd base off O Perez/J Buck). KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307 M Teahen rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282 B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .307 R Gload 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .285 A Gordon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 E Brown lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 J Buck c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 T Pena Jr ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 BATTING: Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - B Butler 1. Team LOB - 1. ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 02 -- 2 KANSAS CITY - 0 -- 0 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Millwood 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.51 KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era O Perez 2 4 2 2 0 2 1 5.85 Pitches-strikes: K Millwood 17-8; O Perez 36-23. Ground balls-fly balls: K Millwood 3-0; O Perez 1-3. Batters faced: K Millwood 4; O Perez 10. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Todd Tichenor. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Rob Drake. Weather: 88 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, swirling.</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY JOHN BUCK SCORED EMIL BROWN. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BUCK ON FIRST, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2 KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 2ND DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.281, 1 HR, 33 RBI)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE MARK GRUDZIELANEK HIT BY KEVIN MILLWOOD PITCH WITH BASES LOADED SCORED JOHN BUCK. SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M GRUDZIELANEK ON FIRST, D DEJESUS ON SECOND, T PENA JR ON THIRD, 2 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2 KANSAS CITY 2 BOTTOM, 2ND DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: M TEAHEN (.282, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 2 2 4 0 KANSAS CITY 0 2 2 3 0 (TOP 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD KAN - ODALIS PEREZ DUE UP FOR TEXAS: M YOUNG (.298, 1-FOR-1) M TEIXEIRA (.301, 1-FOR-1) S SOSA (.244, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">TEXAS (2) VS KANSAS CITY (2) - END 2ND - IN PROGRESS TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Hairston Jr 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 M Young ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298 M Teixeira 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .301 S Sosa dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .244 M Byrd cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .341 G Laird c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 B Wilkerson lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .227 N Cruz rf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .193 T Metcalf 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Totals 10 2 4 2 0 2 4 BATTING: HR - N Cruz (4, 2nd inning off O Perez 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - N Cruz 2 (14). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 1. Team LOB - 2. BASERUNNING: SB - M Young (9, 3rd base off O Perez/J Buck). KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .307 M Teahen rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .282 B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .307 R Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 A Gordon 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 E Brown lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .230 J Buck c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .237 T Pena Jr ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .283 Totals 9 2 3 2 1 1 4 BATTING: 2B - E Brown (8, K Millwood). RBI - J Buck (34), M Grudzielanek (35). 2-out RBI - J Buck, M Grudzielanek. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Teahen 2, B Butler 1. Team LOB - 4. ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 02 -- 2 KANSAS CITY - 02 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Millwood 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 5.63 KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era O Perez 2 4 2 2 0 2 1 5.85 HBP - D DeJesus (by K Millwood); M Grudzielanek (by K Millwood). Pitches-strikes: K Millwood 52-29; O Perez 36-23. Ground balls-fly balls: K Millwood 4-1; O Perez 1-3. Batters faced: K Millwood 12; O Perez 10. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Todd Tichenor. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Rob Drake. Weather: 88 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, swirling.</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS 0 2 0 2 5 0 KANSAS CITY 0 2 2 3 0 (BOT 3) CURRENT PITCHERS: TEX - KEVIN MILLWOOD KAN - ODALIS PEREZ DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: B BUTLER (.307, 0-FOR-1) R GLOAD (.283, 0-FOR-1) A GORDON (.244, 0-FOR-1)</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">TEXAS (2) VS KANSAS CITY (2) - MID 3RD - IN PROGRESS TEXAS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg J Hairston Jr 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 M Young ss 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .300 M Teixeira 1b 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .300 S Sosa dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .243 M Byrd cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .340 G Laird c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236 B Wilkerson lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .227 N Cruz rf 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .193 T Metcalf 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Totals 14 2 5 2 0 2 6 BATTING: 2B - M Young (28, O Perez). HR - N Cruz (4, 2nd inning off O Perez 1 on, 1 Out). RBI - N Cruz 2 (14). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Byrd 2. Team LOB - 3. BASERUNNING: SB - M Young (9, 3rd base off O Perez/J Buck). KANSAS CITY ab r h rbi bb so lob avg D DeJesus cf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 M Grudzielanek 2b 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .307 M Teahen rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 .282 B Butler dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .307 R Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283 A Gordon 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 E Brown lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .230 J Buck c 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .237 T Pena Jr ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .283 Totals 9 2 3 2 1 1 4 BATTING: 2B - E Brown (8, K Millwood). RBI - J Buck (34), M Grudzielanek (35). 2-out RBI - J Buck, M Grudzielanek. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Teahen 2, B Butler 1. Team LOB - 4. ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS - 020 -- 2 KANSAS CITY - 02 -- 2 ---------------------------------------------------- TEXAS ip h r er bb so hr era K Millwood 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 5.63 KANSAS CITY ip h r er bb so hr era O Perez 3 5 2 2 0 2 1 5.80 HBP - D DeJesus (by K Millwood); M Grudzielanek (by K Millwood). Pitches-strikes: K Millwood 52-29; O Perez 50-34. Ground balls-fly balls: K Millwood 4-1; O Perez 3-4. Batters faced: K Millwood 12; O Perez 14. UMPIRES: HP--Tim Tschida. 1B--Todd Tichenor. 2B--Jim Wolf. 3B--Rob Drake. Weather: 88 degrees, cloudy. Wind: 3 mph, swirling.</div>
AL: TEXAS at KANSAS CITY <div class="pre">AL AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE SINGLE BY JOHN BUCK SCORED ROSS GLOAD. SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J BUCK ON FIRST, E BROWN ON SECOND, A GORDON ON THIRD, 1 OUT CURRENT SCORE: TEXAS 2 KANSAS CITY 3 BOTTOM, 3RD DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: T PENA JR (.283, 1-FOR-1)</div>
