K.C sweeps Tigers, 8-4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Neither the Detroit Tigers nor the Kansas City Royals saw this sweep coming.
Jose Guillen homered and drove in three runs, Gil Meche pitched seven solid innings and the Royals beat Detroit 8-4 Thursday to complete another three-game sweep of the Tigers.
Kansas City won its season-best fourth straight and improved to 6-0 this season against the skidding Tigers, who have lost four in a row and 10 of 12 while falling into last place in the AL Central.
‘‘That’s a question I ask, ’How we can sweep this team twice with the type of offense that they have?’’’ Guillen said. ‘‘That’s baseball. You see some stuff you’re never going to believe, but we did it.’’
The Royals began the year with three wins at Detroit, which opened 0-7 despite a $139 million payroll. Now, the Tigers (16-25) are struggling again.
‘‘I think the confidence level has a lot to do with it,’’ Royals manager Trey Hillman said about the latest sweep. ‘‘I think it h
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Tigers fall to Royals, 3-2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jose Guillen has turned jeers into cheers.
He was booed after going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts to drop his average to .165 on May 5. Since then, Guillen has put toge
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