Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers live mlb streaming online radio espn 360 lineups, playoffs, roasters 23 april, 2011. Game Review: The Texas Rangers have won six straight at home against the Kansas City Royals. They have never lost when Kyle Davies has started against them.
The Rangers will look to cause problems for Davies once again Saturday night when this three-game series continues in Arlington.
It may not be too difficult at the plate against Davies (1-1, 7.20 ERA). His teams have dropped all seven games he's started against the Rangers, and he's 0-4 with a 6.38 ERA in those contests -- 0-3 with a 9.27 ERA in five in Arlington.
Ian Kinsler is 6 for 14 against him and Michael Young 5 for 16.
8:05 PM ET, April 23, 2011
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Davies, however, turned in his best 2011 outing Monday against Cleveland. He gave up a season-low two runs over six innings in a 7-3, 10-inning loss.
"Kyle Davies pitched great -- six strong innings," manager Ned Yost said.
The right-hander will have his work cut out for him after Kinsler, Young and Adrian Beltre each had three hits Friday. Young was the only member of that trio not to homer, although he is batting .429 during a 12-game hitting streak.
"They actually hit a couple of good pitches," Yost said. "We just got a couple up. They're a tremendous fly ball-hitting team with a lot of pop, a lot of power."
Mike Napoli, David Murphy and Mitch Moreland also went deep for the Rangers, whose .488 slugging percentage is second in the majors behind the New York Yankees. They won for the third time in nine games since Josh Hamilton went down with a broken right shoulder.
"We still believe we have a great lineup," Napoli said. "It was a tough situation with Ham going down, but we all believe we can put up runs every night. We struggled a little bit, but we're not panicking."
Kansas City's Alex Gordon had two hits Friday to extend his career-best hitting streak to 16 games. He's hitting .400 during the run, and he's a .310 hitter in Arlington.
Jeff Francoeur had a double in three at-bats and Matt Treanor did not play Friday for the Royals. Both former Rangers received AL championship rings from manager Ron Washington before the game.
"For Matt and me, it's just a special time to relive what we had here last year," Francoeur told the Royals' official website.
Francoeur has 17 RBIs for the AL's second-highest total behind Beltre's 18.
Alexi Ogando (2-0, 2.33) will start Saturday, and he has been solid while replacing Tommy Hunter in the Rangers' rotation. Ogando didn't allow a run over 13 innings in his first two starts before the Yankees scored five in 6 1/3 innings against him in Texas' 6-5 loss Sunday.
The right-hander has never started against Kansas City, which is the only team in the majors yet to lose a series.
The Rangers will look to cause problems for Davies once again Saturday night when this three-game series continues in Arlington.
RoyalsTexas (12-7) avoided its first three-game slide by hitting five homers in an 11-6 victory Friday. The Rangers are batting .323 with 12 homers and 43 runs during this home streak against the Royals (12-8).
(12-8, 3-3 away)
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It may not be too difficult at the plate against Davies (1-1, 7.20 ERA). His teams have dropped all seven games he's started against the Rangers, and he's 0-4 with a 6.38 ERA in those contests -- 0-3 with a 9.27 ERA in five in Arlington.
Ian Kinsler is 6 for 14 against him and Michael Young 5 for 16.
8:05 PM ET, April 23, 2011
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
"Kyle Davies pitched great -- six strong innings," manager Ned Yost said.
The right-hander will have his work cut out for him after Kinsler, Young and Adrian Beltre each had three hits Friday. Young was the only member of that trio not to homer, although he is batting .429 during a 12-game hitting streak.
"They actually hit a couple of good pitches," Yost said. "We just got a couple up. They're a tremendous fly ball-hitting team with a lot of pop, a lot of power."
Mike Napoli, David Murphy and Mitch Moreland also went deep for the Rangers, whose .488 slugging percentage is second in the majors behind the New York Yankees. They won for the third time in nine games since Josh Hamilton went down with a broken right shoulder.
"We still believe we have a great lineup," Napoli said. "It was a tough situation with Ham going down, but we all believe we can put up runs every night. We struggled a little bit, but we're not panicking."
Kansas City's Alex Gordon had two hits Friday to extend his career-best hitting streak to 16 games. He's hitting .400 during the run, and he's a .310 hitter in Arlington.
Jeff Francoeur had a double in three at-bats and Matt Treanor did not play Friday for the Royals. Both former Rangers received AL championship rings from manager Ron Washington before the game.
"For Matt and me, it's just a special time to relive what we had here last year," Francoeur told the Royals' official website.
Francoeur has 17 RBIs for the AL's second-highest total behind Beltre's 18.
Alexi Ogando (2-0, 2.33) will start Saturday, and he has been solid while replacing Tommy Hunter in the Rangers' rotation. Ogando didn't allow a run over 13 innings in his first two starts before the Yankees scored five in 6 1/3 innings against him in Texas' 6-5 loss Sunday.
The right-hander has never started against Kansas City, which is the only team in the majors yet to lose a series.
