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KANSAS CITY, Mo. Tony Gonzalez Pink Jersey . -- Joe Mauers first grand slam of the year helped the Minnesota Twins finish off a successful Saturday. Mauer got his third career grand slam and Chris Parmelee added a three-run shot and the Twins outlasted the Kansas City Royals 8-7 to complete a sweep of a doubleheader. Justin Morneau drove in two runs and Minnesota rookie Cole De Vries beat the Royals 3-1 in the first game. Mauers grand slam in the second inning of the nightcap was his first since 2009. Mauers ninth home run came after Pedro Florimons double was sandwiched around walks to Drew Butera and Ben Revere. "Joes the heart and soul of this offence," Parmelee said. "Hes the heart; he makes it beat. We need him in there. I feel like someone like him is someone you cant replace --as a player and as a person." Parmelee homered in the first with Alexi Casilla and Josh Willingham aboard. Luke Hochevar (7-13) lasted just 1 2-3 innings, the shortest outing of his career. Hochevar faced 14 batters, 10 reached (six hits and four walks) and eight scored before he was replaced by Everett Teaford, who threw 5 1-3 scoreless innings. "Hochevar just didnt have it," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He was battling his command and he had his pitch count up to the mid-60s in the second inning. It just wasnt his night. They did the damage on two swings. It was the walks and a couple of homers." The Twins led 8-2 after two innings, but Twins right-hander Liam Hendriks, who is 0-9 in 15 career starts, was unable to pick up the victory. Nine of the 10 hits off Hendriks were with two outs. Hendriks was pulled after 3 2-3 innings, allowing two unearned runs in the fourth after a fielding error by third baseman Trevor Plouffe. "He couldnt put people away," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He couldnt finish an inning off. Ploufee missed the one play, but still he had a chance to get out of the inning by making a pitch and he couldnt do it. "He just didnt make enough quality pitches and it ended up costing him a chance for his first win. These guys are trying hard for that, believe me. They want to see him get it and so do I. But hes going to have to earn it and today he didnt earn it." After Plouffes miscue that could have ended the inning, Hendriks allowed RBI singles to Alex Gordon and Billy Butler, trimming the lead to 8-5, and out came Gardenhire to pull him. "Joe hit that ball a long way and Im sitting in there, going, all right lets go," Hendriks said. "I just had a scoreless second inning and went out there and said, all right Ive got this. I got ahead of the guys, got two outs and the hits just started falling. "Im thinking, Ive got this, let me get through this. I know I can do it, just as I saw him (Gardenhire) coming out, its just one of those things. Its frustrating cause the team puts up those sort of runs and you cant stay out there and give the bullpen more of a rest and finish." Anthony Swarzak replaced Hendricks, who allowed five runs, three earned, and 10 hits. Swarzak (3-4) was credited with the victory, allowing two runs and one hit in 2 2-3 innings. Eric Hosmers two-run, two-out single off Casey Fien, the fourth Minnesota pitcher, made it 8-7 in the seventh inning. Salvador Perez went 4 for 5, matching his career high in hits, and drove in a Kansas City run with a first-inning single. Glen Perkins saved both games and is 10 for 13 for the season. De Vries (4-5) has four career victories and three of them are against the Royals. "Oh, I cant say that I know that," De Vries said of being 3-0 in as many starts against the Royals. "That makes me happy. Thats pretty good." So he owns them? "I guess," he said and laughed. "Something is working. I feel like half of my starts have been against the Royals or the White Sox. I feel I know both those teams decently well. I feel comfortable pitching against both of them just because Ive pitched against them so much." He limited the Royals to one run and seven hits, walked none and struck out three in 6 2/3 innings. "My two-seamer for whatever reason it just had a lot of movement, had pretty good control with it and I was getting a lot of awkward swings," De Vries said. "That and my curveball were definitely my two best today." De Vries has won back-to-back starts, holding Texas and Kansas City to 10 hits and two earned runs in 11 2-3 innings. Morneau, who has 77 career RBIs against the Royals, doubled home Willingham in the first inning with the first Twins run in the opener. Morneaus sacrifice fly to centre scored Florimon, who led off the fifth inning with a bunt single. Ryan Doumits two-out single to right brought home Darin Mastroianni with the other run. Royals rookie Will Smith (4-7) lost his third consecutive start, giving up three runs and nine hits and two walks, while striking out four in six-plus innings. The Twins loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but reliever Vin Mazzaro got out of the jam when Doumit grounded into a double play after Morneau was intentionally walked. Mazzaro had not pitched since Aug. 21 in the minors. The Royals chased De Vries in the seventh with three hits. Johnny Giavotellas two-out single scored Mike Moustakas. Royals right fielder Jeff Francoeur got his major league-leading 16th assist in the fifth when he threw out Willingham trying to go from first to third. Notes: Gardenhire said the Twins "might go" to a six-man rotation with the additions Saturday of RHPs P.J. Walters, who was reinstated from the disabled list, and Esmerling Vasquez, who was promoted from Triple-A Rochester and is scheduled to start Sunday against the Royals. Vasquez was a reliever from 2009-11 with Arizona, but the Twins plan to look at him as a starter. Walters started before shoulder inflammation shut him down for 70 games. ... There were 6.54 inches of rain at Kauffman Stadium in a 29-hour period before the first pitch Saturday, which was delayed 21 minutes. ... The Royals recalled OF David Lough, who hit .275 with Triple-A Omaha, and C Manny Pina, who hit .260 in 43 games with Triple-A Northwest Arkansas after having right knee surgery in spring training. ... The Royals dropped to 7-23 against the Twins, Seattle and Toronto, the three last-place teams in their AL divisions. Tony Gonzalez Stitched Jersey . The Impact received an international roster spot for 2014 from the Rapids for Wahl, who was acquired in a trade with Seattle in November. He played in 11 games for Montreal at centre back or on the left side. Roddy White Womens Jersey . Martin Gernat scored twice as the Oil Kings defeated the Moose Jaw Warriors 4-1 on Friday in Western Hockey League playoff action. http://www.thefalconsfans.com/deion-sanders-jerseys . It was a Saturday during the Memorial Day long weekend. But Lou Lamoriello was in the office. "I work weekends and hes almost always in," said the security guard at the entrance of the Prudential Center. Tony Gonzalez Nike Jersey . The Mariners made the moves on Tuesday before their game against Toronto. Seattle was down two pitchers in the bullpen after trades Monday night that sent Steve Delabar to Toronto and Brandon League to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Matt Ryan Pink Jersey . The decision was announced Monday and will reduce downforce by about 9 per cent. IndyCar vice-president of technology Will Phillips says reducing the downforce makes the cars difficult to drive, and most of the drivers have been asking for that challenge.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Albert Pujols is finding his power stroke at the plate again, and C.J. Wilson is feeling very comfortable on the mound -- even at the Oakland Coliseum. The Los Angeles Angels are going to need everything they can get from their two prized off-season acquisitions if theyre going to turn around what has thus far been a disappointing season. Wilson and Ernesto Frieri combined on a one-hitter, Pujols homered for the third time in seven games and the Angels broke out of their offensive slump in a 4-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. "We have a great pitching staff and theyre going to keep us in the game most of the time," said Pujols, who just missed a second home run in his final at-bat. "Our job as an offence is to try to score early and give them a little cushion so they can make their pitches. C.J. was outstanding keeping the ball down today." A day after losing its third consecutive one-run game, Los Angeles took a four-run lead after three innings and coasted the rest of the way to give Wilson (5-4) his first win in nearly three weeks. Facing an Oakland lineup minus three starters, the Angels lefty didnt give up a hit until Cliff Penningtons one-out single in the fifth and faced only three batters over the minimum for eight innings to earn his first win since May 5. He had seven strikeouts with two walks. The solid outing came after Wilson openly criticized Oakland fans in as well as the pitching mound in 2011. On Tuesday, he said some of his comments were taken out of context and brushed off repeated attempts by reporters to get him to talk about them. "I just had good focus in between pitches," Wilson said of his outing. "I didnt let the situation snowball. The wind was blowing in so if I fell behind I felt a lot of confidence I could throw a strike." Mark Trumbo and Howie Kendrick both had RBI singles for the Angels, who had scored only five runs in their previous three games combined. Oakland had won five of the previous seven meetings between the teams this season. "The only time (Wilson) made mistakes was with his breaking ball and he was missing at the knees," Pennington said. "When a guy like that gets into a rhythm, its tough work." Pujols, who signed a $240 million, 10-year deal with the Angels in the off-season, continued to show signs of heating up after a slow start with his new club. He drove in the Angels first run with a sacrifice fly in the first inning then hit his fourth homer of the season with one out in the third, a towering solo shot to left off As starter Graham Godfrey. It was the 449th homer for Pujols, tying him with Vladimir Guerrero and Jeff Bagwell for 35th on the all-time list. "Hes a monster," Wilson said of Pujols. "He crushed that ball." More importantly for the Angels, Pujols has 15 RBIs in his last 16 games after having only two through his first 18 games with Los Angeles. Thats an encouraging sign for a team that began the day seven games underr . Harry Douglas Jersey. 500. "Its coming in drips and drabs," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Its not like he woke up and all of a sudden today he has it. Hes been working toward this, its a process. Hes seeing the ball very well." Collectively it was one of the Angels best offensive performances this month despite some shaky baserunning early. Los Angeles scored three runs in the first but Trumbo was tagged out by As catcher Anthony Recker after a failed squeeze attempt in that inning. One batter later, Kendrick was thrown out by Oakland right fielder Collin Cowgill trying to score from second on Erick Aybars single. Los Angeles hurt itself again in the second when Mike Trout struck out and was called for interference while John Hester attempted to steal second. Home plate umpire Bill Miller quickly ruled Hester out, and Scioscia came out to argue briefly. It didnt matter much with the way Wilson, who signed a five-year, $77.5 million contract, was pitching. Frieri pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to secure Los Angeles sixth shutout this season, most in the majors. Godfrey (0-4) didnt stick around long in his return to the big leagues and remained winless this season. The As right-hander, called up earlier in the day to replace injured starter Brandon McCarthy, threw only 53 pitches and left after allowing four runs and six hits over three innings. Godfrey has lost six consecutive starts dating to last season. Oakland reliever Travis Blackley pitched well but allowed an unearned run in the seventh after Kendrys Morales reached on an error by third baseman Josh Donaldson. Jim Miller replaced Blackley and gave up a hit and walk to load the bases before hitting Aybar on his right knee to force in Morales and make it 4-0. Aybar was replaced by a pinch-runner and is listed as day to day. Oakland was shut out for the seventh time this year, second-most in the majors behind the Angels (eight). Notes: Pujols has homered against all but three teams -- Texas, Baltimore and St. Louis. ... As OF Yoenis Cespedes did some light hitting in the batting cage with three different-sized fungos but there is still no timetable for when the Cuban slugger will return from his injured left hand. Cespedes was leading all major league rookies in RBIs and stolen bases when he was placed on the DL May 12. ... Oakland LHP Brett Andersons rehab from elbow-ligament replacement surgery took a brief pause last week when he was shut down after experiencing forearm tightness but trainer Nick Paparesta is optimistic Anderson will remain on schedule in his recovery. ... To make room on their roster for Godfrey, the As sent LHP Pedro Figueroa to Triple-A Sacramento. Figueroa had a 2.00 ERA in eight appearances with Oakland. ... RHP Jered Weaver will attempt to become the ALs first seven-game winner when he pitches in the series finale Wednesday. Weaver is 7-7 lifetime against Oakland. ... RHP Jarrod Parker (1-2) will try to rebound for the As after getting shelled in his previous outing. ' ' ' |
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