There were no late-game heroics, no wild celebrations. Just a methodical performance by Ervin Santana, rare production from the bottom of the lineup and another win over Kansas City. After a winning-but-tumulutuous weekend, this was just what the Los Angeles Angels needed. Santana pitched seven strong innings, the bottom three hitters combined for six hits and the Angels avoided any drama by…

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David Ortiz and Jon Lester each got off to a slow start and picked it up in the second month of the season. Yup, just like last year. Ortiz capped his big May with his 11th homer of the season and Lester pitched seven strong innings, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 8-1 on Sunday to salvage a split of the four-game series.

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The Kansas City Royals placed right-hander Gil Meche on the 15-day disabled list and recalled right-hander Victor Marte from Triple-A Omaha before Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox. Meche, 0-4 with a 6.66 ERA, was sidelined with shoulder bursitis. It's his second trip to the DL with the same injury.

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Clay Buchholz keeps looking like Boston's new ace, throwing seven shutout innings to outduel Zack Greinke and lead the Red Sox to a 1-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. The Red Sox had lost the first two of a four-game series after sweeping the majors' best team, Tampa Bay, earlier this week.

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Yuniesky Betancourt hit a grand slam to cap a seven-run fourth inning and David DeJesus had four hits in the Kansas City Royals' 12-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night. The Royals, leading the American League in hitting (.278) entering Friday, had 20 hits off six Boston pitchers, including utilityman Bill Hall, making his first big league appearance as a pitcher.

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A day after sweeping one of big leagues' best teams, the Boston Red Sox were beaten by one of its worst.

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Brian Bannister pitched six strong innings and David DeJesus drove in a pair of runs for Kansas City, lifting the Royals to a 4-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night. Boston snapped a five-game winning streak following a three-game sweep of Tampa Bay. Bannister (4-3) gave up three runs on nine hits and struck out four while winning his third straight.

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Luke Hochevar is finally beginning to pitch the way the Kansas City Royals hoped he would be after selecting him first overall in the 2006 draft. Hochevar went eight strong innings and Billy Butler homered to lead the Royals to a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday. Hochevar (5-2), the only Royals starter with a winning record, held the Rangers to two runs on six hits, striking out four and…

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Royals shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt was held out of Kansas City's lineup Wednesday against the Texas Rangers after sustaining a mild concussion in a collision at home plate one day earlier. Betancourt was injured when he came around to score on a sacrifice fly in the third inning Tuesday and collided with Rangers catcher Matt Treanor.

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Vladimir Guerrero put on a show with a pair of two-run homers. Then he really impressed everyone. He added an RBI double on a pitch few batters would have been able to handle, putting an amazing capper on the Rangers' 8-7 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. "It's unbelievable to watch," teammate Josh Hamilton said.

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