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Royals rebound to beat Angels
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ruben Gotay wanted to come back strong after an embarrassing error the night before. Brian Anderson was determined to get off to a good start after the worst season of his career.
Both got what they were looking for.
Gotay went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBI while Anderson won his season debut, leading the Kansas City Royals to an 8-3 victory over Bartolo Colon and the Los Angeles Angels yesterday.
“Having a game like this after what happened last night, it gets your confidence back,” Gotay said.
Staked to a 6-0 lead, Anderson (1-0) allowed three runs and five hits in six-plus innings. He gave up a homer to AL MVP Vladimir Guerrero, struck out five and walked none.
Mike Sweeney was 5-for-4 with a pair of RBI singles and Emil Brown also homered for Kansas City, which finished with 17 hits. The Royals, swept 7-0 by the Angels last season while losing a franchise-record 104 games, took two of three from the defending AL West champions.
Brown homered in the eighth against rookie reliever Jake Woods, and Gotay singled home another run two outs later against Bret Prinz for his career-best fourth hit.
Terrence Long started the Royals' second inning with a double and just beat the throw home from Steve Finley on a single to center by Angel Berroa.
Anderson struck out his first three batters on 16 pitches and retired 10 straight before Chone Figgins tripled to left-center with one out in the fourth and Guerrero homered on the next pitch.
Prinz faced three more batters before coming out with a strain in the back of his right shoulder. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list after the game and replaced by Triple-A right-hander Chris Bootcheck.
Colon (1-1) allowed six runs and 11 hits in six innings, after holding Texas to one run over six innings on opening day. The beefy right-hander threw 34 pitches during Kansas City's four-run second.
Alberto Castillo doubled home Berroa, and Gotay capped the rally with a two-run homer, his second in 164 big league at-bats.
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Keith Starling, Lenexa freshman, and Ryan Julius, Mulvane junior, prepare to catch Aly Scalette, Lawrence senior. Members of the KU coed cheer team practiced tosses and other maneuvers between Wescoe Hall and Budig Hall Friday afternoon. The cheer team is holding tryouts April 16-17 at the Student Recreation Fitness Center and is trying to recruit more males for the squad. "The guys don't need any experience, just athletic ability. We can teach them everything." Josh Magaha, Basehor senior, said.
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