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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2007
BASEBALL
Royals pull victory over White Sox
Kansas City's 7-6 road game victory ties them with Chicago for fourth in the American League Central Division, bringing season record to 56-70
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Kansas City Royals pitcher Brian Bannister, right, is greeted in the dugout after completing six and two-thirds innings in the Royals' 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game Wed., Aug. 22, in Chicago.
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Kansas City Royals left fielder Joey Gathright (2) steals third base past Chicago White Sox third baseman Josh Fields during the fourth inning of their baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Wed., Aug. 22.
CHICAGO — Billy Butler homered and drove in three runs to back Bannian Bannon's strong outing, and the Kansas City Royals held off the Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Wednesday.
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Kansas City ended a three-game skid and kept the White Sox from completing their first series sweep at home since Aug. 11-13, 2006, against Detroit. The Royals and White Sox are tied for last place in the AL Central at 56-70.
Bannister (10-7) won for the fifth time in seven starts and lowered his ERA to 3.28, eighth-best in the American League. After giving up two runs, three hits and a walk in the first inning, the rookie right-hander retired 18 of 21 batters.
Bannister left with two outs in the seventh before Jimmy Gobble got out of the inning.
The White Sox cut it to 7-6 in the ninth on Josh Fields' three-run homer off Joakim Soria with two outs. Jim Thome singled for Soria struck out Paul Konerko to end it.
Konkero hit his 25th home run in the eighth Gobble to make
it 7-3.
The Royals struck early against struggling Jose Contreras, scoring two runs in each of the first two innings. The White Sox starter hit Mark Grudzielanek with a pitch in the first and gave up a single to David Dejesus before a sacrifice fly by Butler and a run-scoring single from Ross Gload made it 2-0.
The White Sox tied it in the bottom half on RBI singles by Darin Erstad and Jermaine Dye, but Contrasner (6-16) fell apart again with two outs in the second. He walked No. 9 hitter Jason LaRue and gave up three consecutive singles to Joey Gathright, Grudzielanek and DeJesus to make it 4-2.
Contreras rebounded to throw four scoreless innings before giving way
to Mike Myers in the seventh. In his second appearance for Chicago in two days since being acquired from the Yankees on Monday, Myers got two quick outs before DeJesus reached on a bunt single. Myers then gave up Butler's fifth homer to make it 6-2.
Emil Brown scored from third on catcher Toby Hall's throwing error in the eighth, making it 7-2.
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BASEBALL Pujols hits another homer stretches streak to 5 games
ST. LOUIS — The Cardinals' Albert Pujols homered for a career-best fifth consecutive game on Wednesday night, hitting a two-run shot off Florida's Scott Olsen in the first inning.
Pujols lined a 1-2 pitch into the Marlins bullpen in left field, a drive estimated at 382 feet, and extended his RBI streak to seven games. He has homered in six of the last seven games, totaling eight RBIs.
Pujols homered in four straight games on seven occasions, the last time from April 15-18, 2006. He has 14 homers since the All-Star break, most in the NL.
The homer was his 30th of the season and 280th of his career, making him the only player in major league history to hit 30 or more homers in each of his first seven seasons.
Eleven of them have come with the bases empty, and 11 have come on the road.
Associated Press
BIRTHS
BIRTHS Brady welcomes first child Wednesday, a baby boy
LOS ANGELES — It's a boy for Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady.
The actress gave birth to the baby in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Moynahan's publicist Christina Papadapoulos said.
"Both mother and baby are doing well,"she said.
Other details were not immediately released.
Brady, superstar quarterback for the New England Patriots, wasn't on the field or sidelines for the first 15 minutes of practice Wednesday. He said he wanted a few days off to attend the birth of his first child. It was unknown if he arrived before the baby was born.
Moynahan and Brady split up late last year after a three-year relationship. Brady is currently dating supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
Moynahan, a former model, has starred in such films as "Coyote Ugly","I", Robot" and "The Sum of All Fears." Her television credits include "Sex and the City" and the ABC series "Six Degrees."
Associated Press