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Greinke Goes Distance, KC Beats Seattle

Posted Apr 15, 08 12:23 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Zack Greinke pitched a five-hitter for his third career complete game, and the Kansas City Royals opened a seven-game road trip with a 5-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night. It was the sixth complete game in the American League this year and second by a Kansas City pitcher. Billy Butler and Miguel Olivo each hit their first homer.

Greinke (3-0) threw 107 pitches and walked one, working at least eight innings for the second consecutive start. Just one Seattle baserunner advanced past first base against Greinke, who retired 18 of his final 20 batters. He got some defensive help, as Mark Teahen made a leaping catch against the left-field wall on Yuniesky Betancourt's drive to end the eighth.

Source Associated Press

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Kansas City Royals' Miguel Olivo is congratulated after scoring on a sacrifice fly by David DeJesus in the seventh inning against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle on Monday, April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
Kansas City Royals' starting pitcher Zack Greinke throws a pitch in the second inning against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle on Monday, April 14, 2008. Kansas City defeated Seattle 5-1.   (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
Kansas City Royals' Mark Teahen catches the ball in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Seattle on Monday, April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
Seattle Mariners' starting pitcher Jarrod Washburn, left, talks with catcher Kenji Johjima at the mound after hitting Kansas City Royals' Mark Grudzielanek with a pitch on Monday, April 14, 2008.   (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)
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