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Guillen Leads Royals to Win Over Rangers

Posted Apr 30, 08 12:02 CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Jose Guillen drove in five runs and the Kansas City Royals held off the Texas Rangers 9-5 on Tuesday night. The Royals have won three of their last four games after snapping a seven-game losing streak. Texas has lost 14 of its last 18 games to fall to a major league-worst 9-18 record on beleaguered manager Ron Washington's 56th birthday.

Guillen drove in the Royals' first run with a first-inning fielder's choice, singled to produce Kansas City's two runs in the second and hit a two-run home run in the fourth. Texas starter Jason Jennings (0-5) gave up eight hits and five runs before leaving with no outs in the third inning because of ulnar nerve irritation in his right arm.
Source: Associated Press

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Kansas City Royals' Jose Guillen follows through on a two-run single off of Texas Rangers starting pitcher Jason Jennings in the second inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Brett Tomko delivers to the Texas Rangers in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, April 29, 2008.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Kansas City Royals' Mark Grudzielanek (15) scores on a close play at the plate as Texas Rangers catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia, right, attempts the tag in the first inning of a baseball game.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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