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Kansas City, Arizona to hold joint practice at MWSU Tuesday

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The Kansas City Chiefs and Arizona Cardinals will hold a joint practice at Missouri Western State University on Tuesday, Aug. 7 at 3:15 p.m. The practice will take place on the grass practice fields on the north side of the Griffon Indoor Sports Complex. The Chiefs and Cardinals will participate in multiple practice drills together. The Chiefs will hold a team autograph session following practice.

Admission is $5 per person with children three and under admitted free. Tickets are on sale now at www.gogriffons.com or by calling 816-271-4481. Any remaining tickets will be sold on site the day of the event. There will be a $5 parking fee. Fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance.

No admission fee will be charged on Wednesday, Aug. 8 (as originally posted) as the Cardinals will not be holding a public practice on this day. For more information on 2012 Chiefs Training Camp presented by Heartland Health visit www.kcchiefs.com.

— Chiefs Media Relations —

Royals blow six-run lead, defeat Indians in 11 innings

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Alcides Escobar’s RBI single with two outs in the 11th inning gave the Kansas City Royals a 7-6 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.

Escobar’s two-strike hit scored Eric Hosmer, who led off the inning with a single.

The Indians rallied from a six-run first-inning deficit, but lost their sixth straight, their longest losing streak since dropping seven in a row from June 19-26, 2010.

Aaron Crow (2-1), the sixth Royals pitcher, worked a spotless 11th inning to pick up the victory.

Reliever Esmil Rogers (1-1), the fifth of six Indians pitchers, took the loss. Carlos Santana homered and drove in four runs for Cleveland.

Indians right-hander Corey Kluber, who was making his first major league start, faced 10 batters in the first inning and gave up six runs, six hits and a walk, throwing 43 pitches.

Alex Gordon began the Royals’ six-run first with his seventh career leadoff home run. Hosmer’s three-run homer to center was the big blow of the inning. Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson had run-producing singles.

Kluber, however, pitched longer than Royals veteran left-hander Bruce Chen, who was yanked after 2 2/3 innings, allowing four runs, seven hits, one walk and two sacrifice flies. In seven starts since July 1, Chen is 0-3 with an 8.73 ERA, allowing 32 runs, 50 hits and 11 walks in 33 innings.

Kluber made it through 4 1/3 innings, giving up no runs and three hits after the first.

The Indians got a run in the second when Michael Brantley led off with a double and scored on Vinny Rottino’s sacrifice fly.

The Indians cut the lead to 6-4 with a three-run third, which was highlighted by a two-run single by Santana. Brantley drove in the other run with a sacrifice fly.

Santana homered with Brent Lillibridge aboard in the fifth off Everett Teaford, who replaced Chen. Santana hit an 0-2 pitch out to left.

— Associated Press —

St. Louis gets rolled by Rockies Thursday, 8-2

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Tyler Colvin hit a tiebreaking double and rookie Josh Rutledge homered in his fourth straight game, lifting the Colorado Rockies over the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 Thursday night to avert a three-game sweep.

Wilin Rosario hit his first career pinch-hit homer, a two-run shot off reliever Brian Fuentes in the eighth inning, and Jordan Pacheco went 3 for 3 with two doubles and two RBIs to help the Rockies snap a five-game losing streak. It was their first win in their last eight games at Coors Field.

With the score deadlocked at 2, DJ LeMahieu singled off reliever Fernando Salas (1-4) to start the seventh inning and was sacrificed to second. Colvin then doubled to left to put the Rockies back on top.

Rutledge followed with his fifth home run since his July 13 call-up, driving a 2-2 pitch into the left-field bleachers. He’s the first rookie in Rockies history to homer in four consecutive games.

Ramon Hernandez added a run-scoring double in the eighth and, one out later, Rosario connected on an 0-2 pitch from Fuentes for his 17th home run.

With St. Louis trailing 1-0, Rockies starter Alex White started the sixth by striking out his counterpart, Lance Lynn, to retire his 10th consecutive Cardinals batter. Skip Schumaker then singled and scored when Jon Jay followed with a double to the left-center gap.

Matt Holliday was intentionally walked and Carlos Beltran hit a run-scoring double to put the Cardinals in front. David Freese was hit by a pitch, loading the bases and finishing White. Rex Brothers (6-2) relieved and got Lance Berkman to ground into an inning-ending double play.

The Rockies tied it at 2 in the bottom half on a sacrifice fly by Pacheco, his second RBI of the night. He singled in the fourth to drive in Carlos Gonzalez, who was aboard with a double.

White, recalled from Triple-A Colorado Springs before the game, allowed two runs and five hits. He struck out three and walked one.

Lynn went six innings and gave up two runs on seven hits. He struck out four and walked four.

— Associated Press —

Kansas City wins second straight against Indians

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Luis Mendoza pitched into the eighth inning, Lorenzo Cain and Jarrod Dyson stroked two hits each and drove in a run and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 on Wednesday night.

The Royals, who have the worst record in the American League (42-61), won consecutive games for the first time since June 27-29.

Mendoza (5-7) limited the Indians to two runs and four hits, only one after the fourth inning, and went 7 1/3 innings to pick up the victory. Mendoza, who was 1/3 in his four previous starts, did not throw more than 11 pitches in an inning except for the third when he threw 25.

The Royals jumped to a 4-0 lead after two innings.

Alcides Escobar walked with one out and stopped at second on Cain’s single. On a double steal, catcher Carlos Santana threw the ball into left field, allowing Escobar to score and Cain to take third. Cain, who is hitting .313 since coming off the disabled list, wound up scoring on a groundout by Billy Butler.

In the second inning, Chris Getz walked, stole second and scored on Dyson’s single to center. Dyson stole second and scored on Alex Gordon’s major league-leading 37th double.

Santana homered in the fourth for the first Indians run.

Jose Mijares replaced Mendoza with one out in the eighth after a double by Jack Hannahan, Mijares hit Shin-Soo Choo with a pitch and gave up a run-producing single to Asdrubal Cabrera.

Greg Holland, who replaced Jonathan Broxton as the closer after he was traded Tuesday to Cincinnati, worked a spotless ninth for his first save since Sept. 25.

Indians rookie right-hander Zach McAllister (4-3) gave up five runs, five hits and two walks in six innings. The Royals stole four bases off McAllister, who has allowed nine stolen bases without a runner being caught in his 11 starts.

— Associated Press —

Royals send Broxton to Cincinnati for two minor league pitchers

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The Kansas City Royals acquired minor league left-handed reliever Donnie Joseph and right-handed starter J.C. Sulbaran from the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday in exchange for right-handed reliever Jonathan Broxton.

Joseph, 24, has appeared at both the Double and Triple-A levels in 2012, most recently recording a 4-1 record with five saves and a 2.86 ERA in 18 relief appearances for Louisville (AAA).  The 6-foot-3 southpaw was 4-2 with 13 saves and a 0.89 ERA in 26 outings for Pensacola (AA).  In 52.1 combined innings, the Buda, Texas native walked 17 and struck out 68, holding the opposition to a .188 batting average.  Originally a third-round selection by the Reds in 2009 out of the University of Houston, Joseph was the Reds’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2010 and has appeared in Major League camp with Cincinnati the last two seasons.

The 22-year-old Sulbaran, whose full name is Juan Carlos but goes by J.C., is 7-7 with a 4.04 ERA in 19 starts for Pensacola this season.  In 104.2 innings, the 6-foot-1 right-hander has allowed 101 hits and struck out 111.  Born in Willemstad, Curacao, Sulbaran pitched for the Dutch National Team in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.  He attended American Heritage High School in Plantation, Fla., where he was a teammate of Royals’ first baseman Eric Hosmer and went 11-1 in 2008 as the club won the state championship.  A pitcher on the World squad at the 2009 Futures Game, he has struck out 449 batters in his 413.2 minor league innings.  Sulbaran, who was ranked by Baseball America prior to the season as having the “Best Curveball” in the Reds organization, was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 30th round of the 2008 Draft.

Broxton, 28, was 1-2 with 23 saves and a 2.27 ERA in 35 relief appearances for the Royals after signing as a Major League free agent on November 30, 2011.

— Royals Media Relations —

Chiefs sign OT Ray Willis, waive FB Taylor Gentry

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The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday the club has signed offensive tackle Ray Willis and waived fullback Taylor Gentry.

Willis (6-6, 304) has played in 44 games (26 starts) in five NFL seasons with the Seattle Seahawks (2005-09). He joins the Chiefs after brief stops with the Miami Dolphins (2011), New Orleans Saints (2011) and the New York Jets (2012). The Angleton, Texas, native originally entered the NFL as a fourth-round draft pick (105th overall) of the Seahawks in the 2005 NFL Draft. Willis was a four-year starter at Florida State University and prepped at Angleton High School.

Gentry (6-2, 250) played in 44 games at North Carolina State, catching 38 passes for 313 yards (8.2 avg.) and recording 61 tackles (22 solo). He was a two-time all-conference and all-area selection and team MVP at Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, N.C., as a tight end, wide receiver, outside linebacker and defensive end. He originally joined the Chiefs as a rookie free agent in May.

— Chiefs Media Relations —

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