Royals 17, Mariners 3

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Final

 
W:J. De La Rosa (6-9)
L:R. Feierabend (1-3)

Rookie hands M's manager McLaren 2nd loss in 2 games

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Regular Season Series
Seattle leads 6-3 (as of Tue 7/3)
Fri 4/27 @SEA 7, KC 4 Recap
Sat 4/28 KC 8, @SEA 3 Recap
Sun 4/29 @SEA 5, KC 1 Recap
Fri 5/25 SEA 10, @KC 2 Recap
Sat 5/26 SEA 9, @KC 1 Recap
Sun 5/27 SEA 7, @KC 4 Recap
Mon 7/2 @KC 3, SEA 2 Recap
>Tue 7/3 @KC 17, SEA 3 Box Score
Wed 7/4 SEA 4, @KC 0 Recap
· Complete Schedule: Royals | Mariners
Scoring Summary
SEAKAN
1stE Brown walked, D DeJesus scored, E German to third, M Teahen to second.01
1stA Gordon hit sacrifice fly to left, E German scored.02
1stB Butler homered to left, M Teahen and E Brown scored.05
1stJ LaRue homered to center.06
2ndA Beltre hit sacrifice fly to first, J Guillen scored, K Johjima to third.16
2ndB Butler doubled to deep right center, E German, M Teahen and E Brown scored.19
2ndJ LaRue doubled to deep center, B Butler scored.110
3rdJ Vidro singled to center, I Suzuki scored.210
4thJ Lopez hit sacrifice fly to center, J Guillen scored, J Burke to third.310
4thR Gload singled to right, A Gordon and B Butler scored, J LaRue to third.312
4thD DeJesus hit sacrifice fly to right, J LaRue scored.313
6thJ LaRue scored, R Gload to third, T Pena to second on wild pitch by J Davis.314
6thD DeJesus hit sacrifice fly to left, R Gload scored, T Pena to third.315
6thE German singled to left, T Pena scored.316
7thF Cortez reached on infield single to pitcher, B Butler scored, J LaRue to third, R Gload to second.317
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Game Information
StadiumKauffman Stadium, Kansas City, MO
Attendance28,140 (73.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time2:51
Weather87 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind6 mph
UmpiresHome Plate - Chris Guccione, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Chuck Meriwether, Third Base - Alfonso Marquez

A CLOSER LOOK
• Summary: Billy Butler homered and doubled and drove in six runs as Kansas City romped past Seattle, handing John McLaren his second loss in two games as Mariners manager.

Billy Butler
Butler

• Hero: Butler, who will probably return to the minor leagues when regular DH Mike Sweeney comes off the disabled list, had a three-run home run in the six-run first inning and a bases-loaded double in the four-run second. Butler also had a single and was 3-for-5 with three runs scored.

• Figure this: Butler, at 21 years, 76 days old, became the youngest player with six RBIs in a game since Alex Rodriguez drove in six for Seattle on May 17, 1996, when he was 20 years, 295 days.

• Season highs: The 17 runs and 16 hits tied the Royals' season highs. It was the most runs the Mariners have allowed all year.

• Quotable: "We ran into a hot Kansas City baseball team. They're playing well. They feel good about themselves." -- McLaren

-- ESPN.com news services

Royals 17, Mariners 3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Though Billy Butler and Ryan Feierabend are new to the major leagues, they are familiar with each other.

So with an inkling of what to expect, Butler had one of the best games of any rookie hitter so far this year, driving in six runs with a home run and a double Tuesday night in Kansas City's 17-3 romp over Seattle.

"I faced him coming up through the system, so I was comfortable at the plate because I knew what he had," said Butler. "I knew how he pitches. So that helped."

Butler, who will probably return to the minor leagues when regular DH Mike Sweeney comes off the disabled list, had a three-run home run in the six-run first inning and a bases-loaded double in the four-run second.

At 21 years and 76 days old, Butler became the youngest player with six RBIs in a game since Alex Rodriguez drove in six for Seattle on May 17, 1996, when he was 20 years, 295 days. Butler also had a single and was 3-for-5 with three runs scored while becoming the first rookie with a six-RBI game this season.

The three-run homer followed three singles and Alex Gordon's sacrifice fly in the first inning. The bases-loaded double came on a pitch down and away.

"It was a two-seam fastball away. It was an 88 mph fastball, pretty much what that guy throws," Butler said.

Feierabend (1-3) allowed 10 runs in just 1 1/3 innings in his seventh major league start. His ERA jumped from 6.46 to 9.72 after allowing eight hits, including two home runs. He also had two walks and hit a batter. In his fifth start on June 22, he allowed nine runs in 2 2/3 innings of a 16-1 loss to Cincinnati.

"He's a young guy. He's got great stuff," Butler said. "I think he'll make the adjustment and be good up here."

The 17 runs and 16 hits tied the Royals' season highs. It was the most runs the Mariners have allowed all year.

Feierabend also remembered Butler from their minor league days.

"He likes to get his arms extended," he said. "Both balls he hit were out over the plate. The home run was waist-high in the middle of the plate. The double was a fastball down and away. Two pitches. One was decent, one was horrible.

"I rely on my control. I didn't have it tonight."

Jason Davis relieved Feierabend with one out in the second inning and gave up six runs -- four earned -- and six hits, two walks, a wild pitch, a hit batter and two balks in 4 1/3 innings. It was the second straight loss for the Mariners since Mike Hargrove's unexpected resignation on Sunday was accompanied by their eighth straight win.

"We ran into a hot Kansas City baseball team," said John McLaren, 0-2 as the Seattle manager. "They're playing well. They feel good about themselves."

Jason LaRue followed Butler's home run with one of his own and wound up with a single, double and homer along with two RBIs.

In the second inning, Feierabend loaded the bases with a single, walk and a hit batter and Butler finally chased the young left-hander with a three-run double.

"I didn't see the confidence that he had shown us before," McLaren said. "His velocity wasn't that off."

The Mariners also had their second unusual injury in two days when catcher Kenji Johjima left the game after being hit in the right wrist area by a pitch that glanced off Mark Teahen. The ball caused a contusion of Johjima's right metacarpal.

"He has a plate with four screws in his hand and it hit the plate," McLaren said. "It shot a bolt right up his shoulder. It shocked him. There's nothing broken. X-rays are negative. He won't play tomorrow. Hopefully, he'll be back for the first game at Oakland [on Thursday]."

Jorge De La Rosa (6-9) won his second straight start, going seven innings and allowing three runs and eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts.

Every Royals starter scored at least one run. Butler reached on shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt's error in the fourth and scored his third run on Ross Gload's two-run single. David DeJesus also had two RBIs.

Ichiro Suzuki was 2-for-3 and has hit in 51 of his past 54 games. Jose Vidro, Adrian Beltre and Jose Lopez had RBIs for the Mariners.

Game notes
1B Richie Sexson, who left Monday's game in the bottom of the ninth with a contusion of the left thumb, will be out several days. He didn't play Tuesday but the Mariners are not planning to put him on the DL. ... Gary Thurman, a longtime organization man for Seattle, was named first-base coach by the Mariners' new manager. ... Three Royals were hit by pitches, raising their major league-leading total to 54.


Series At A Glance

Kansas City leads 2-0 (as of 7/3)
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MLB Scores

Tuesday, July 3rd 2007
Milwaukee 2 Final
Pittsburgh 6
Tampa Bay 1 Final
Boston 4
Cleveland 5 Final
Detroit 4 in 11
Minnesota 0 Final
NY Yankees 8
Chi Cubs 3 Final
Washington 1
San Francisco 3 Final
Cincinnati 7
Philadelphia 4 Final
Houston 5 in 13
NY Mets 3 Final
Colorado 11
Seattle 3 Final
Kansas City 17
Arizona 7 Final
St. Louis 1
Baltimore 1 Final
Chi White Sox 5
LA Angels 3 Final
Texas 8
Toronto 1 Final
Oakland 3
Florida 6 Final
San Diego 4
Atlanta 6 Final
LA Dodgers 7