Mets took it to the defending champs in game #1.

Mets:
Monigold (2-4, Run, RBI), Hernandez (2-5, 2 2B, Run, 3 RBI), Barnes (4-5, 2 HR, 3 Runs, 6 RBI), Ramback (3-4, Run, 2 SB, 6 IP, Win), McCarter (2-3, 2 Runs, 2 RBI).

Royals:
Sandoval (2-3, Run), Thomas (2-3), McLean (2-3).

20 hits by the Royals. Sandoval launched 2 up on the hill in this bomb fest at Aptos.

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Mets down 11 zip into the 4th. Scored 5 that inning and 9 in the bottom of the 7th to make a game of it. Great series Royals!!

Royals:
Thomas (4-4, 3 Runs, 2 RBI, HR), Sandoval (3-4, 3 Runs, 5 RBI, 2 HR), McLean (2-4, 2 Runs, 4 RBI, HR).

Mets:
Monigold (1-2), Kirby (2-4, HR, RBI), Barnes (2-4, Run, 2 RBI, SB), Ramback (2-3, Run, SB), Genovese (2-2, 2 Runs, 2 RBI), Feduk (1-3, HR, 2 Runs, 5 RBI).

Yankees:
Roy Williams (2-3, 2B, Run, RBI), Lambert Calvert (1-2, 2B, Run, RBI, SB), Christian Figueroa (1-3), Jonathan Sibal (1-2).

Red Sox:
Temores (1-3, RBI, Rum), Preciado (1-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 Runs), Hartshorn (3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 Runs), Anderson (2-5, 3B, 3 RBI, 2 Runs), Angelinovich (2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 Runs), Aviles (1-4, Run), Gonzalez (2-4, 2B, 2 Runs), Majid (RBI, Run), Davis (1-4, RBI, Run), Sanchez (CG, 9 IP, 2-4, 3B, RBI, Run).

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Colt .45s:
Pence (6 IP, W, 2 ER, 6 H, 10 K, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 0-1, 2 Runs, 3 HBP), Soza (2-3, Run, RBI, HBP), Nunez (2-3, Run, RBI, HBP), Davidson (2-3, 3 Runs, HBP, 2 SB), Labbie (1-1, Run, RBI, 2 BB, HBP, 2 SB), Flint (1-3, 2 Runs, 2 RBI, BB), Brill (1-4, Run, SB), Chezar (0-3, Run, HBP, 2 SB), Shanni (0-3, 2 RBI, HBP), McCurry (0-2, Run, 2 RBI, BB, HBP), Halligan (0-3, Run, HBP).

Matt Kaufmann took his no hitter into the 7th inning but muscle cramps stopped him when he allowed 3 hits in the final inning. Kaufmann ended up only allowing 3 hits and 2 earned runs in 6.2 innings. Adrian Flint came in for the injured Kaufmann and struck out his only batter he faced.

The offense remained on fire with 10 runs on 13 hits. Chezar (Home Run), Halligan, and Boro led the offense with multiple hit days.

Colt .45s:
Kaufmann (6.2 IP, W, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 0-0, BB, Run), Chezar (3-3, HR, 3 Runs, RBI, HR), Halligan (3-3, RBI), Boro (2-3, 2B, Run, 2 RBI), Nunez (1-3, 2 RBI), McCurry (1-2, Run, HBP), Soza (1-3, RBI), Labbie (1-3, RBI), Flint (1-2, Run, HBP), Pence (0-2, Run, RBI, HBP), Brill (0-2, Run, BB), Shanni (0-1, RBI, SF).

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Jon Cannon scattered 6 hits over 9 innings for a 2-0 complete game shutout win.

Jared Aochi hit a double in the gap and then scored the Giants' first run on Nick Caravelli's RBI base hit up the middle. Then Aochi drove the Giants' insurance run in the 7th with a solid base hit to left.

Great pitching from both teams.

Giants:
J. Cannon (CG, Win, 6 H, O ER, 6 K, 2-3, 2B, Run, RBI), J. Aochi (2-3, 2B, Run, RBI), N. Caravelli (1-1, RBI).

Steve Chase pitched 6 strong innings for the win.

The Giants scored 3 in the first and then added 2 more with an Erick Raick 2-run homer to dead center field. The Giants hung on after a 3-run Angels rally in the 6th for a 6-3 win.

Giants:
S. Chase (6 IP, Win, 6 H, 3 BB, 3 ER, 6 K), E. Raich (1-3, HR, 2 RBI, Run, 3 IP, SV, 0 ER), M. Boesch (2-2, BB, RBI, Run), M. Denevi (2-4, 2B, Run), S. Maltbie (1-2, Run, RBI), H. Hibberd (1-2, 2B, SB, RBI, Run), D. Chambers (1-4, 2B, Run, RBI).

Braves:
Woo (2-4, 3 RBI, 2 Runs), Evert (2-3, 2 Runs, RBI), Bejarano (2 Runs, RBI), Resendez (3-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 Runs), Smith (2-4, RBI, 2 Runs), Beeson (2 Runs, 2 HBP, RBI), Herrington (3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 Runs, 6 IP, 5 ER, 8 K), Firato (2 RBI), Codiga (RBI), DeHority (3-3, 3 RBI, 2 Runs), Wong (2-4, 3 Runs), Munoz (2-4, 2B, 4 RBI, 2 Runs).

Slow-moving game scheduled for nine, lasting only six. Tight game through five, tied 5-5, when the Mariners finally took their first lead of the game with an eight-run sixth.

Emergency starter Mark Rodriguez pitches six solid innings for the win.

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Despite a big day at the dish from Brian Butcher, who finished 2-2, the Rays lost 13-5 to the Mariners at Prospect on Sunday.

Hal Levin was confident on the mound for the Rays. He allowed four earned runs over 3 2/3 innings. Levin gave up seven hits while walking six and striking out two. The Mariners pounded the Rays pitching, as six hitters combined for 15 hits, seven RBIs and nine runs scored.

The bottom of the second saw the Rays take an early lead, 1-0. A single by Charles "Chuck" Rivera, plating Butcher started the inning off. After a quick strike from the Mariners, the Rays responded with three runs in the third.

The Rays scored on a wild pitch, a groundout by Jamal Fulton, and a groundout by Carlos Noriega. The game's last lead went to the Mariners thanks to a sixth inning rally that saw eight runs cross the plate on two doubles, three singles, and two wild pitchs.

Mariners:
Tougas (2-4, 2B, BB, 2 RBI, 2 Runs, SB), Rodriguez (1-3, BB, Run, CG, W, 6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K), T. Lorensen (1-4, 2B, BB, Run), Macias (1-4, BB, RBI, Run), Gonzalez (3-4, RBI, 2 Runs, SB), Aguirre (2-4, 2B, RBI, Run), D. Lorensen (1-2, Run), Calub (0-1, BB), Umegaki (2-2, RBI, 2 Runs, SB), Medeiros (1-2, RBI), Zwijsen (1-2, RBI, Run).

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Indians:
Garcia (9 IP, 5 K, 1 BB, 1 ER), Straight (4-5, 2 Runs), Fanara (3-4, RBI), Schroedter (3-5, 2 Runs).

Norris strikes out 10 for a complete game shut out.