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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Brian Bannister allowed two singles in eight innings and the Kansas City Royals beat Baltimore 4-0 Sunday to end their 12-game skid against the Orioles.
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It was Kansas City's first victory over Baltimore since July 25, 2006.
Bannister struck out five and walked two to end a personal four-game losing streak. He did not allow a runner to reach second. Joakim Soria tossed a perfect ninth to finish Kansas City's fourth shutout of the year.
Bannister was 0-4 with an 8.02 ERA and had allowed 33 hits in 21 1/3 innings over his previous four starts. He held the Orioles to one hit -- a Guillermo Quiroz line drive single to right in the third -- in the first six innings and quickly erased him when Luis Hernandez grounded into a double play.
The only other hit Bannister (4-4) allowed was a two-out Luke Scott single in the seventh.
Brian Burres (3-4) allowed four runs and nine hits in six-plus innings for the Orioles.
The Royals led 2-0 after six innings. Jose Guillen singled and scored on Mark Teahen's base hit in the second. Guillen also doubled in Alex Gordon in the third. Full story
Mariners 6, White Sox 3
SEATTLE -- Raul Ibanez hit a two-run homer in the third inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox to snap a five-game losing streak.
Jose Lopez and Ichiro Suzuki each went 3-for-4 for the Mariners, who finished with 13 hits. It was Seattle's most hits since it collected 10 in a 7-3 win over Texas last Monday. The Mariners went 2-5 on their seven-game homestand.
Seattle got to Gavin Floyd (3-2), who has been one of the toughest pitchers to hit so far this season, for five runs and nine hits over 3 2/3 innings.
Floyd entered with a major league-leading opponent batting average of .149. He carried a no-hitter into the ninth Tuesday against Minnesota and into the seventh April 12 against Detroit.
Blue Jays-Indians, ppd.
CLEVELAND -- Postponed by rain, the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians are now scheduled to play the first traditional doubleheader at Progressive Field in more than 10 years.
Right-handers A.J. Burnett of Toronto and Cleveland's Fausto Carmona, who were Sunday's scheduled starters, are set to pitch the first game Monday at 4:05 p.m. Indians left-hander Cliff Lee, off to an impressive start this season at 6-0 with a microscopic 0.81 ERA, will face Shaun Marcum in the nightcap that will start 30 minutes after the end of the opener.
The Indians have played only four traditional doubleheaders at home since their ballpark opened in 1994 and none since Aug. 13, 1997, against Detroit. In recent years, the Indians have rescheduled postponed games on open dates or as part of day-night doubleheaders.
Cleveland manager Eric Wedge said the rainout means the club likely will have to call up a pitcher from the minors on Friday so the five-man rotation can continue to work on regular rest.
