Facing Billy Butler with the bases loaded in the seventh inning, rookie Brad Bergesen got the out he desperately coveted. He just never figured it would be so darned painful. Bergesen allowed one run in seven innings, then hobbled off the mound after being hit with a line drive on his final pitch, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Thursday. Bergesen (7-5) was struck in the shin by Butler's sharp hit. Catcher Matt Wieters picked up the loose ball and threw out Butler to end the inning.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Thu 5/14	KC	BAL 9 at KC 5	W: Guthrie L: Meche
Fri 5/15	KC	BAL 1 at KC 8	W: Greinke L: Eaton
Sat 5/16	KC	BAL 3 at KC 2	W: Hill L: Davies
Sun 5/17	KC	BAL 4 at KC 7	W: Cruz L: Johnson
Mon 7/27	Bal	KC 5 at BAL 3	W: Tejeda L: Albers
Tue 7/28	Bal	KC 4 at BAL 3	W: Wright L: Baez
Wed 7/29	Bal	KC 3 at BAL 7	W: Albers L: Tejeda
Thu 7/30	Bal	KC 3 at BAL 7	W: Bergesen L: Hochevar

Box Scores

Royals (40 - 61) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Orioles (44 - 57) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. D DeJesus, LF 5 0 3 1 0 2. M Maier, CF 5 0 1 0 0 3. B Butler, 1B 5 0 1 0 0 4. M Jacobs, DH 4 0 1 0 0 5. A Callaspo, 2B 4 1 1 0 0 6. J Buck, C 4 1 1 2 0 7. A Gordon, 3B 2 1 1 0 2 8. R Freel, RF 4 0 0 0 0 9. Y Betancourt, SS 4 0 1 0 0 Totals 37 3 10 3 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. B Roberts, 2B 4 1 1 1 0 2. F Pie, LF 4 1 2 1 0 3. A Jones, CF 3 1 1 0 1 4. N Markakis, RF 4 1 1 1 0 5. A Huff, 1B 4 0 2 3 0 6. T Wigginton, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 7. L Scott, DH 4 0 1 0 0 8. M Wieters, C 4 1 1 0 0 9. C Izturis, SS 4 1 1 0 0 Totals 35 7 12 7 1
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* L Hochevar (L, 6-4) 6.0 11 7 7 1 4 5.28 R Mahay 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 3.86		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* B Bergesen (W, 7-5) 7.0 7 1 1 2 6 3.43 M Hendrickson 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 4.64
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: A Callaspo (29) HR: J Buck (4)		BATTING 2B: B Roberts (36), A Huff (21), M Wieters (6), C Izturis (7) HR: T Wigginton (7)

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Player News

Royals Vance Wilson (KC) News: Wilson has signed a minor league deal with the Royals.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Jose Guillen (KC) News: According to the New York Daily News, Jose Guillen may be on the Mets wish list if they can't nail down one of the top-tier free agents.  (Fanball - Sun. Nov 22, 2009) Jorge Campillo (KC) News: Jorge Campillo has signed a minor league contract with the Kansas City Royals, according to MLB.com.  (Fanball - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Orioles Chris Waters (BAL) News: Waters was designated for assignment on Friday, the Baltimore Sun reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Craig Tatum (BAL) News: Tatum was claimed off waivers by the Orioles on Friday, the Baltimore Sun reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Kameron Mickolio (BAL) News: Mickolio (arm) has been removed from the DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)