Kennedy tries to follow up solid debut as Yanks battle Royals

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09/07/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ian Kennedy tries to follow up a brilliant major league debut this evening when the New York Yankees kick off a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Kennedy, a first round pick of the Yankees in 2006, was sensational on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, as he gave up just one earned run and five hits in seven innings.

The 22-year-old right-hander, who had been recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre to take the place of the struggling Mike Mussina in the rotation, was a gaudy 12-3 with a 1.91 earned run average over 25 starts in all three minor league levels this season.

New York enters this series on the heels of taking two of three from the Seattle Mariners, including a 10-2 win on Wednesday that upped their AL wild card lead over them to three games. Alex Rodriguez continued his amazing campaign, as he ripped two home runs in an eight-run seventh inning to help the Yankees to their sixth win in nine tries.

Rodriguez was scratched from his original starting position of third base and stayed in the lineup as the designated hitter because of lingering pain in his right ankle, which he hurt sliding into third in Tuesday's win. He had an MRI taken on the ankle before the game, which showed a sprain, an injury that apparently had little affect on his swing as he upped his total to a major league-best 48 homers.

Phil Hughes pitched six strong innings, holding the Mariners to two runs on five hits with six strikeouts, and Joba Chamberlain (1-0) earned his first career win for pitching a perfect seventh for the Yankees, who won the last two of the series by a combined score of 22-5 after dropping the opener 7-1.

Kansas City, meanwhile, has lost four of its last six after dropping back-to- back one-run games to the Texas Rangers, including a 3-2 setback on Wednesday. John Buck smacked a two-run homer in the loss.

Kyle Davies (2-4) surrendered two runs -- one earned -- on three hits in five frames.

Kansas City will pin its hopes tonight on right-hander Gil Meche, who is in the midst of the worst losing streak of his career. Since beating Detroit back on July 20, Meche has gone 0-6 in eight starts despite allowing three runs or less in all but two of those outings.

Meche, who turns 29 on Saturday, was tagged with the loss on August 31 against Minnesota, as he gave up three runs and seven hits in seven innings to drop him to 7-12 on the year to go along with a 3.85 ERA.

Meche's skid started when he was roughed up by the Yankees on August 5 and is just 3-4 lifetime against them with a 4.80 ERA in 11 starts. In that start earlier in the year against the Yanks, he surrendered six runs and six hits in four innings.

The Yankees have won six of seven from the Royals this season, including three of four in KC. New York is also 13-3 in the last 16 meetings.

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