Royals shut out Astros
HOUSTON -- Roger Clemens pitched six strong innings, but the Houston Astros fell to the Kansas City Royals, 3-0, before an exhibition crowd of 34,950 Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
Clemens allowed two runs on five hits over six frames, walking none and striking out five. But nine Royals pitchers, all of whom threw one inning apiece, held Houston to four hits.
The Royals scored one run in the second frame on a Terrence Long sacrifice fly. Calvin Pickering homered off Clemens in the fourth, and the Royals capped the night with a third run in the ninth on Matt Diaz's RBI single off Ezequiel Astacio.
The Astros and Royals will play another exhibition game Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park at 1:05 p.m. CT. The Royals open the season Monday in Detroit, while the Astros will open at home on Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Source: http://houston.astros.mlb.com/
Clemens allowed two runs on five hits over six frames, walking none and striking out five. But nine Royals pitchers, all of whom threw one inning apiece, held Houston to four hits.
The Royals scored one run in the second frame on a Terrence Long sacrifice fly. Calvin Pickering homered off Clemens in the fourth, and the Royals capped the night with a third run in the ninth on Matt Diaz's RBI single off Ezequiel Astacio.
The Astros and Royals will play another exhibition game Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park at 1:05 p.m. CT. The Royals open the season Monday in Detroit, while the Astros will open at home on Tuesday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Source: http://houston.astros.mlb.com/
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