German lifts Royals past Florida

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06/17/2007 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Esteban German plated the go-ahead run with a double in the sixth and the bullpen took care of the rest, as the Kansas City Royals edged the Florida Marlins, 5-4, in the rubber match of a three- game interleague series at Kauffman Stadium.

Brian Bannister (4-3) picked up the win after tossing six-plus innings of four-run, nine-hit ball. The bullpen was the story, though, with Zack Greinke pitching two perfect frames before Octavio Dotel closed it out in the ninth.

Alex Gordon went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored for the Royals, who have won five of their last seven.

Jeremy Hermida hit a two-run homer and Aaron Boone went 2-for-3 with an RBI for Florida, which has dropped four of five.

Scott Olsen (5-6) allowed five runs -- four earned -- on 10 hits over six innings in defeat.

Boone's sacrifice fly in the second gave Florida the early lead, but Jason LaRue countered with an RBI base hit in the home-half of the inning to pull Kansas City even.

Florida briefly went ahead again in the third on Hanley Ramirez's RBI double before Kansas City fought back with three runs in the bottom of the inning. With two on and two out, Emil Brown came through with a single which, coupled with miscues in the outfield, brought both David DeJesus and Mark Teahen home. Gordon added a run-scoring single in the next sequence to give his team a 4-2 edge.

Hermida knotted the game at 4-4 with a two-run shot in the sixth, only to watch the Royals again provide an answer.

In the bottom of the inning, Tony Pena reached on a one-out bunt single, and scored a batter later on German's double to right.

The Kansas City relievers made sure that lead held up.

Game Notes

This was Bannister's first career start against the Marlins...Olsen is winless over his last four road starts...Both teams had 10 hits.

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Josh Johnson won't be ready when the season starts April 2.

Grapefruit League action starts Wednesday, but Johnson, penciled in as the No. 2 starter, hasn't even thrown off a mound at full speed since September. He's experienced some soreness in his right forearm.

MySportsbook.com have the Marlins listed with baseball betting lines at +800 to win the NL East this season .

''You guys know the math. If he's not on the hill then he becomes an opening day roster issue,'' manager Fredi Gonzalez said Saturday. ''We're borderline now.''

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He played catch on Wednesday with no pain but felt discomfort in a throwing session on Thursday. He's expected to try again Sunday.

''Like we always said from the very beginning, we're going to take it easy on him,'' Gonzalez said. ''He didn't feel right, so we shut him down. We're going to take it back to step one and see where we're at.''

Among the candidates to take Johnson's spot in the rotation are left-hander Chris George and right-handers Yusmeiro Petit and Jose Garcia.

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