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SURPRISE, Ariz. - Milwaukee
Brewers left-hander Chris Narveson's only scare Tuesday was
not from the Kansas City Royals' offense.
Narveson, who is a candidate
for the Milwaukee rotation, pitched four scoreless innings
as the Brewers shut out the Kansas City Royals 2-0 Tuesday.
Narveson gave up five hits,
struck out four, walked one and hit a batter. Five relievers
held the Royals to three hits the final five innings.
Narveson's most frightening
moment came in the second. With Kila Ka'aihue on third and
Yuniesky Betancourt on first, Brian Anderson bunted back to
Narveson and he flipped the ball to home. The 6-foot-4,
225-pound Ka'aihue was caught in a rundown. Brewers first
baseman Prince Fielder, who is 5-11 and 268 pounds, came
charging in to assist in the rundown.
"I was just getting out
of the way," Narveson said. "I saw P (Fielder) and
Ka'aihue coming after me. I thought that was a bad matchup."
Not only did the Brewers tag
Ka'aihue out, but also Anderson when he attempted to take
second during the rundown.
"It's weird it happened
in a spring training game," Narveson said of the double
play. "It's funny we did those drills for like seven or
eight straight days in spring training, flipping it to the
catcher. It's like, man, I've never had this happen my whole
career."
Narveson has not allowed a
run in nine innings in three starts in his bid to win a
rotation slot.
"Whenever you get an
opportunity you want to take advantage of it," Narveson
said. "To kind of come in and do that has been nice,
but the work is not done, yet. We're only halfway though
spring training. I've got to focus on my next outing."
Gil Meche, who allowed three
hits and two runs, one earned, in four innings, took the
loss.
"Not bad," Meche
said of his outing. "I'm not as loose as I want to be
at this point. I feel my command isn't that good. I did
throw some better breaking balls and changeups this time,
which is what I wanted to do going into the game. It's just
the shoulder is a little tight, getting some knots out. You
just can't throw the ball and be smooth with it."
Errors by Alberto Callaspo
and Anderson led to an unearned run in the fourth. Jody
Gerut's double in the third scored Joe Inglett with the
first run.
Notes: The Brewers traded RHP
Omar Aguilar to Cleveland to retain Rule 5 selection LHP
Chuck Lofgren, who has not allowed a run and just two hits
in four innings. ... The Brewers released veteran LHP John
Halama, who had a 6.00 ERA in four outings. Halama has
pitched in the majors with Houston, Seattle, Oakland, Tampa
Bay, Boston, Washington and Baltimore. ... Chris Gomez stole
his seventh base in the seventh inning. ... LF Scott
Podsednik and 3B Chris Fields each had two hits for the
Royals in a morning "B'' game, but the Texas Rangers
won 6-3.
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