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Published on Wednesday, May 07, 2008
By Bill Plunkett
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Not even the Kansas City Royals' 8,900-square foot, $8.3 million, 17-people-to-operate, see-it-from-space, high-definition scoreboard could make Jered Weaver's pitching look good Wednesday.
Weaver was bounced around by one of the worst offensive teams in the majors, giving up as many hits (10) as he retired batters in his worst start of the season, a 9-4 loss to the Royals.
The hits and runs allowed (eight) were season-highs for Weaver. The 3 1/3 innings were his shortest start since leaving a June 10, 2007 start after three innings due to injury.
Only once before in his 55-start major-league career has he been knocked from a game faster while healthy (1 2/3 innings on April 23, 2007 against the Detroit Tigers).
"Just leaving balls up. Everything was up," Weaver said. "Just one of those days. When you can't command the ball, you're not going to get too many people out."
And he didn't
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