Sanchez returns from DL to face Brewers
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Lefty Jonathan Sanchez makes his first start in more than a month tonight when the Kansas City Royals host the Milwaukee Brewers in the second test of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium.
The 29-year-old Puerto Rican, acquired from San Francisco in the offseason in a deal that sent Melky Cabrera to the Giants, made six starts between April 8 and May 7 before a stint on the 15-day disabled list with biceps tendinitis.
Sanchez opened his Royals tenure with a 7-3 defeat of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but had subsequently lost two decisions in five winless starts - including an 11-5 defeat by the Boston Red Sox in early May.
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He allowed six runs - including two home runs - in three innings in the loss and was placed on the DL the next day.
Sanchez is 1-1 in 10 career meetings with the Brewers.
For Milwaukee, veteran southpaw Randy Wolf makes the 355th start of his big- league career, but his first against Kansas City.
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The 35-year-old Californian, a second-round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies back in 1997, was a 13-game winner in each of the last two seasons with the Brewers but has won just twice in his initial 12 starts of 2012.
He was 2-2 following an 8-3 win at San Diego on April 30, but is 0-3 in seven starts since, in spite of an earned run average that's dropped from 6.84 to 5.45 in the stretch.
He gave up an unearned run on four hits in 6 2/3 innings of his last outing, which ended in Milwaukee's 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs on June 7.
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On Tuesday, Billy Butler singled in Alex Gordon with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth, lifting Kansas City over Milwaukee, 2-1.
Gordon slugged a first-inning homer for the Royals, who had lost four straight.
Starter Luis Mendoza lost a no-hitter in the seventh, ending up allowing one hit and one over six-plus frames. Greg Holland (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and Jonathan Broxton stranded two runners in the ninth to earn his 15th save.
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Rickie Weeks collected two hits and drove in the lone run for the Brewers, who have lost two of three. Francisco Rodriguez (0-4) took the loss, charged with the deciding run.
In his return to Kansas City, Zack Greinke scattered six hits and one run over a seven-inning outing. He struck out eight and didn't issue a walk.
Since moving from the American League to the National, the Brewers lead the interleague series with the Royals, 10-9, and have won four of six three-game series between the teams.
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This is Milwaukee's first trip to Kansas City since 2006, but the Brewers took two of three from the Royals the last time the teams met in 2007.