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Royals' bats silenced as Shields tosses 6-hitter

10.08.11

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals' offense was silenced by James Shields.

Shields threw a six-hitter for his major league-best eighth complete games this season, Evan Longoria homered and had four RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Royals 4-0 on Tuesday night.

Kansas City has scored just one run in losing the first two games of the four-game series. The Royals were hitless in five at-bats with runners in scoring position Tuesday and are 2 for 17 over the last two games.

"We had a couple chances," Kansas City right fielder Jeff Francoeur said. "Guys like Shields, you get a guy on third and that's when those guys become their best."

The lack of offense wasted a solid effort by Jeff Francis (4-12), who gave up four runs and five hits over seven innings. The left-hander retired 15 in a row after allowing the first three batters to reach base in the first.

"It feels frustrating because he pitches a great game," Francoeur said.

Source: The Associated Press

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Rockies Will Not Pick up Jeff Francis Option « The Baseball Blog

by Ryan Gaydos

Buster Olney of ESPN.com reports that the Rockies will not pick up the $7 million option on Jeff Francis for next season.

Francis started the season off strong and posted a decent 4.56 Coors Field ERA before getting hurt in the middle of August. However he hasn’t been the same pitcher since returning from injury and managed to raise his ERA to 4.93 in just three starts. The Rockies could still bring him back if they don’t think their young pitchers are ready to contribute.

Source: Rockies Will Not Pick up Jeff Francis Option « The Baseball Blog

Jeff Francis?

Apr 28, 2007 by Jeremy | Posted in Fantasy Sports

Jeff Francis has started off pretty bad and iv been hoping hes guna get going...but i think its time to drop him who should i add ( im in a 11 team deep private league) some of the eligible sp's who r doing good right now r:

james sheilds

Since you are in a shallow league (standard is 12) and i am thinking you have a standard 21 man roster - then moving on Francis is no biggie - at best - he is a back end of the rotation starter who is not a big K guy and has a specialty of changing speed

Nightstar1441 | Apr 28, 2007

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(0 diggs) Jeff Francis / Francis active, bullpen bound?

Sep 08, 2010 from xpose(brant) in *

Rockies SP Jeff Francis, who hasn't pitched since Aug. 11 because of left shoulder tightness, was activated from the 15-day DL on Tuesday. According to MLB.com, he won't be available to pitch for a couple days, and his role is yet to be determined. "We'll look at a lot of different things," manager Jim Tracy said. "Would we use him out of the bullpen? The answer is yes, but we'll do it very carefully. ... This is not a guy you can up-and-down. This is more of a situation where if you get this...

(1 diggs) Royals set to add Canadian lefty Jeff Francis

Jan 15, 2011 from canadanews(Canada News) in World News

In 2007, B.C.-born pitcher Jeff Francis helped the Rockies reach the World Series with a 17-9 regular-season mark and career-high 215 innings pitched.

(1 diggs) Jeff Francis / Francis less than a week away

Sep 07, 2010 from xpose(brant) in *

Rockies manager Jim Tracy told MLB.com on Monday that he was impressed with Jeff Francis' rehab outing and expects the left-hander to be activated within the week. Francis, on the disabled list with left shoulder tightness, threw three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out three while walking one in his rehab start on Sunday. "With Jeff's case, it'll be a few days," Tracy said. "He won't be eligible until Wednesday, probably at the earliest." [...] Read more Jeff Francis...

(1 diggs) Jeff Francis / Jeff Francis (shoulder) throws sim game

Sep 01, 2010 from xpose(brant) in *

According to Troy Renck of the Denver Post, Jeff Francis (shoulder) threw a 30-pitch simulated game Tuesday. Our View: Francis apparently felt fine after the sim game, and he'll likely start Sunday for Triple-A Colorado Springs. He'll throw around 60 pitches there, but it's not yet known how long he'll stick around in the minors before heading back to Denver. Read more Jeff Francis news

(1 diggs) Royals Sign Former Rockie Jeff Francis

Jan 14, 2011 from kansasnews(Kansas News) in World News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Royals have signed former Colorado Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis to a one-year contract.Francis, 30, has a career 55-50 record with a 4.77 ERA in 150 appearances. Fr