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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- John Thomson won in his debut with the Kansas City Royals, outpitching John Lackey in a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.

Thomson (1-0) allowed three runs - two earned - and six hits over seven innings, and did not walk or strike out anyone in his first regular-season game of 2007. The 33-year-old right-hander spent the previous 2 1/2 months in the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system before he was given his unconditional release last Wednesday.

The Royals are the Thomson's fifth team. He has also pitched for Colorado, Texas, Atlanta and the New York Mets. He was reunited with manager Buddy Bell, who had him in his rotation with Colorado during the 2001 and 2002 seasons. The nine-year veteran was a combined 11-13 with a 4.52 ERA in 35 starts for Bell, and won a career-high 14 games two years later with the Braves.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- John Thomson won in his debut with the Kansas City Royals, outpitching John Lackey in a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night. Thomson (1-0) allowed three runs - two earned - and six hits over seven innings, and did not walk or strike out anyone in his first regular-season game of 2007. The 33-year-old right-hander spent the previous 2 1/2 months in the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system before he was given his unconditional release last Wednesda...

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NEW YORK - Shawn Green and the New York Mets were more than glad to see the end of Mike Maroth.Bamboozled by Maroth's slow stuff, Green hit a leadoff home run in the 11th inning against Russ Springer to beat St. Louis 2-1 Monday night in the Cardinals' first visit to Shea Stadium since winning Game 7 of the NL championship series last October."I haven't pulled a home run like that in a long time," Green said.The Mets matched a season high with their fourth victory in a row despite getting only t...

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CLEVELAND (AP) - CC Sabathia joined Boston's Josh Beckett as the majors' only 11-game winners by pitching the Cleveland Indians to a 5 to 2 win over Oakland.

Sabathia is 11-2. He allowed nine hits in his second complete game this month. He's 2-5 lifetime in 12 career starts against the A's.

Ryan Garko drove in two runs with a fourth-inning double off Chad Gaudin, who fell to 6-3. Travis Hafner homered for Cleveland.

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