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 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - D.J. Carrasco pitched a five-hitter for his first career complete game, and Tony Graffanino homered and drove in two runs to help the Kansas City Royals snap a nine-game road losing streak with an 8-1 win over the slumping San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.
Emil Brown and Terrence Long each added two RBIs, David DeJesus had an RBI triple and scored twice, and Angel Berroa had a triple among his three hits — giving Carrasco (2-1) all the run support he needed in the early innings. The Royals hit an SBC Park-record three triples — Long followed DeJesus and Berroa with a triple to right in the seventh.
Carrasco, a right-hander coming off the best start of his career with six strong innings against the New York Yankees on June 1, pitched another gem. He had never gone longer than six innings, which he'd only accomplished three times previously.
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