The Braves face a former teammate in trying to complete a three-game interleague sweep.

Kansas City Royals at Atlanta Braves

Kansas City fell to the Atlanta Braves, 5-4, on Saturday night at Turner Field.  Reliever Robinson Tejada gave up a solo home run to Braves 1B Troy Glaus in the bottom of the ninth inning.  “He turned on a 95-mph fastball,” said Royals manager Ned Yost.  Tejada has been the club’s best reliever over the past two months, allowing just two runs in his past 18 appearances.  Dating back to June 11, the bullpen has worked seven games and allowed just four earned runs in 29.1 innings for a 1.23 ERA.  The Royals will look to avoid being swept for the first time since a four-game series in Texas on May 6-9.  The good news is that the team is 4-4 in their last eight games, but the bad news is that the club has trailed at some point over the first four innings in each of those contests.

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