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Royals send RHP Herrera to minors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have sent struggling reliever Kelvin Herrera to the minors.

The right-hander allowed eight home runs in 20 1-3 innings. The Royals optioned him to Triple-A Omaha on Thursday.

Herrera was 2-4 with a 4.87 ERA in 19 relief appearances. He went 4-3 with a 2.35 ERA in 76 relief appearances last year, giving up just four home runs in 84 1-3 innings as a rookie.

Leaders
AVG:	A. Gordon	.352
HR:	A. Gordon	6
RBI:	B. Butler	30
SB:	A. Escobar	8
W:	J. Guthrie	5
ERA:	J. Shields	2.47
Saves:	G. Holland	7
K:	J. Shields	69

Central Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Cleveland	26	19	.578	-
Detroit	25	19	.568	0.5
Kansas City	21	22	.488	4
Chi White Sox	21	24	.467	5
Minnesota	18	25	.419	7
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General Batting (Rank)
AVG:	.265 (7)
Runs:	184 (21)
Hits:	393 (15)
Home Runs:	27 (29)
Stolen Bases:	33 (4)
OBP:	.318 (16)
SLG:	.386 (23)
Total Bases:	573 (25)

General Pitching (Rank)
Earned Run Average:	3.59 (9)
Runs Allowed:	169 (6)
Saves:	11 (12)
Strikeouts:	320 (21)
OpBA:	.255 (20)
OBP:	.310 (13)
SLG:	.415 (25)
Run Support:	4.37 (15)

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
5/23	L. Coleman	Called Up from Minors
5/23	K. Herrera	Sent to Minors
5/21	B. Boyer	Signed to Play in Japan (Hanshin Tigers)
5/17	J. Dyson	Placed on 15-Day DL (Right ankle sprain)
5/17	D. Lough	Called Up from Minors
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Injuries
Date	Player	Status
5/16	J. Dyson	Right ankle sprain (on 15-day DL)
3/31	D. Duffy	Recovery from left elbow surgery (on 15-day DL)
2/12	F. Paulino	Recovery from right elbow surgery (on 60-day DL)
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