Royals 15, Giants 6

Come the ninth inning, Felipe Alou is counting on Armando Benitez to be San Francisco's closer. Even after an awful outing that ballooned his spring ERA to 25.41. Benitez, who has been nursing a sore left knee after missing 96 games in 2005 recovering from a serious hamstring injury, was tagged for 10 runs and nine hits in 1 1-3 innings of the Giants' 15-6 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Monday. "I feel good," Benitez said afterward, laughing almost in disbelief.

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