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Jac Caglianone's career day helps Royals smash Blue Jays
Jac Caglianone homered and had career highs of five hits and six RBIs and the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 13-2 Thursday night.,Vinnie Pasquantino also homered and had three RBIs, and Carter Jensen added a homer in the rubber match of the three-game series.,George Sprin...

Royals put 2B Michael Massey on 7-day concussion list
Kansas City Royals second baseman Michael Massey, who is having a strong season, was placed on the 7-day injured list with a concussion Thursday.,The move is retroactive to Wednesday. Massey, 28, hit his head on the turf after falling while making a throw in Tuesday's game against the Toronto Blue J...

Behind Nathan Lukes, Blue Jays bid for series win vs. Royals
Nathan Lukes found redemption, and the host Toronto Blue Jays will aim to carry the momentum into the rubber match of their three-game series against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.,Lukes hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning Wednesday to enable the Blue Jays to end the Royals' nine-g...

Nathan Lukes' HR helps Blue Jays snap Royals' 9-game win streak
Nathan Lukes hit a three-run homer Wednesday night and the host Toronto Blue Jays snapped the Kansas City Royals' nine-game winning streak with a 3-0 victory.,Seven Toronto pitchers combined to hold the Royals to six hits, two coming from Carter Jensen, who also had a walk and a stolen base. ,Chad D...

Royals pursue 10th straight victory in rematch with Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are supposed to be in an easier part of their schedule against below .500 teams, but it has not started that way.,Sometimes it is not who you play, but when you play them. ,The Blue Jays opened their stretch against teams with losing records Tuesday night with a 5-3 defeat to t...

Salvador Perez, Royals take down Blue Jays for ninth consecutive win
Salvador Perez knocked in the go-ahead run with a fifth-inning single Tuesday night as the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 for their ninth straight victory.,Toronto's Brett Bateman had three hits in the opener of the three-game series. The Blue Jays have dropped three ...

Red-hot Royals carry eight-game win streak into Toronto
The Kansas City Royals will be chasing a ninth consecutive victory Tuesday night when they visit the Toronto Blue Jays to begin a three-game series.,The Royals completed a 7-0 homestand Sunday with an 11-7 victory over the Detroit Tigers. ,It is their longest winning streak since they took eight in ...

Royals outslug Tigers, polish off 7-0 homestand
Nick Loftin and John Rave hit home runs as the host Kansas City Royals outlasted the Detroit Tigers 11-7 in a high-scoring affair on Sunday afternoon.,Loftin was 3-for-4 with four RBIs out of the leadoff spot for the Royals, who swept Detroit and finished off a perfect 7-0 homestand, part of an eigh...

Royals, Kyle Isbel vie to stay hot, sweep struggling Tigers
Despite sitting last in the American League Central, the Kansas City Royals are playing their best baseball of the season. ,Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigers haven't done much lately to help their postseason push. ,Winners of a season-high seven games in a row, the host Royals will try on Sunday afterno...

Michael Wacha shuts down Tigers as Royals win 7th straight
Michael Wacha allowed one run over seven strong innings, Kyle Isbel and Salvador Perez each hit a solo homer and the host Kansas City Royals extended their season-high winning streak to seven games with a 3-1 victory over the struggling Detroit Tigers on Saturday night ,Wacha (7-8) yielded only a ho...

Royals face struggling Tigers, aim for seventh consecutive win
The Detroit Tigers are trying to work their way into playoff position in the American League, but it's the Kansas City Royals -- 18 games under .500 --who are playing like a postseason contender. ,With Michael Wacha looking to continue his 2026 mound success against the struggling Tigers, the host R...

Surging Royals defeat Tigers to extend winning streak to six
Noah Cameron tossed five scoreless innings, while Kyle Isbel, Vinnie Pasquantino and Carter Jensen each hit a solo home run, as the host Kansas City Royals won their season-high sixth straight game, 5-2 over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.,Though Cameron (8-8) wasn't as dominant as Sunday, durin...

Mired in last place, Royals still 'don't quit' as Tigers visit
The Kansas City Royals will try to reach a season-high sixth consecutive win when they open a three-game series with the visiting Detroit Tigers on Friday night. ,In a 12-hit attack on Thursday, Kansas City earned a 6-2 victory that capped its first four-game sweep of the A's since 1994. ,The Royals...

Royals polish off four-game sweep of Athletics
Bobby Witt Jr. homered among his two hits and scored three times, while Salvador Perez and Michael Massey each had three hits to propel the Kansas City Royals to a four-game sweep of the visiting Athletics with a 6-2 victory on Thursday.,Nick Loftin added an RBI triple in the Royals' 12-hit attack.,...

Royals aim to sweep A's, match season-high win streak
In a matchup of last-place teams, the Kansas City Royals are having their way with the Athletics. ,With right-hander Randy Dobnak looking to continue his surprise success on the mound, the Royals will aim for a four-game series sweep of the visiting Athletics on Thursday afternoon.,Kansas City sits ...

Royals' Jac Caglianone optimistic ankle injury is minor
Kansas City's Jac Caglianone downplayed a sore right ankle that caused him to leave the Royals' 9-7 win over the visiting Athletics on Wednesday.,Caglianone went 1-for-1 and was hit by a pitch before John Rave pinch-hit for him in the fifth inning.,After the game, Caglianone said of the ankle ailmen...

John Rave powers seven-run eighth as Royals rally past A's
John Rave lined a three-run go-ahead double to highlight a seven-run eighth inning, and Vinnie Pasquantino homered for one of his three hits as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Athletics 9-7 on Wednesday night.,Kansas City trailed 5-2 entering the eighth, which Maikel Garcia led off with a s...

Royals' Jac Caglianone exits due to ankle injury
Kansas City's Jac Caglianone left in the fifth inning of the Royals' Wednesday game against the visiting Athletics due to right ankle soreness.,Caglianone went 1-for-1 and was hit by a pitch before John Rave pinch-hit for him in the fifth.,In his first full major league season, Caglianone is batting...

Royals picking up steam ahead of rematch vs. Athletics
Winners of three straight games and four of their past five, the Kansas City Royals will look to continue their good fortune on Wednesday when they host the Athletics in third contest of a four-game series.,The Royals will have a chance to take the series after turning a three-run deficit into a 4-3...

Bobby Witt Jr. caps Royals' late comeback win vs. Athletics
Bobby Witt Jr. delivered the game-winning RBI in the ninth as the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 4-3 win against the visiting Athletics on Tuesday.,Down by two and unable to capitalize with the bases loaded in the eighth, the Royals made no mistake in the ninth. With pinch runner John Rave and Mic...