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Royals, Twins try to improve postseason positioning in AL Central clash
As the visiting Minnesota Twins look to avoid a weekend sweep against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon, they will hope for better results from their usually solid bullpen.,Leading the Royals 2-0 entering the eighth inning Saturday, Minnesota's Jhoan Duran surrendered three runs while Griff...
Royals edge Twins after controversial hit, late rally
On Tommy Pham's controversial infield hit, the Kansas City Royals rallied past the visiting Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Saturday evening.,The Royals (78-65) remained in second place in the American League Central, moving a game and a half ahead of the Twins (76-66).,Trailing 2-0 and with just one hit thr...
Tommy Pham aims to continue surge as Royals host Twins
If the Kansas City Royals hold on to a playoff spot, it likely will be a result of their late-season roster additions.,As they host the Minnesota Twins (76-65) on Saturday night in the second game of a weekend series, the Royals (77-65) have won back-to-back games for the first time in more than a w...
Royals blank Twins to take over second place in AL Central
Cole Ragans struck out seven in six shutout innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Minnesota Twins, 5-0, on Friday night.,The win propelled Kansas City (77-65) past Minnesota (76-65) into second place in the American League Central.,Ragans (11-9) has 204 strikeouts, the most whiffs by a...
Royals reinstate OF Hunter Renfroe from injured list
The Kansas City Royals reinstated right fielder Hunter Renfroe from the 10-day injured list on Thursday.,Renfroe, 32, landed on the list on Aug. 25 with a right hamstring strain.,He is batting .237 with 12 homers and 47 RBIs in 104 games in his first season with the Royals.,Renfroe is a career .239 ...
Kyle Manzardo, Guardians chase sweep of reeling Royals
The Cleveland Guardians are seeing their patience with rookie Kyle Manzardo pay off.,Manzardo will look to continue a strong start to his week on Wednesday night when the visiting Guardians (80-59) vie for a sweep of a three-game series against the skidding Kansas City Royals (75-65). ,Cleveland acq...
Brayan Rocchio's 4 RBIs power Guardians past skidding Royals
Brayan Rocchio homered and drove in four runs and Tanner Bibee tossed six strong innings leading the visiting Cleveland Guardians past Kansas City 7-1 on Tuesday, sending the Royals to their seventh consecutive loss.,Bibee (11-6) surrendered one run on two hits with three walks and six strikeouts. K...
Guardians look to extend Royals’ losing streak
Lane Thomas is finally showing why the Cleveland Guardians went out and acquired the talented outfielder from the Washington Nationals on July 29.,Thomas is proving to be a key addition for the Guardians, who continue their three-game series against the host Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.,Thomas and...
Gavin Williams, Guardians extend Royals' skid to six
Lane Thomas and Josh Naylor each homered, Gavin Williams tossed seven strong innings and the visiting Cleveland Guardians beat Kansas City 4-2 on Monday to hand the Royals their sixth straight loss.,Kansas City (75-64) was held to two hits in the opener of the three-game series and fell 4 1/2 games ...
Desperate to get back on track, Royals welcome Guardians
The past week has been a roller-coaster ride for the Kansas City Royals, who moved briefly into a tie atop the American League Central only to lose their next five games.,The Royals will look to snap their losing streak when they begin a three-game series against the visiting Cleveland Guardians on ...
Yordan Alvarez displays power as Astros sweep Royals
Yordan Alvarez produced the 21st multi-home run game of his career and his sixth this season and Ronel Blanco logged five scoreless innings as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Kansas City Royals with a 7-2 victory on Sunday.,Alvarez blasted leadoff homers in the fourth ...
Astros leaning on starting pitching ahead of finale vs. Royals
With Yusei Kikuchi delivering seven strong innings in the Houston Astros' 5-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, Houston capped a dominant month of starting pitching fittingly. ,The Astros (74-62) will look for more strong pitching in their rotation on Sunday afternoon when they vie fo...
Claudia Zornoza helps Utah top Houston to extend unbeaten run
Claudia Zornoza had one goal and one assist to lift the Utah Royals over the host Houston Dash 3-1 on Saturday night, extending Utah's unbeaten streak to four matches., ,In the 55th minute, Zornoza scored from the penalty spot after a foul on Cloe Lacasse that was originally called outside of the 18...
Backed by Astros' bats, Yusei Kikuchi K's 12 Royals
Jeremy Pena followed a two-run single by Yainer Diaz with a two-run triple in support of Yusei Kikuchi, who struck out 12 over seven strong innings as the Houston Astros beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Saturday.,Diaz and Pena struck the decisive blows against Royals left-hander Cole Raga...
Royals claim OFs Tommy Pham, Robbie Grossman off waivers
With a potential playoff berth in sight, the Kansas City Royals made a pair of claims off the waiver wire, adding outfielders Tommy Pham and Robbie Grossman on Saturday.,Both players participated in last year's World Series, with Pham on the Arizona Diamondbacks and Grossman playing for the champion...
After late-inning heroics, Astros seek third consecutive win over Royals
Somewhat buried in the Astros' second consecutive last-at-bat win was the late-inning defense that facilitated the need for Houston to rally against the Kansas City Royals in the first place. ,Astros shortstop Jeremy Pena committed a fielding error leading off the ninth inning on Friday that set the...
Astros edge Royals on Jose Altuve's walk-off double
Jose Altuve socked a walk-off double with two outs in the ninth inning as the Houston Astros recovered from a gut punch in the top of that frame to beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Friday.,Altuve notched the walk-off hit with a shot off Royals reliever James McArthur (5-6), who surrendere...
Astros aim to benefit from bench play in rematch vs. Royals
With their outfield production qualifying as suboptimal since the loss of injured All-Star Kyle Tucker in early June, the Astros' recent additions of veterans Ben Gamel and Jason Heyward might fill voids and also lengthen a Houston bench overly reliant upon inexperience. ,While Gamel and Heyward con...
Astros score four runs in 8th to rally past Royals
Mauricio Dubon delivered a two-run single to cap a four-run eighth inning on Thursday as the Houston Astros rallied past the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-3 in the opener of a four-game series.,Dubon's hit came after Zach Dezenzo drew a bases-loaded walk against John Schreiber that forced in the go-...
Royals try to shake off setback ahead of opener at Houston
The Kansas City Royals, back in second place in the American League Central after sharing the top spot for a day, will look to bounce back when they open a four-game road series against the Houston Astros on Thursday.,Kansas City won the first three games of a four-game series at Cleveland this week...