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Rays' hitters picking up pace, face Royals
Facing the host Kansas City Royals in Thursday night's rubber game, the Tampa Bay Rays will look to win their fifth straight series.,For much of the season's first half, the Rays' bats have lacked their usual pop. Tampa Bay's 78 home runs are tied for last in the American League, and the club's 776 ...

Rays' quest: Stop Royals' Bobby Witt Jr.
Dynamic Bobby Witt Jr. will lead the Kansas City Royals against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays in the middle game of a three-game series Wednesday night after the Rays won Tuesday's opener 5-1. ,It's hard to take your eyes off of Witt, whose 44 extra-base hits rank fourth in baseball. ,"The fans love h...

Rays overcome rain delay to down Royals
Zack Littell threw five shutout innings as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays outlasted the rain for a 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals, opening a three-game series on Tuesday evening.,Littell (3-5) allowed four hits with four strikeouts for his first win since May 11. While snapping his eight-game ...

Rays hope to continue consistent play vs. Royals
Winners of four straight series, the Tampa Bay Rays will try to keep rolling when they open a three-game set with the host Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.,Tampa Bay most recently took two of three games from the Washington Nationals over the weekend, capping the series with a 5-0 victory on Sunday. F...

Seth Lugo (10 Ks) shines as Royals top Guardians
Seth Lugo tossed six shutout innings for his major league-best 11th win as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Sunday afternoon, taking three of four games in the series.,Lugo (11-2) fanned 10 while allowing four hits and a walk to earn his 14th quality start, matchin...

Seth Lugo, Royals chase series win against Guardians
After Saturday's 7-2 win, the visiting Cleveland Guardians will try to earn a series split against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon.,Cleveland's big division lead allows time to resolve rotation issues, with Triston McKenzie in particular.,The right-hander's command issues have become more...

Guardians bounce back with win at Royals
The Cleveland Guardians got a boost from a controversial call, then took advantage of their momentum to rebound for a 7-2 win over the host Kansas City Royals Saturday afternoon.,After having lost the first two games of the series and trailing 2-1 with two out in the fourth, Johnkensy Noel pulled Co...

Royals vie for third straight win in series with Guardians
The Kansas City Royals are glad to have Michael Massey back in action, even if it's only as a hitter instead of his regular role at second base.,The Royals have beaten the visiting Cleveland Guardians twice to open a four-game series that continues Saturday afternoon. ,Massey missed the first 19 gam...

Salvador Perez, Royals jump all over Guardians in blowout
Salvador Perez hit a long home run and had two RBIs as the Kansas City Royals routed the visiting Cleveland Guardians 10-3 on Friday night.,Perez led off the second inning with a 447-foot blast to left, his 13th home run of the season. Hunter Renfroe sliced his eighth homer to right for a 2-1 Royals...

Royals look for more home cookin' vs. Guardians
Preparing for the second game of a four-game set against the visiting Cleveland Guardians, the Kansas City Royals are glad to be home again.,The Royals' 2-7 trip to Los Angeles, Texas and Oakland had disastrous effects on their pennant hopes as they fell from second place in the American League Cent...

Royals rally in sixth to edge Guardians
Kyle Isbel and Maikel Garcia hit back-to-back triples to rally the Kansas City Royals past the visiting Cleveland Guardians, 2-1 to win the opener of a four-game series Thursday evening.,Leading off the sixth, Isbel drilled Ben Lively's sinker over leaping right fielder Daniel Schneemann for a tripl...

Guardians hope to start new streak vs. Royals
The Cleveland Guardians, their seven-game winning streak over, will look to get back on track when they open a four-game road series against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.,As recently as June 8, first-place Cleveland led second-place Kansas City by just three games in the American League Centra...

Royals erupt with 5-run 8th inning to rally past Marlins
Salvador Perez's RBI double highlighted a late rally as the Kansas City Royals rebounded for a 5-1 win over the visiting Miami Marlins on Wednesday afternoon to win the rubber game of the three-game series.,Trailing 1-0 with two in the eighth, the Royals erupted for five straight hits against Huasca...

Resurgent Marlins go for third straight series win
The Miami Marlins will bid to win their third consecutive series on Wednesday afternoon when they play the decisive game of a three-game set against the host Kansas City Royals.,The Marlins took two of three games from both the St. Louis Cardinals and Seattle Mariners before evening their three-game...

Marlins squeak out win over struggling Royals
Nick Gordon scored the go-ahead run on an error in the seventh inning to fuel the visiting Miami Marlins to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.,Otto Lopez recorded his second straight two-hit performance and scored on Gordon's infield single for the Marlins, who have won five of th...

Royals turn to Seth Lugo in quest for series win vs. Marlins
The Kansas City Royals will try to put together another solid all-around performance when they host the Miami Marlins on Tuesday in the second contest of their three-game series.,The Royals ended a three-game losing streak and a 25-inning scoreless skid with a 4-1 win in the series opener on Monday ...

Cole Ragans, Royals best Marlins
Cole Ragans allowed one run over six innings and struck out 11 to help the Kansas City Royals earn a 4-1 win against the visiting Miami Marlins on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series. ,Ragans (5-5) allowed four hits and walked three on a season-high 108 pitches.,Chris Stratton threw a ...

Max Scherzer sharp in season debut, Rangers blank Royals
Max Scherzer allowed just one hit over five innings in his 2024 season debut and Josh Smith homered for the second straight game as the Texas Rangers completed their first three-game series sweep of the season with a 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Tex.,Sche...

Rangers get boost with return of Max Scherzer vs. Royals
Three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer will make his 2024 season debut on Sunday afternoon when the Texas Rangers go for their first three-game series sweep of the season against the Kansas City Royals in Arlington, Texas. ,It will mark the start of the 17th major league season for the 39-yea...

Rangers' Jon Gray, not Max Scherzer, draws start vs. Royals
The Rangers will have a hard-throwing right-hander on the mound Saturday afternoon as they go for the series win against the visiting Kansas City Royals. Only it won't be the one many Texas fans hoped for.,Multiple media outlets reported earlier this week that three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Sc...