Kansas City Royals News and Rumors
A's complete sweep with third straight comebackRick Eymer, MLB.com Yoenis Cespedes hit a home run to lead off the eighth inning, and the Oakland Athletics held form in their series with Kansas City, rallying to a 4-3 victory over the Royals on Sunday and a series sweep. |
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Gene Duffey, MLB.com Royals catcher Salvador Perez left Monday's game prior to the bottom of the sixth inning after slamming his right hip into the fence in front of the Astros dugout chasing a foul ball off the bat of Jason Castro in the fifth at Minute Maid Park. |
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Milone solid as A's come back to top RoyalsMay 19 (2 days ago)
Rick Eymer, MLB.com Jed Lowrie hit a sacrifice fly, Brandon Moss tripled in a run and the Oakland Athletics followed a familiar script to beat the Kansas City Royals, 2-1, on Saturday night. |
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A's lefty Anderson could be out up to six weeksMay 18 (2 days ago)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Athletics left-hander Brett Anderson could miss up to six weeks after he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right foot. |
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Top prospect Starling undergoes laser eye surgeryMay 17 (3 days ago)
Dick Kaegel, MLB.com Bubba Starling, the Royals' No. 1 Draft choice in 2011 and top prospect, underwent Lasik eye surgery on Thursday in Kansas City and is expected to return playing almost immediately. |
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Royals place Dyson on DL with sprained ankleMay 17 (3 days ago)
Associated Press, ESPN.com The Kansas City Royals placed center fielder Jarrod Dyson on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a sprained right ankle and recalled outfielder David Lough from Triple-A Omaha. |
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David Ortiz selling bats brandishing famous Boston speech quotes to benefit bombing victimsMay 16 (5 days ago)
Mark Townsend, yahoo.com You know the speech we’re talking about. It happened prior to the Boston Red Sox April 20 game against the Kansas City Royals, which was their first game at Fenway Park following the tragic events at the Boston Marathon and the subsequent manhunt that p… |
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Seven-run inning propels Royals to series victoryMay 16 (5 days ago)
Dick Kaegel, MLB.com Ned Yost called his hitters together for a meeting before Wednesday night's game, and the Royals responded with a 9-5 victory for a series win at Angel Stadium. |
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Polamalu happy to tackle first pitch in AnaheimMay 15 (5 days ago)
William Boor, MLB.com Pittsburgh Steelers safety and Southern California native Troy Polamalu threw Wednesday's ceremonial first pitch to C.J. Wilson minutes before the Angels hosted the Royals. |
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Is 45 in the Cards? BTS star chases $5.6MMay 15 (5 days ago)
Zachary Finkelstein, MLB.com It was another two-for-one night for Michael Ray, who extended his Beat the Streak run to 43 on Wednesday night courtesy of sluggers Joey Votto and Alex Gordon. Using the "Double Down" feature, the 28-year-old Astros fan from Brenham, Texas, j… |
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Dick Kaegel, MLB.com Billy Butler, emerging from a nine-game period in which he'd batted just .114, belted five hits and had five RBIs on Monday night to lead the Royals over the Los Angeles Angels, 11-4, at Angel Stadium. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Robinson Cano finally hit a home run at Kauffman Stadium, Vernon Wells went deep for the second straight game and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-2 on Sunday to wrap up a three-game sweep. |
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Sore ribs finally landed Yankees infielder Eduardo Nunez on the disabled list Sunday, forcing the team to select the contract of Alberto Gonzalez from Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre. |
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Bryan Hoch, MLB.com Lyle Overbay hit a two-run homer, doubled twice, singled and drove in five runs, and Ichiro Suzuki also slugged a two-run blast as the Yankees defeated the Royals, 11-6, on Friday at Kauffman Stadium, giving Joe Girardi his 500th win as Yanks manager. |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer homered in a four-run fourth inning, Jeremy Guthrie pitched effectively against his former team and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 6-2 Thursday night to avoid a three-game sweep. |
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Jack Etkins and Adam Berry, MLB.com David Phelps batted eighth on Wednesday night, the first Yankees starting pitcher to do so since Don Larsen on Aug. 28, 1957, and the first AL starting pitcher since the Royals' Zack Greinke on June 23, 2009. |
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Jeff Seidel, MLB.com Matt Wieters drove in three runs, the last coming on a tie-breaking double in the bottom of the eighth inning that gave the Orioles a 4-3 victory over the Royals on Tuesday night at Camden Yards. |
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Jeff Seidel, MLB.com Chris Davis was back in the lineup for the series opener with the Royals Tuesday and said his injured right knee is feeling fine. Davis added that this was his first time missing games with an injury, and it made him realize that he's not invincible. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com When appropriate, Big League Stew reviews key decisions to see if the right one was made. The Issue: With his team ahead 1-0 heading to the ninth inning Monday afternoon, Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost pulled right-hander James Shields at the 102-p… |
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Associated Press, ESPN.com Jordan Danks atoned for a baserunning blunder in the ninth inning by hitting a solo home run in the 11th that lifted the Chicago White Sox over the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Monday. |
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David Brown, yahoo.com Kansas City Royals fan Brett Parker isn't the first person to get dressed up for a ballgame, but he's still kind of a genius for organizing "Dressed to the Nines" at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday. With the help of Negro League Baseball Museum pre… |
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Here's what we know for certain: Yu Darvish is pitching like an ace, never count out the Giants or the Yankees, the Cardinals are on a roll, and the Royals and Pirates look like they are for real. And no one should ever forget that the Tigers are the de… |
