Tag: Kansas City Royals

DETROIT (AP) — Comerica Park’s spacious outfield has frustrated hitters many times over the years. It hasn’t been a big deal for Hunter Dozier and Jorge Soler this season. Dozier and Jorge Soler each homered…

BOSTON (AP) — Ned Yost had better things to do than return to Boston to finish a suspended game. The Kansas City Royals manager, whose team is 29½ games out in the AL Central, would…

BOSTON (AP) — Jorge Soler didn’t have to wait for the question about the Green Monster to be finished before breaking into a wide smile. Soler hit a pair of long two-run homers over the…

BOSTON (AP) — The music was blaring in the clubhouse and Boston utility player Brock Holt was holding a microphone, acting like a DJ. The defending World Series champion Red Sox were clearly ready to…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Devin Smeltzer’s meditation routine kept him calm on the way to his first major league win. Smeltzer pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep…

While the final hours before the Major League Baseball deadline produced a flurry of activity not involving the Royals, general manager Dayton Moore flipped the calendar from July to August feeling as though his club…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sometimes, baseball can be a simple game. Toronto’s 4-1 victory over the Royals on Wednesday afternoon — completing a three-game sweep at Kauffman Stadium — only further solidified a truth about…

KANSAS CITY — After three days of taking it on the chin, the Royals rattled Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer into an early exit and a meltdown on the mound under the summer sun…

ATLANTA — Royals right-hander Brad Keller pitched in front of friends and family in his home state and put on a show at the expense of the Atlanta Braves. The day certainly belonged to the…

ATLANTA (AP) —PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Danny Duffy (4-5, 4.52 ERA) Braves: Dallas Keuchel (3-3, 3.58 ERA) BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta heads into the matchup after a strong showing by Kevin Gausman. Gausman threw seven innings, surrendering…