Tag: Kansas City Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dee Gordon helped Seattle with his bat and his glove. The Mariners are rolling along quite nicely at the moment. Gordon got three hits and drove in two runs as…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Edwin Encarnacion and the Seattle Mariners are off to a slugging start unlike any team in major league history. Encarnacion homered twice during an eight-run sixth inning, two of five…

DETROIT (AP) — Tyson Ross finally pitched at Comerica Park — and certainly enjoyed his new surroundings. Ross pitched seven impressive innings, and the Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five with a 3-1…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals had a great idea on Wednesday. So the Twins copied it. Billy Hamilton sparked Kansas City to a five-run inning to put the Royals in front at Kauffman Stadium,…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Even though he was the Twins’ best hitter a year ago, Eddie Rosario doesn’t need to hit to be valuable to the Twins. He proved it again Tuesday — and then…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lucas Giolito has mastered the Kansas City Royals, a trend that continued Sunday. The rest of the major leagues? The Chicago White Sox hope the 6-foot-6 right-hander is ready to…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The consensus among prognosticators is that the Chicago White Sox or Kansas City Royals will finish in the bottom of the AL Central, and whichever avoids the cellar won’t fare…

If it hasn’t already sunk in for Royals fans, it may be more than a little jarring that the club goes into the season knowing Salvador Perez won’t be its everyday catcher for the first…

SURPRISE, Ariz. — When on the run, Royals slender and somewhat gangly outfielder Billy Hamilton becomes a near-perfect combination of explosion, flexibility and coordination. The 6-foot, 160-pound Mississippi native glides around the outfield grass and…

Alex Gordon is the original modern Royal. He was here before anyone else. Before Ned, before Dayton, before Salvy. He made his big-league debut a year before the Kauffman Stadium renovation. Significant, then, that this…