MINNEAPOLIS — The first and second time through the batting order hasn’t been a problem for Luis Mendoza. It’s that third trip through that has given him trouble. That wasn’t the case Friday night. Mendoza allowed one run over a career-high eight innings, Salvador Perez homered, and the Kansas City Royals won their fourth straight, [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On the hottest day this year in Kansas City, dehydration was starting to become a concern. Players were exhausted. Royals manager Ned Yost was starting to feel sorry for Tony Randazzo behind the plate, and he wasn’t even the umpire whose face had been bloodied in the game. Billy Butler’s tiebreaking [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City is doing to the Tampa Bay Rays precisely what the St. Louis Cardinals did to the Royals over the weekend. Bruce Chen gave the Royals strong pitching for the second straight night, Jeff Francoeur and Yuniesky Betancourt homered to extend a string of hot hitting, and Kansas City routed [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Luke Hochevar was taken aback when he walked into the manager’s office one day and manager Ned Yost and the Royals coaches started trying to convince him to make a change. Simplify your approach, they said. Use your three core pitches. It took a while for Hochevar to buy in. Now [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Losing is always tough. Wasting four home runs in an 11-8 setback to St. Louis felt particularly galling to the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. The loss gave the visitors a three-game sweep in Kauffman Stadium just a week after KC took two out of three on the Cardinals turf. “It’s [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When things have gone poorly for the Kansas City Royals this season, the attention invariably has fallen on a patchwork starting rotation that seems to be trying to soak up innings. After a second consecutive dud against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, manager Ned Yost was just as perturbed with [...]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez gave the Kansas City Royals the faintest of silver linings Friday night. The 22-year-old catcher came off the disabled list and hit a two-run homer, and even though the Royals were routed 11-4 by the cross-state rival St. Louis Cardinals, his season debut gave managed Ned Yost a reason [...]
HOUSTON — The Kansas City Royals figure their offense will come around sooner or later. Until then, they’re happy to rely on a bullpen that keeps helping them eke out close wins. Bruce Chen pitched into the sixth inning on three days’ rest and the Royals used four relievers to close out a 2-1 victory [...]
HOUSTON – Kansas City’s Luke Hochevar endured some good-natured ribbing from his teammates after pitching one of his best games of the season. They found it funny that he was so happy about getting his first major league hit. Hochevar pitched into the eighth inning, two relievers completed the shutout, and Billy Butler hit a solo [...]
HOUSTON — It was a big moment for Houston’s Brian Bixler when he hit his first career home run in the first inning on Monday night. Perhaps more important than that shot, though, was his two-run double in the eighth inning that helped pad Houston’s lead and allowed the Astros to hold on for a [...]
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