DETROIT — This wasn’t the road trip the Kansas City Royals were expecting. They limp into the All-Star Break 3-7 in their travels through Minnesota, Toronto and Detroit, after Sunday’s 7-1 loss to the Tigers. “The trip was disappointing. Coming into the thing you’re four games out and four games under (actually five-and-a-half games out [...]
DETROIT – Yuniesky Betancourt almost hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the ninth inning for the Kansas City Royals against the Detroit Tigers. Comerica Park was too big, though, and Austin Jackson too fast. The Royals scored three runs in the final inning in an 8-7 loss to Detroit. Betancourt’s drive to left-center was tracked down [...]
DETROIT – In a lost year for Jonathan Sanchez, even a small improvement is something to hold on to. Sanchez failed to end his 10-game winless streak Friday night in a 4-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers, but even four runs in 5 2/3 innings was better than what he has done lately. In his [...]
TORONTO – The All-Star break next week is arriving at just the right time for Luke Hochevar. The Kansas City right-hander won for the third time in four starts after leaving the game with a sprained ankle, Eric Hosmer had three RBIs and the Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 on Thursday night. Hochevar (6-8) [...]
TORONTO — When Luis Mendoza couldn’t keep his sinker down, the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage. Carlos Villanueva pitched six shutout innings, Yunel Escobar drove in two runs and the Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 Wednesday night. Three of Toronto’s four runs came on sacrifice flies, leaving Royals manager Ned Yost frustrated [...]
TORONTO — Adam Lind hit a three-run homer, Brett Cecil won for the first time in three starts and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Tuesday night. Lind’s sixth homer was the big blow in Toronto’s six-run fourth inning. The win put the Blue Jays over .500 at 41-40 at [...]
TORONTO (AP) – Mike Moustakas hit his first career grand slam, Everett Teaford pitched seven innings for his first win of the season and the Kansas City Royals beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-3 on Monday night. Salvador Perez hit a two-run home run as the Royals snapped a three-game losing streak, matched their [...]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Trevor Plouffe homered twice, Josh Willingham and Drew Butera had one each and the Minnesota Twins came back from four runs down to take a big lead, then held on to beat the Kansas City Royals 10-8 Sunday. With one run already across in the sixth, Willingham hit a three-run homer to [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Heading into his team’s day-night doubleheader against Kansas City, one of Ron Gardenhire’s top priorities was protecting Minnesota’s taxed bullpen. Scott Diamond and Cole De Vries eased their manager’s concerns. Diamond began the day tossing eight solid innings in a 7-2 victory, and De Vries closed it with six strong innings as the [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Even foul balls are turning into disasters for Jonathan Sanchez. Sanchez failed to make it out of the fifth inning as the Kansas City Royals lost 7-2 to the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Saturday. Scott Diamond pitched eight solid innings, Trevor Plouffe homered and Alexi Casilla had [...]
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