Kansas City Royals

By The Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers (52-31, first in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (38-44, fourth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, two strikeouts); Royals: Seth Lugo (4-5, 2.93 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 68 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani led off the game with his 29th home run and also hit an RBI triple, and Freddie Freeman stretched as he fell over to complete a game-ending double play as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Friday night for

By The Associated Press Los Angeles Dodgers (51-31, first in the NL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (38-43, fourth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Friday, 8:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Dustin May (4-5, 4.46 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 72 strikeouts); Royals: Noah Cameron (2-3, 2.08 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 34 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have requested an extension to an end-of-June deadline for a stadium financing package from the state of Kansas, an indication that the NFL franchise’s potential move across the state line from Missouri is a legitimate possibility. Chiefs president Mark Donovan requested

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Shane Baz allowed three hits over a career-best eight innings, Brandon Lowe and Junior Caminero hit back-to-back homers in the sixth, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 on Thursday for a three-game sweep. Baz (8-3) struck out nine and walked one. Jacob Lowe had three

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. is going to again play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, and next year certainly will have a bigger role than last time. Witt announced Thursday that he is committed to playing for the United States and manager Mark DeRosa in

By The Associated Press Tampa Bay Rays (45-35, second in the AL East) vs. Kansas City Royals (38-42, third in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Thursday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Shane Baz (7-3, 4.79 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 77 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Lorenzen (4-7, 4.81 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 69 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Drew Rasmussen tossed five innings of two-hit ball, Tampa Bay scored three times in the second on an array of singles and bunts, and the Rays held on the rest of the way to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Wednesday night. Rasmussen

By The Associated Press Tampa Bay Rays (44-35, second in the AL East) vs. Kansas City Royals (38-41, third in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Wednesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Drew Rasmussen (6-5, 2.61 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 67 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Wacha (4-6, 3.24 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 65 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Danny Jansen hit a two-run home run and finished with three RBIs, Taj Bradley pitched two-hit ball for 6 2/3 scoreless innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Tuesday night. Yandy Díaz and Jonathan Aranda had three hits apiece for the Rays. José Caballero

By The Associated Press Whit Merrifield is retiring after a nine-season career that included twice leading the MLB in hits and three trips to the All-Star Game. The 36-year-old posted on social media that the birth of his daughter last year played a role in the decision. Merrifield, a utilityman whose career began with Kansas

By The Associated Press Tampa Bay Rays (43-35, second in the AL East) vs. Kansas City Royals (38-40, third in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rays: Taj Bradley (4-5, 4.95 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 73 strikeouts); Royals: Kris Bubic (6-4, 2.12 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 88 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:

By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jose Iglesias tied the game with two-run, two-out, bases-loaded pinch-hit single in the seventh inning and then drove in the winning run with a grounder in the ninth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Sunday to take two of

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (38-39, third in the AL Central) vs. San Diego Padres (41-35, third in the NL West) San Diego; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Seth Lugo (4-5, 3.05 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 61 strikeouts); Padres: Randy Vasquez (3-4, 3.70 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 43 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals

By RICHARD J. MARCUS Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. launched a three-run homer to end his long power drought and Dylan Cease pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning as the San Diego Padres beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Saturday. Luis Arraez gave San Diego a 2-1 lead with

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (38-38, second in the AL Central) vs. San Diego Padres (40-35, third in the NL West) San Diego; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (2-2, 1.91 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 32 strikeouts); Padres: Dylan Cease (2-6, 4.69 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 105 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Padres

By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Salvador Perez singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for the Kansas City Royals, who got home runs from Jonathan India and Bobby Witt Jr. to beat the San Diego Padres 6-5 on Friday night for their fourth straight win. The Royals started this

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (37-38, fourth in the AL Central) vs. San Diego Padres (40-34, third in the NL West) San Diego; Friday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Lorenzen (4-7, 4.91 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 65 strikeouts); Padres: Nick Pivetta (7-2, 3.40 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 88 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Padres

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jac Caglianone got his first night off as a major leaguer with the Kansas City Royals in part because of a left-handed starter for the Texas Rangers. A day later, the first two big league homers for the powerful 22-year-old prospect came in lefty-lefty matchups

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Top prospect Jac Caglianone went deep twice for his first two homers in the majors, and the Kansas City Royals finished their first three-game sweep at Texas since 2003 with a 4-1 win over the Rangers on Thursday. Vinnie Pasquantino added a two-run shot, and

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (36-38, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (36-38, fourth in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Thursday, 2:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Wacha (3-6, 3.38 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 60 strikeouts); Rangers: Shawn Armstrong (2-1, 2.90 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 35 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -135,

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Maikel Garcia homered and drove in four runs, helping the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Wednesday night. Garcia capped Kansas City’s four-run third inning with a three-run drive for his career-best eighth homer. He also tripled in Bobby Witt Jr. in the eighth. Garcia’s three hits matched

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kansas City Royals left-hander Cole Ragans will be shut down for four weeks from the last time he threw because of a mild rotator cuff strain. “No surgery. No injection. Just rest,” manager Matt Quatraro said Wednesday. The 27-year-old Ragans, an All-Star for Kansas City last season, was recently reevaluated after

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (35-38, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Texas Rangers (36-37, third in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Wednesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Kris Bubic (5-4, 1.92 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, 82 strikeouts); Rangers: Patrick Corbin (4-5, 3.66 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 49 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -127,

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr.’s biggest memory from All-Star festivities in his hometown last summer was coming up about 6 inches short — his measurement — in the Home Run Derby. Now the star shortstop of the Kansas City Royals has his first homer that counts at

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Salvador Perez homered twice, Bobby Witt Jr. went deep in his hometown team’s ballpark for the first time and the Kansas City Royals stopped a six-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. Seth Lugo struck out a season-high