Kansas City Royals baseball team

KANSAS CITY — Zack Greinke wasn't quite perfect but plenty good enough. Greinke actually gave up two earned runs but still upgraded his record to 5-0 — becoming the first pitcher in the Majors to five wins — as he pitched the Royals to an 11-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday night [...]

KANSAS CITY — Royals manager Trey Hillman said starter Gil Meche underwent tests on his sore lower back on Wednesday and is expected to make his next start Sunday in Minnesota. Hillman said he'll know more on Thursday, but right now, Hillman's words might be soothing for fans who may have feared the worst when [...]

KANSAS CITY — This was not the Gil Meche that the Royals had been seeing this season. This Gil Meche struggled with his control, gave up a raft of hits and finally walked off the field accompanied by a trainer in the fourth inning of an 8-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday [...]

KANSAS CITY — Royals starting pitcher Gil Meche left Tuesday night's game against Toronto with lower back tightness. He will be reevaluated Wednesday and his condition was listed as day-to-day. Meche was pulled in the fourth inning with two outs after the Blue Jays had scored four runs to take a 5-0 lead. He gave [...]

KANSAS CITY — Royals closer Joakim Soria spent mid-Tuesday afternoon in his old familiar haunt, the bullpen, throwing off the mound for the first time since being halted by a stiff right shoulder. "I felt pretty good," Soria said, but he wasn't ready to predict when he might be ready to return. "We're just going [...]

KANSAS CITY — Jose Guillen looked like the old Jose Guillen. But to him, these Royals sure don't look like the old Royals. Guillen blasted two home runs for three RBIs and Miguel Olivo pounded a three-run shot to lead the Royals over the Blue Jays, 7-1, on a cold, misty Monday night at Kauffman [...]

KANSAS CITY — On an ugly, rainy night in Kansas City, Brian Bannister embraced the weather and pitched ugly. He pitched pretty well, too. In his second start back in the Major Leagues after starting the season in Triple-A, Brian Bannister improved to 2-0 and gave the Royals another strong start from the back end [...]

KANSAS CITY — First in pitching, second in fielding and last in scoring. That was how the Royals ranked in the American League as raindrops floated down before Monday night's scheduled game against Toronto. Despite that lack of run production, the Royals held onto first place — or at least a share of it — [...]

KANSAS CITY — Pitcher Sidney Ponson was at the top of his game but the Royals' hitters were not. As a result, the Royals no longer are at the top of the standings. The Detroit Tigers won, 3-2, on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium and took over undisputed first place in the American League Central. The [...]

You won't trap modest Brian Bannister into talking about a triumphant return or anything that self-serving. Not even after he shut out the Indians for six innings in his first start after being recalled from the Minor Leagues. "It was just good to be back," Bannister said. "I worked hard in Triple-A and I just [...]