The Kansas City Royals, based in Kansas City, Mo., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League Central Division. The Royals were founded in 1969 and since 1973.
BALTIMORE — OK, the Royals' pitching is set for the weekend — Bruce Chen will start on Saturday against the Tampa Bay Rays and Gil Meche will start on Sunday against the Salem Red Sox. The Salem Red Sox? Yep, Meche will join the Class A Wilmington (Del.) Blue Rocks and face the Red Sox [...]
BALTIMORE — There was no flawless bullpen for the Royals this time. Following two superb performances that soothed memories of a long subpar period, the Royals' relievers coughed up five runs in a 7-3 loss to the Orioles on Wednesday night at Camden Yards. After Zack Greinke left with a 3-2 lead, the bullpen — [...]
BALTIMORE — The Royals' bullpen, which many fans just tried to forget, and John Buck, their almost-forgotten catcher, jumped into everyone's consciousness on Tuesday night. Buck drilled the game-winning double and the bullpen forged five scoreless innings as the Royals knocked off the Baltimore Orioles in 11 innings, 4-3, at Camden Yards. The victory was [...]
BALTIMORE — What a hot night for Billy Butler. Butler went 5-for-5, drove in three runs and scored two to lead the Royals over the Orioles, 5-3, on a sultry 87-degree Monday night as 15,169 fans melted at Camden Yards. "I got the pitch I wanted to hit every time tonight," Butler said. "That may [...]
KANSAS CITY — Here's how frustrating things are at Kauffman Stadium these days. The Texas Rangers, a team that was sickened by the flu bug this week — including one starting pitcher who was quarantined with swine flu — came into town and beat the Royals two out of three times. And the latest setback [...]
KANSAS CITY — Take a deep breath and exhale. The Royals' 10-game losing streak is over. Luke Hochevar set a career-high with 13 strikeouts, Billy Butler gave the offense a needed jolt and the Royals beat the Texas Rangers, 6-3, on Saturday night in front of 27,602 victory-starved fans at Kauffman Stadium. Seemingly all those [...]
KANSAS CITY — Zack Greinke keeps saying this Royals team is better. This team, he says, is better than the Royals teams that lost 100 games from 2005-07. It may be getting harder and harder for Greinke to make that argument. The Texas Rangers beat the Royals, 2-0, on Tuesday in front of 25,012 at [...]
KANSAS CITY — Royals right fielder Jose Guillen is going on the 15-day disabled list with an injury to his right knee, manager Trey Hillman said Thursday. Outfielder Mitch Maier is being recalled from Triple-A Omaha to replace Guillen on the roster, Hillman said. Guillen was preparing for his first at-bat in Wednesday night's game, [...]
KANSAS CITY — Not even Joakim Soria could stop the bleeding. Soria, called into an eighth-inning crisis on Wednesday night, gave up a tie-breaking hit and the Angels went on to defeat the Royals, 9-6, in front of 18,078 fans at Kauffman Stadium. It was the ninth straight loss for the Royals and the fifth [...]
KANSAS CITY — And then there were eight. Eight straight losses for the Royals as they stumbled, 10-2, in the second game of Tuesday night's doubleheader as the Angels took both games at Kauffman Stadium. The Angels won the first game, 8-5, as 23,874 fans sat in on the Royals' first twin bill of the [...]