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.
KANSAS CITY — Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle's bat master, could break up Kyle Davies' no-hitter but he couldn't get past Bruce Chen. And so Davies and the Royals got a 3-1 victory over the Mariners and Chen got his first career save on a rainy, windy, 51-degree Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. Davies had a no-hitter [...]
Royals claim Miller off waivers from A's More of a chance to see batting practice Worth noting KANSAS CITY — Four starts and no victories to show for it, but shed no tears for Zack Greinke. He's doing just fine. "He's pitched very well," said Royals catcher Jason Kendall. "He pitched really good his last [...]
KANSAS CITY — Senor Smoke, make way for Senor Fire. Joakim Soria set the record for saves by a Mexican-born reliever, 94, and left the Minnesota Twins smoldering in a 4-3 loss to the Royals on Sunday at Kauffman Stadium. Soria, whose entrances are fanned by the flames of digitally produced fire on the stadium [...]
Quad pull leaves Ankiel out of Sunday's lineup Getz to rehab at Triple-A Omaha Kendall takes one-day-at-a-time approach Worth noting KANSAS CITY — Royals third baseman Josh Fields will undergo labral surgery on his right hip and is expected to miss the season, manager Trey Hillman announced on Sunday. Fields has been training in Surprise, [...]
KANSAS CITY — Pop flies were falling safely. Hits were flying. Runs were scoring. And, at the end of 12 hard-fought innings, Royals manager Trey Hillman was steamed at an umpire's call. That wasn't the only reason he was steamed after the Minnesota Twins pulled off a 9-7 victory in the 12th on Saturday night [...]
KANSAS CITY — First, an odd thing and a good thing for the Royals. David DeJesus got an inside-the-park home run on a ball that was actually out of the park. Second, a bad thing for the Royals. Starter Gil Meche had a terrible time again and the first-place Minnesota Twins surged to an 8-3 [...]
KANSAS CITY — The Royals, trying to find the right combination for their faltering bullpen, swapped out two relief spots on Friday. The Royals released Juan Cruz and designated Luis Mendoza for assignment. In their place the Royals brought up right-hander Brad Thompson and left-hander Bruce Chen from Triple-A Omaha. Cruz appeared in five games [...]
KANSAS CITY — Scott Podsednik might be leading the Major Leagues in hitting but don't expect him to wax poetic about it in free verse or iambic pentameter. Or even to just talk about it. The Royals' left fielder avoids, with "all due respect," discussions about statistics at all. "If you start reading into much [...]
TORONTO — Royals ace Zack Greinke is still looking for his first victory of the season, despite a strong outing on Wednesday, but Kansas City took the series finale over Toronto as Alex Gordon's 10th-inning homer gave the Royals a 4-3 victory before a crowd of 15,557 at Rogers Centre. Greinke, the 2009 American League [...]