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.
Omaha Royals Omaha 7, Nashville 4 WP: Gaby Hernandez (8-6) SV: Josh Rupe (6) HR: Ed Lucas (#8) Omaha rallied from a 4-3 deficit with four in the fifth as they moved to 2-1 at Nashville. Starter Anthony Lerew allowed all four runs on 11 hits over four innings. Gaby Hernandez (three innings), Devon Lowery [...]
KANSAS CITY — No question about it, one losing streak had to end. Chalk up a win for the Baltimore Orioles in 11 innings, 6-5, over the Royals in Thursday night's series opener in front of 17,220 fans at Kauffman Stadium. The Orioles ended their skid at five games and extended the Royals' slide to [...]
Omaha Royals Omaha 5, Nashville 3 WP: Federico Castaneda (4-2) SV: Louis Coleman (1) HR: Jai Miller (#12) Omaha evened its series in Nashville at a game apiece. Blaine Hardy (3 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER) made his second start. Federico Castaneda limited Nashville to one run on two hits over 3 1/3 innings. [...]
KANSAS CITY — Royals pitcher Sean O'Sullivan sits at his new locker lacing up his new cleats that match his new jersey, which sports the No. 37. As he sits there fidgeting with his shoes, he remembers what life was like growing up in California with his parents and three brothers. "We ate, breathed and [...]
KANSAS CITY — Three times this season the Royals avoided a sweep from the Minnesota broom by salvaging the last game of the series. Not this time. The Twins completed a three-game sweep on Wednesday afternoon with a 6-4 victory over the Royals in front of 15,484 witnesses at Kauffman Stadium. That gave the Twins [...]
Royals recall Bullington, option Marte Farnsworth fine after hamstring cramp Betemit primed to fill Callaspo's spot at third Worth noting KANSAS CITY — Pitcher Gil Meche was resigned to having shoulder surgery even as he was pitching the first inning of a rehab start the other day for Triple-A Omaha. "It just hit me: You [...]
Omaha Royals Omaha 7, New Orleans 4 (Game One) WP: Greg Holland (3-3) HR: None New Orleans 7, Omaha 4 (Game Two) LP: Josh Rupe (1-3) HR: None Omaha and New Orleans split a doubleheader for the second consecutive day. The second game went beyond the scheduled seven innings, with New Orleans winning in nine. [...]
There's some serious upward mobility going on in the Kansas City Royals' farm system. The Royals certainly aren't alone in terms of promoting from within, but there's no question that things appear to be heading in the right direction for some of the better prospects in the organization. That, after all, is what it's all [...]
NEW YORK — The Royals, behind steady hitting and a credible starting effort from Kyle Davies and the bullpen, built an early lead and then held on for a 7-4 victory over the Yankees at sweltering sold-out Yankee Stadium on Saturday. Kansas City built a three-run lead on eight hits through seven innings. Davies gave [...]
O'Sullivan faces Yanks again, but with KC NEW YORK — Frank White, Kansas City's second baseman at the time of the famous pine tar incident that captured baseball's attention on July 24, 1983, figures the whole affair would be handled differently in the game today. "I think it was just it was one of those [...]