Kansas City Royals baseball team

Betancourt's late-game heroics were historic After long night, Royals get back to work Bullpen outstanding during doubleheader Late night brings new guests to KC's 'pen KANSAS CITY — Royals setup reliever Blake Wood didn't pitch in Saturday's doubleheader because of a back problem. "Blake's had a little stiffness in his back lately, so we've been [...]

Betancourt's late-game heroics were historic After long night, Royals get back to work Wood dealing with stiffness in his back Late night brings new guests to KC's 'pen KANSAS CITY — The doubleheader split with the White Sox was a good effort for the Royals' relief corps. The bullpen gave up just one run in [...]

Omaha Royals Fresno 4, Omaha 2 LP: Anthony Lerew (7-4) HR: None Omaha fell into a second-place tie with Memphis, 2.5 games behind Iowa. The O-Royals rallied with a pair in the ninth, leaving the tying run on first base. Anthony Lerew allowed three runs (one earned) on five hits over seven innings. Ed Lucas [...]

KANSAS CITY — A rain storm caused the postponement of Friday night's game between the Royals and the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. The game was rescheduled as part of a doubleheader starting at 6:10 p.m. CT on Saturday. That's the regular starting time for a single game and it permits both games to [...]

Omaha Royals Omaha 5, Fresno 0 WP: Luis Mendoza (9-8) HR: Mike Moustakas (#6), Ed Lucas (#13) Luis Mendoza (8 IP, 4 H, 1 BB, 5 SO) and Victor Marte (1 IP, 1 H) combined on a shutout in Fresno. Mike Moustakas went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in the fourth. He has hit [...]

KANSAS CITY — Yuniesky Betancourt appears to be establishing a solid, firm standing as the Royals' shortstop. Betancourt knocked in three runs with a homer and a two-run single as the Royals held off the Cleveland Indians, 9-7, on an 80-degree Wednesday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals won for the fourth time in the [...]

KANSAS CITY — Just as predicted, the Royals signed their second and fifth First-Year Player Draft selections from 2010 prior to Monday's deadline. Center fielder Brett Eibner, the second-round pick, and right-handed pitcher Jason Adam, the fifth-round choice, agreed to contracts, the club announced early Monday afternoon. Both players will report to their Rookie-classification clubs [...]

KANSAS CITY — When it came to earning his first Major League win, Royals right-hander Bryan Bullington did it right. Almost perfectly. There wasn't much more that he could do other than pitch eight shutout innings, facing just one batter over the minimum, to humble the New York Yankees, 1-0, to the surprise of 26,012 [...]

KANSAS CITY — When it came to winning his first Major League game, Royals right-hander Bryan Bullington did it right. Bullington pitched eight shutout innings, facing just one batter over the minimum while allowing two hits and one walk, and the Royals defeated the New York Yankees, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon in front of 26,012 [...]

Blanco adjusting to leadoff role with Royals Meche likely to go on rehab assignment Worth noting KANSAS CITY — Brian Bannister's assignment from the rotation to the Royals' bullpen hasn't resulted in any game action, but he's still working on smoothing out his pitching mechanics. "I'm just trying to work on the arm slot that [...]