Kansas City Royals

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cal Raleigh hit a pair of homers to match the Seattle season record set by Ken Griffey Jr., Dominic Canzone belted a career-best three homers of his own, and the AL West-leading Mariners routed the fading Kansas City Royals 12-5 on Tuesday night for

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Cal Raleigh broke a record held by Mickey Mantle on Tuesday night while matching another held by Ken Griffey Jr. That’s some company for a single night. The Mariners catcher hit his 55th homer of the season in the second inning against the Kansas

By The Associated Press Seattle Mariners (82-68, first in the AL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (75-75, third in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Logan Gilbert (4-6, 3.54 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 159 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Wacha (0-0) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Mariners -139, Royals +117; over/under is 8

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw a pair of deep passes in the waning minutes of a 20-17 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in their Super Bowl rematch Sunday. Both were intended for Tyquan Thornton, and together they told the story of the Kansas City Chiefs. The

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies clinched their fourth straight postseason berth despite wasting a two-run lead Sunday in a 10-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals, who got a three-run homer and five RBIs from Salvador Perez. Philadelphia became the second team assured of a playoffs spot when San Francisco lost later Sunday to

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (74-75, third in the AL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (89-60, first in the NL East) Philadelphia; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (7-7, 3.00 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 96 strikeouts); Phillies: Aaron Nola (4-8, 6.24 ERA, 1.45 WHIP, 79 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -162, Royals

By ANDREW WAGNER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals recalled infielder José Fermín from Triple-A Memphis when they placed shortstop Masyn Winn on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a season-ending knee injury. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol announced Friday night that Winn won’t play again this year because of a torn meniscus

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber hit his 51st home run, Brandon Marsh also went deep and the Philadelphia Phillies won their sixth straight game with an 8-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. Harrison Bader contributed three hits for the Phillies, who can clinch their second straight

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (74-74, third in the AL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (88-60, first in the NL East) Philadelphia; Saturday, 6:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Ryan Bergert (2-2, 3.48 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 68 strikeouts); Phillies: Taijuan Walker (4-8, 4.03 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 76 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -149, Royals

By ROB PARENT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Walker Buehler pitched five strong innings in his Philadelphia debut, Bryce Harper and Bryson Stott homered, and the Phillies won their fifth straight, 8-2 over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Buehler allowed one run on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts for the

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (74-73, third in the AL Central) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (87-60, first in the NL East) Philadelphia; Friday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Michael Lorenzen (5-10, 4.63 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 110 strikeouts); Phillies: Walker Buehler (0-0) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Phillies -134, Royals +113; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie C.J. Kayfus hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning as the Cleveland Guardians rallied for a 3-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night. Cleveland (75-71) has won six of seven and took three of four in the series against its AL

By The Associated Press Philadelphia (1-0) at Kansas City (0-1) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, FOX BetMGM NFL Odds: Eagles by 1. Against the spread: Eagles 0-1; Chiefs 0-1. Series record: Tied 6-6. Last meeting: Eagles beat Chiefs 40-22 in the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Feb. 9, 2025. Last week: Eagles beat Cowboys 24-20;

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (74-72, third in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (74-71, second in the AL Central) Cleveland; Thursday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Stephen Kolek (5-5, 3.88 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 63 strikeouts); Guardians: Gavin Williams (10-5, 3.17 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 146 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -140, Royals

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Nick Loftin singled in the tying run and scored on Maikel Garcia’s double in the seventh inning, sending the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night. Kansas City snapped a three-game losing streak and moved within 3 1/2 games of

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are downplaying a pair of emotional on-field outbursts, including one that involved star tight end Travis Kelce, that marked their season-opening loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil last week. The first came when Kelce got into the face

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (73-72, third in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (74-70, second in the AL Central) Cleveland; Wednesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Jonathan Bowlan (1-2, 3.57 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 35 strikeouts); Guardians: Logan Allen (7-11, 4.46 ERA, 1.44 WHIP, 109 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -110, Guardians

CLEVELAND (AP) — Joey Cantillo allowed four hits in a career-best eight-plus innings, José Ramírez homered, doubled and scored twice, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory. Cantillo (5-3) struck out five and didn’t issue a walk. Cade Smith pitched a scoreless ninth for

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against Cleveland after missing three games with back issues. Witt left Friday’s game against Minnesota in the seventh inning due to lower back spasms. He had made two defensive plays, on ground balls, in the top half

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (73-71, third in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (73-70, second in the AL Central) Cleveland; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Noah Cameron (7-6, 3.03 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 88 strikeouts); Guardians: Joey Cantillo (4-3, 3.73 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 87 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -129, Royals

By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Slade Cecconi took a bid to end Cleveland’s long no-hitter drought into the eighth inning, and the Guardians rolled to a 10-2 win over Kansas City on Monday night and leapfrogged the Royals in the AL wild-card race. Cecconi (6-6) was six outs from the first no-hitter

By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Slade Cecconi didn’t need anyone in Cleveland’s dugout to tell him he was throwing a no-hitter. He found out on his own. Stealing a glance at Progressive Field’s giant scoreboard in the fourth inning, Cecconi noticed something unusual. “I was like, huh, a lot of zeros up

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs could be without Xavier Worthy and rookie Jalen Royals because of injuries in a depleted wide receiver group when they face the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl rematch on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. Worthy hurt his shoulder in the

By The Associated Press Kansas City Royals (73-70, second in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (72-70, third in the AL Central) Cleveland; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Ryan Bergert (2-1, 2.61 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 65 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (5-6, 4.78 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 91 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -120, Royals

By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Byron Buxton and Kody Clemens homered and the Minnesota Twins beat Kansas City 5-1 on Sunday to drop the Royals two games back for the last AL wild card. Buxton led off the game against Michael Lorenzen (5-10) with his 30th homer, extending his career

By The Associated Press Minnesota Twins (62-80, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (73-69, second in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Bailey Ober (4-7, 5.23 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 99 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Lorenzen (5-9, 4.54 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 105 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez’s three-run homer highlighted a five-run first inning as the Kansas City Royals routed the Minnesota Twins 11-2 on Saturday night. Vinnie Pasquantino doubled sharply off the right-field fence, producing one run before Salvador Perez’s 25th home run added three more. Nick Loftin’s double

By The Associated Press Minnesota Twins (62-79, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Kansas City Royals (72-69, second in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 7:15 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Twins: Joe Ryan (13-7, 3.08 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 174 strikeouts); Royals: Stephen Kolek (4-5, 3.99 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 59 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Twins

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Maikel Garcia hit a two-run homer and Michael Wacha pitched 5 2/3 strong innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Friday night. Garcia hit Pablo López’s first pitch high above the left-field bullpen after Vinnie Pasquantino singled with two out

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. left Friday night’s game against the Minnesota Twins in the seventh inning due to low back spasms. The shortstop made two defensive plays, on ground balls, in the top half of the sixth inning, then exited before the Royals took the field in the seventh. “(It happened)