Category: Kansas City Royals

Nick Kurtz hit a solo ninth-inning homer to rally the Athletics to a 3-2 win and three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Kurtz hit Carlos Estévez’s (2-2) fastball 411 feet to right-center for his sixth home run. It gave the Athletics their first sweep at Kauffman Stadium since September 2016.

Big chance at a sweep!

“I can’t begin to tell you how much I miss him,” John Rave says.

Nebraska alumni and MLB star Alex Gordon got inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame Friday night, following a historic career.

Athletics (28-44, fifth in the AL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (34-37, fourth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jeffrey Springs (5-5, 4.64 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 64 strikeouts); Royals: Noah Cameron (2-2, 2.17 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 25 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -160, Athletics +134; over/under is […]

The Athletics took a 2-0 lead in the second inning thanks to a two-run homer from Max Muncy. The squad scored their final run in the seventh inning as Lawrence Butler fired a solo shot down center field. Throughout the night, the Royals was unable to respond with any run on the board.

The Athletics have won their second game in Kansas City against the Royals. A’s southpaw Jacob Lopez tossed six innings for the team, and once again struck out nine opposing batters, for the second time in his last three starts. The nine strikeouts ties a career high. The left-hander is proving that he has the […]

Jacob Lopez became the latest pitcher to shut down the Royals with six innings of three-hit ball, Max Muncy and Lawrence Butler hit homers, and the Athletics beat struggling Kansas City 4-0 on Saturday. Lopez (1-4) walked one and struck out nine while winning for the second time in his big league career.

The Athletic’s Jim Bowden selected Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward as his favorite pick to go to the the Kansas City Royals to fill their need for a corner outfielder. The Royals currently sit two games below .500 and are 2.5 games out of an AL Wild Card spot.

Happy birthday to Kansas City Royals’ star Bobby Witt Jr., who turns 25 years old on Saturday. And he does so with some amazing history under his belt, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com: With 90 HR and 131 SB, Witt Jr. is 1 of just 3 players in MLB history with 80+ HR and […]

20 years after being drafted in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft, Alex Gordon is the 20th player in Kansas City franchise history to be inducted into the Royals Hall of Fame. Gordon was inducted Friday at Kauffman Stadium, just ahead of the game between the Royals and Athletics. The A’s would […]

Luis Severino continued his dominance on the road by allowing just one run in 7 2/3 innings as the Athletics snapped their 14-game road losing streak with a 6-4 win over the scuffling Kansas City Royals on Friday. Severino (2-6) owns a 7.10 ERA and an 0-6 record in nine home starts, but he is […]

Athletics (27-44, fifth in the AL West) vs. Kansas City Royals (34-36, fourth in the AL Central) Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jacob Lopez (0-4, 6.00 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Royals: Michael Lorenzen (4-6, 4.94 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 61 strikeouts) Royals -157, Athletics +131; over/under is 9 1/2 runs […]

Austin Wynns and Luis Urías hit home runs, Luis Severino pitched 7 2/3 strong innings, and the Athletics beat Kansas City 6-4 on Friday night to end a 14-game road losing streak and hand the Royals their fourth straight loss. Severino (2-6) allowed six hits and a first-inning run on an RBI double by Salvador […]

Christian Colón knows what it feels like to be on top of the baseball world. A first-round draft pick and clutch postseason performer, Colón played a pivotal role in the Kansas City Royals’ 2015 World Series title. Now, nearly 10 years later, Colón is back in Kansas City — not as a player, but as […]