Kansas City Royals
Patient heartland baseball that keeps making one more ball find grass
A team that makes opponents finish every inning instead of assuming the ending.
Kansas City lost 4-2 to Los Angeles after the Dodgers paired three home runs with 6 1/3 strong innings from Eric Lauer.
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Dodgers 4, Royals 2: The stars made the small margin count
Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts homered while Eric Lauer worked deep into the game as Los Angeles held off Kansas City.
Royals 2, Twins 1: Cameron kept the door closed
Noah Cameron carried eight innings for Kansas City, and the Royals turned two narrow scoring swings into a 2-1 win over Minnesota.
Royals 8, Twins 2: Kansas City made one good inning repeat
Kansas City beat Minnesota 8-2 after a three-run fifth and a three-run eighth turned a patient lead into a full win.
Twins 4, Royals 3: Minnesota turned the ninth into a four-run escape
Minnesota beat Kansas City 4-3 after Kody Clemens' ninth-inning home run turned three Twins hits into the entire shape of the game.
Royals 3, Tigers 2: Loftin supplied the last word
Nick Loftin broke a ninth-inning tie after Salvador Perez matched Detroit with a record-setting home run in Kansas City's 3-2 win.
Royals put Bobby Witt Jr. on 10-day IL as back issue stops being day to day
Kansas City placed Bobby Witt Jr. on the 10-day injured list, replacing daily uncertainty with a defined recovery window for its shortstop.
Royals 3, Giants 2: Kansas City made one run survive nine outs
Kansas City turned a one-run sixth-inning lead into a 3-2 win as Luinder Avila and three relievers shut down San Francisco late.
Royals 4, Giants 3: Kansas City answered the tie with a bunt
The Giants tied the game on a two-run homer in the ninth, but Nick Loftin's bunt single gave Kansas City an immediate 4-3 walk-off win.
Padres 19, Royals 2: Five homers turned the late innings into a flood
Jackson Merrill and Ty France hit two homers each as San Diego piled up 19 runs and 19 hits in a 19-2 win over Kansas City.
Royals 6, Padres 1: Two home runs made San Diego's traffic irrelevant
Lane Thomas and Salvador Perez hit two-run homers as Kansas City held San Diego to one run despite six Padres hits.
Royals 7, Padres 6: Carter Jensen erased a three-run 10th
Carter Jensen's two-run single completed Kansas City's four-run 10th inning and a 7-6 walk-off win over San Diego.