By BEN ROSS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Whit Merrifield broke a 2-2 tie with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly and the Kansas City Royals edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2 to avoid a three-game sweep. Andrew Benintendi led off the inning with a pinch-hit double off Giants reliever John Brebbia. Nicky Lopez moved him
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jonathan Heasley allowed one hit in a career-best seven sharp innings, Salvador Perez and MJ Melendez each homered and drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 8-1 for their third straight win. Michael A. Taylor also homered for Kansas City which had a season-high
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Matheny spent about 20 minutes in the dugout before his Kansas City Royals took the field against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday and tried to put what has been a miserable 20-game stretch into perspective. “There’s some things we can get better
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City looked to clinch the home series against Houston Sunday but with the 7-4 loss, the Astros take the series 2-1. It was a rough start to the series for the Royals losing 10-3 on Friday with Brady Singer giving up seven earned runs. Saturday was a better outing as KC
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals didn’t win a game of the three-game series in Cleveland to start the week. In game one, KC fell 7-3 with Jonathan Heasley on the mound allowing three earned runs on six hits. Things went similar in game two with the Guardians winning 8-3. Daniel Lynch allowed
Continue Reading KANSA CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals fell on the road 7-3 Sunday to split the series 2-2 with the Minnesota Twins. Zack Greinke pitched most of the game for KC allowing five earned runs on six hits and recording two strikeouts. The Royals found themselves down 6-0 going into the seventh. Runs were
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Royals started the week with two road losses at Arizona to fall to 14-28 on the season. Despite a hot start in game one with four runs in the first inning, Kansas City struggled to score after that losing 9-5. The Royals also led early in game two at 4-2
Continue Reading DENVER, Colo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided what could have been the worst loss of the season with a 8-7 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. Kansas City had a 6-0 lead over the Rockies heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, however, Colorado rang off seven runs. With a one-run deficit
Continue Reading BALTIMORE, Md. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals got the first run of the game Monday afternoon in Baltimore but didn’t score after that. The Orioles took the game with a 6-1 win and clinched the series 2-1. The Royals only run was drove in by a single to right field from Ryan O’Hearn. After that,
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals had themselves a day at Busch Stadium Tuesday going big over the Cardinals 7-1. The Royals managed to score one in both the second and fourth innings before dominating in the bottom of the seventh. Bobby Witt. Jr. hit his first MLB home run in the second
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cardinals and the Royals postponed the final game of the annual I-70 series due to storms rolling through the St. Louis area on Wednesday. The ball clubs said the game will be made up on Monday, May 2 at 3:15 p.m. St. Louis will be back in action on Thursday
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals capped off a special Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium with 3-1 win over the newly named Cleveland Guardians. The day marked not only the first win of the season, but the first-career start for the No. 1 prospect in all of baseball Bobby Witt Jr. The third
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Major League Baseball opening day for the 2022 season is today with season games slated to be played. The St. Louis Cardinals open up with a home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 3:15 p.m. start. Adam Wainwright is slated to pitch for the Cards. The Kansas City Royals open up at home with
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer The Kansas City Royals exercised their club option on Mike Matheny for the 2023 season. The move eliminates any uncertainty over whether their manager will remain with the club after the coming season. Matheny is entering his third season with the Royals, which includes the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season and
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Baseball is big in Missouri, so many fans were glad to see the Major League Baseball players and owners come to an agreement to end a labor dispute and play a full season.
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Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season.
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou baseball star Max Scherzer was added to the All-Star game on Saturday afternoon. He’ll replace the injured Jacob deGrom on the National League roster. The All-Star game will be played on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. from Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. You can watch the game on Fox 22, KQFX.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Andrew Kauffman brought on KTGR’s Andy Humphrey in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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ABC17’s Nathalie Jones brought on KTGR’s Matt Michaels in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo (KMIZ) The Cardinals and Royals both won their respective Opening Day games on Thursday afternoon. St. Louis took down the Cincinnati Reds, 11-6, in a standout performance at the plate. Five Cardinals brought runners across home plate. However, Dylan Carlson cranked out a home run in his very first Opening Day as
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