SAN FRANCICSO, Ca. (KMIZ) After winning the first two games of the series, the Kansas City Royals couldn”t complete the sweep over the San Francisco Giants. Sunday, KC fell in game three 3-1. Both teams had just five hits on the day, but the difference maker for San Fran came in the eighth inning putting
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals fell to the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 in a four-game series. After KC claimed its first win of the year in the series opener, the group lost three straight to end the matchup. In the final game on Thursday, Toronto won 6-3 with the Royals not managing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) It’s been a week since the start of the new MLB season. Although both of Missouri’s teams are off to a slow start, a lot of people are talking about baseball. And very specifically, many are talking about the recent rule changes the league has made. Some changes the league made include
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on the Royals beat writer for MLB.com, Annie Rogers, in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. The two broke down the first three games of the season for Kansas City, as the Royals took a sweep from the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium to open
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals got off to a lackluster start to the 2023 season on opening week. Despite putting the first runs of the year up on Sunday, KC couldn’t out-hit Minnesota. The Twins completed the sweep with a 7-4 win. Minnesota had kept Kansas City scoreless through the first two
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals start the 2023 season with a shut-out loss falling 2-0 to the Twins on Opening Day. KC struggled to get the bats going putting together just two total hits on the day and recording 10 strikeouts. Salvador Perez and Kyle Isbel each had a hit in the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman announced that the team is officially planning on leaving Kauffman Stadium to build a new, $2 billion stadium and entertainment district. The team has not landed on a location yet, but Sherman said his team will begin scouting for a final destination. Kauffman Stadium, otherwise
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Royals have officially hired Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as their manager on Sunday night. Quatraro is the Royals’ 18th full-time manager in franchise history. This comes after Kansas City parted ways with Mike Matheny following a 65-97 season. Quatraro has spent the last five seasons in Tampa Bay, including
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 ‘s Chanel Porter brought on Fox 4’s PJ Green in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down to talk all things Chiefs and Royals. You can watch the conversation in the video player above.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals fired manager Mike Matheny and pitching coach Cal Eldred in an announcement on Twitter Wednesday night. This comes after the Royals finished the season 65-97 after Wednesday’s 9-2 loss in Cleveland. Matheny just completed his third season in charge with the Royals with an overall 165-219 record
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CLEVELAND, Oh. (KMIZ The Kansas City Royals fell short in the final game of the season 9-2 against the Cleveland Guardians. Jonathan Heasley gave up six runs on the day, including four in the first inning. The playoff-bound Guardians won the six-game series. KC finishes the year with a 65-97 record missing the playoffs for
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals fired longtime executive Dayton Moore on Wednesday, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential general manager and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided the series sweep against the Tigers Sunday with a 4-0 home victory. Brady Singer had arguably one of his best performances of the season pitching seven innings allowing just four hits and recording six strikeouts. At the plate, Nick Pratto and Michael Massey both drove in
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DETROIT, MI (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals won the divisional series in Detroit after squeezing out a 3-2 win on Sunday. Bobby Witt Jr. led things at the plate going 2-for-4 with an RBI. MJ Melendez and Nicky Lopez also each drove in a run. On the mound, Max Castillo pitched just over four innings
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TAMPA BAY, Fl. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals lost three during a four-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays after losing the final game 3-2 on Sunday. In Sunday’s matchup, KC’s runs were driven in by MJ Melendez and Bobby Witt Jr. Zack Greinke pitched four innings on the mound giving up two earned runs
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (KMIZ) The Minnesota Twins got the series sweep against the Kansas City Royals after a 4-0 shut out in the final game on Wednesday. This wasn’t the only shut out for Minnesota, the night before they won 9-0 and they only gave up two total runs throughout the three-game series. In Wednesday’s game,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided getting swept by the Dodgers in a shoutout win in Sunday afternoon. The win snapped Los Angeles’ 12-game winning streak. After a 10-run loss on Saturday night, the KC pitching staff bounced back with a dominant outing from Brady Singer. He threw seven strikeouts and allowed
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ The Kansas City Royals won the final game of the series with the Red Sox Sunday 13-5. MJ Melendez had a huge day at the plate going 2-for-3 with six RBI’s. Kyle Isbel also went 2-for-3 with three RBI’s and Michael Massey was 2-for-3 with two RBI’s. Brad Keller got the
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals traded two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for infielder/outfielder Samad Taylor and pitcher Max Castillo on Tuesday. Merrifield has spent his entire, seven-year career in Kansas City. The 33-year-old was batting .240 with six home runs and 42 RBI through the 2022
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BRONX, NY. (KMIZ) After losing the first three games on the road to the Yankees, Kansas City knocked off New York in the final game of the series 8-6. The Royals got off to a 4-0 lead, but the Yankees reclaimed the lead in the seventh with a three-run homer from Anthony Rizzo. Rizzo isn’t
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