KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals found a spark after the MLB All-Star break Sunday to avoid the series sweep against the Tampa Bay Rays in an 8-4 victory. Kansas City got off to a 7-0 lead through seven innings of play, before the Rays put together four runs in the eighth to
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Royals have extended the All-Star break by a day as Kansas City announced that Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays would be postponed until Saturday, July 15. With the weather cancellation, KC and Tampa Bay will now play a split doubleheader at Kauffman Stadium with game one scheduled
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CLEVELAND, Ohio. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher Rorik Maltrud agreed to an undrafted free agent deal with the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday. The deal made him the fifth Tiger to find his way to the pros in 2023. Maltrud came to Mizzou as a transfer from New Mexico State in 2023. In his one season in
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KMIZ) Mizzou baseball standout Luke Mann heard his name called in the 2023 MLB Draft on Tuesday afternoon. The Oakland Athletics drafted Mann with the No. 406 overall pick in the 14th round. The St. Louis native came back for his fifth season in the black and gold in 2023 and what a
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Rock Bridge baseball alum Spencer Nivens is staying home for his professional career. The Kansas City Royals drafted Nivens with the No. 142 overall pick in the fifth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. Nivens went to college at Missouri State, where he posted a Missouri Valley Conference Player of the
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CHICAGO, Ill. (KMIZ) Former Mizzou pitcher Zach Franklin got drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2023 MLB Draft on Monday. The righty went with the No. 299 overall pick in the 10th round. Franklin came to Columbia as a sixth-year transfer from Western Carolina. In his Tiger career, he tallied 59 strikeouts over
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CHICAGO, Ill. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals will head into the All-Star break with some much-needed momentum, following a 4-3, extra innings win against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. The victory secured the series win for the birds, 2-1. STL had a one-run lead headed into the bottom of the seventh inning, courtesy
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CLEVELAND, Oh. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided a series sweep in Cleveland Sunday winning the finale game 4-1. The Guardians still managed to walk away from the series with three wins before the All-Star break. In Sunday’s finale game, Cleveland scored first, but the Royals busted things open with three runs in the sixth
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MIAMI, Fl. (KMIZ) Jack Flaherty pitched a shutout in his second straight start as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins 3-0 on Thursday night to avoid a series sweep. St. Louis fell during the first three games of the series, two of which were decided by one run, including Wednesday’s 10-9 loss that
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MINNEAPOLIS, Mn. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals were shut out in Wednesday’s series 5-0 against the Twins as Minnesota completes the 3-0 series sweep. Pablo López pitched his first career shutout, a four-hitter complete with a career-high 12 strikeouts against Kansas City. He managed to retire 15 straight from the third to the eighth inning.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The MLB announced Sunday that Kansas City Royals Captain Salvador Perez has been named an American League All-Star for the eighth time in his career. With his eighth selection, Salvy now has the second most All-Star selections in Royals history. Perez was selected as a reserve for the second time in his
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jordan Montgomery beat the Yankees for the second time since they traded him last summer, leading the Red Birds to a 5-1 win on Sunday to take the series 2-1. Montgomery allowed an unearned run, two hits and three walks in nearly seven innings pitched, not to
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals seemed to find a mid-season spark this weekend at Kauffman Stadium getting the series win against the Los Angeles Dodgers. This marks KC’s first series win since the middle of May. In Sunday’s finale, the Royals managed to put together 15 total hits to claim a 9-1
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIS) The St. Louis Cardinals got shut out at Busch Stadium in Thursday’s series finale against the Astros 14-0. Houston claims the series 2-1. Adam Wainwright marked career start number 400 Thursday, but only pitched about two innings before bring pulled after allowing six runs. Jake Woodford and Alec Buleson also spent
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado was elected to his fifth start in the upcoming 2023 All-Star game. After a slow start to the season, Arenado caught fire in the last month and a half. At the midway point in the season, Arenado is batting .273 with 16 home runs.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Royals avoided the home sweep against the Cleveland Guardians after a late rally secured a 4-3 victory in extra innings. Thursday’s game marked the halfway point in the season. Right now, KC sits 23-58, 35 games below .500. The Royals offense struggled from the bat before finally getting
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals hope to settle on the location for a new ballpark by the end of the summer, and owner John Sherman said Thursday that he envisions the club playing in a new stadium by the 2027 or 2028 season. The long-preferred
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (KMIZ) The Kansas City bats failed to get going in the series finale against Tampa Bay on Sunday, as the Royals fell 3-1. With the KC loss, the four-game series ended in a split. The Rays out-hit the Royals 7-4 on Sunday afternoon, as Maikel Garcia was the only Kansas City player
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LONDON, England. (KMIZ) St. Louis rallied its way to a 7-5 win against Chicago in game two of the London series, after trailing by four runs in the first inning. With the win, the Cardinals split the series 1-1 with the Cubs. The red birds are still in last place in the National League, central
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KMIZ) The St. Louis Cardinals missed out on a sweep against the Washington Nationals in a 3-0 loss on Wednesday afternoon, but the club still managed to win four out of its last six games to win two series straight. The four wins came right before the birds will make a trip across
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