Kris Bubic scattered six hits over seven shutout innings and Bobby Witt Jr. went 4-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs, two stolen bases and two runs scored as the Kansas City Royals completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Chicago White Sox with a 10-0 victory on Thursday afternoon.It was the eighth four-hit game of Witt Jr.'s career. Teammates Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, Jonathan India went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored and Maikel Garcia had two hits, including a two-run triple. Kansas City tied its season high with 17 hits while extending its winning streak to six games. Vinnie Pasquantino, Michael Massey and Drew Waters each added two hits.Bubic (4-2) walked one and struck out seven while lowering his ERA to 1.69. He helped himself by inducing three inning-ending double plays.Lenyn Sosa and Andrew Vaughn each had a double for Chicago, which lost for the 17th time in 20 road games. Davis Martin (1-4) suffered the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits over 4 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out two.Kansas City took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Pasquantino singled with two outs and scored on a double into the gap in left-center by Perez.

Michael Wacha allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings and Bobby Witt Jr. clubbed a two-run homer as the Kansas City Royals hung on to beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Wednesday night.Kansas City has won each of its past 10 home meetings with Chicago.The Royals have scored an average of two runs per game when Wacha (2-4) starts this season, but Witt's long ball was just enough to give Kansas City its fifth straight win overall and 14th in the last 16 games.Wacha issued one walk and struck out five while extending his home shutout streak against the White Sox to 21 games, spanning three starts since the beginning of last season.Royals closer Carlos Estevez made things interesting in the ninth, when he allowed Miguel Vargas' second double of the game to lead off the inning, then back-to-back singles to Luis Robert Jr. -- making it a one-run contest -- and Matt Thaiss.However, with runners on first and second and no outs, Estevez fanned Andrew Vaughn, got Brooks Baldwin to ground into a fielder's choice and struck out Josh Rojas to send Kansas City to its ninth straight win overall against the White Sox. Estevez registered his 11th save.

Bobby Witt Jr.'s long walk-off single capped the Kansas City Royals' two-run rally in the ninth inning as they earned their fourth straight win, 4-3, over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.Witt was 0-for-4 entering the ninth. With the bases loaded and the teams tied at 3, Witt sent a deep fly ball to center field that Luis Robert Jr. was unable to reach, sending in the winning run to give the Royals a ninth consecutive home win over the White Sox.Earlier in the inning, Chicago's Cam Booser (0-3) allowed a leadoff walk to Mark Canha, who went to second when Drew Waters' popup bounced off the forehead of second baseman Chase Meidroth. Freddy Fermin then reached on a bunt single to load the bases.With one out, Kansas City's Jonathan India grounded a ball up the middle that White Sox shortstop Jadob Amaya gloved, but he tossed off-target to second on a force attempt, allowing the tying run to score. The Royals have won 13 of their last 15 games.Kansas City's Seth Lugo allowed two runs on seven hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings. He was outdueled by Chicago's Sean Burke, who allowed four hits, including Kyle Isbel's sixth-inning solo homer, and three walks in 6 1/3 innings.After being held without a run through the first 12 innings of this series, Chicago struck first in the fourth. Brooks Baldwin found the hole through the left side of the Royals' infield for an RBI hit.

Cole Ragans struck out 11 over five solid innings and Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits with an RBI, as the Kansas City Royals continued their recent dominance over the visiting Chicago White Sox with Monday night's 3-0 victory.Maikel Garcia and Drew Waters each had a run-scoring hit, while Garcia and Witt stole two bases apiece for the Royals, who won their third straight and 12th in the last 14 games. Kansas City has won seven in a row and 15 of the last 16 versus Chicago, which managed six hits and fanned 14 times while losing their eighth consecutive road contest against the Royals.The White Sox have been shut out four times already in 2025.Ragans (2-1), who missed his previous turn in the rotation due to a groin issue, yielded three hits and two walks but recorded at least 10 strikeouts for the fourth time this season. The left-hander was never really threatened by the White Sox.Meanwhile, Chicago rookie Shane Smith (1-2) also was solid -- for the most part -- but allowed two runs, five hits and three walks while striking out five. He was lifted with a man on and nobody out in the sixth.Ragans and Smith dueled for 3 1/2 scoreless innings. Then in the bottom of the fourth, Witt opened with a single to left, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch, and after Salvador Perez walked, scored via Garcia's grounded single through the drawn-in left side of the Chicago infield.

Maikel Garcia hit two of the Royals' seven homers as the Kansas City defeated the host Baltimore Orioles 11-6 in the rubber game of a three-game series Sunday afternoon.Royals star Bobby Witt Jr.'s tiebreaking home run came in the seventh inning and was immediately followed by Vinnie Pasquantino's blast.Jonathan India, Luke Maile in his Kansas City debut and Michael Massey also homered for the Royals, who have won 11 of their last 13 games. Garcia and Pasquantino each collected three hits.Jackson Holliday had his first career multi-homer game with two blasts and Cedric Mullins and Ryan O'Hearn also went deep for Baltimore.The teams combined for 11 home runs -- the first 10 were solo shots until Massey's two-run blast in the ninth.Angel Zerpa (2-0) was the winning pitcher in relief, giving up one run in 1 1/3 innings. O's reliever Yennier Cano (0-1) took the loss, yielding two runs in one inning.Garcia and Holliday hit matching solo home runs in the second inning.Adley Rutschman's third-inning RBI double put Baltimore ahead 2-1.The Royals countered in the fourth to go ahead on Drew Waters' two-out, two-run single.

Kris Bubic threw five shutout innings and three relievers completed the six-hitter in the Royals' 4-0 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.Cavan Biggio, Kyle Isbel and Vinnie Pasquantino all hit solo home runs as the Royals won for the 10th time in 12 games. Maikel Garci went 3-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.Daniel Lynch IV, Lucas Erceg and John Schreiber worked in relief of Bubic (3-2), who gave up four singles, issued a walk and struck out three during his 72-pitch outing. Lynch logged two innings, while Erceg struck out two of the four batters he faced.Gunnar Henderson had half of Baltimore's hits. The Orioles, who dropped to 8-8 in home games, were without an extra-base hit. They grounded into a double play and stranded seven runners on base.Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano (3-2) took the loss, charged with two runs in six innings.The Royals got on the board in the fourth on Garcia's run-scoring single with two outs. That was Kansas City's lone hit in six opportunities with a runner in scoring position.Biggio hit his first home run of the season in the fifth.After Bryan Baker threw a scoreless seventh inning out of the Baltimore bullpen, Isbel and Pasquantino homered off Seranthony Dominguez in the eighth. It was Isbel's second homer this year and Pasquantino's fifth.

Baltimore's Dean Kremer threw seven shutout innings and Ryan O'Hearn broke up a scoreless tie with a two-run, seventh-inning home run as the Orioles beat the visiting Kansas City Royals 3-0 in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.Yennier Cano and Felix Bautista each pitched an inning of relief to complete the combined four-hitter.O'Hearn and Ryan Mountcastle had two hits apiece for the Orioles, who have won three of their last four games.Michael Wacha matched Kremer through six innings before the Orioles got on the board.Kremer (3-4), who entered the game with a 7.04 ERA in 6 starts, limited the Royals to three hits and one walk with two strikeouts.Bautista was credited with his sixth save. The Royals were shut out for the fourth time this season.Kansas City's Michael Massey and Freddy Fermin posted two hits apiece, but the Royals lost for just the second time in their last 11 games. Massey's second-inning double was the only extra-base hit for Kansas City.Wacha (1-4) had thrown six scoreless innings Saturday against Houston, so he was in a groove as well. But his line ended up at three runs on seven hits with a walk and three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Less than 24 hours after taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning of his MLB debut, Noah Cameron is on his way back to Triple-A Omaha.The Kansas City Royals optioned the 6-foot-3 left-hander to the Storm Chasers on Thursday, a day after Cameron threw 79 pitches and allowed just one hit over 6 1/3 innings in the Royals' 3-0 win at Tampa Bay. That lone hit came off the bat of Curtis Mead, who laced a single to left and prompted a pitching change.Considered one of Kansas City's top prospects, the 25-year-old Cameron -- a Missouri native who went to high school some 60 miles north of Kauffman Stadium -- became the first pitcher to record that many hitless innings in his debut since April 2018.

Noah Cameron took a no-hitter into the seventh inning of his major league debut, propelling the visiting Kansas City Royals to a 3-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday.In the seventh, Cameron retired Brandon Lowe on a grounder. Danny Jansen walked before Curtis Mead singled to left, ending Cameron's no-hit bid and his outing. Three relievers followed, closing out a four-hit shutout.Cameron (1-0) allowed just one hit while walking five and striking out three after being called up from Triple-A Omaha before the game. Vinnie Pasquantino launched a two-run homer and Bobby Witt Jr. tallied two hits and an RBI for the Royals, who clinched the three-game series and won their eighth game in nine tries.Kansas City closer Carlos Estevez surrendered singles to Kameron Misner and Jonathan Aranda in the ninth but struck out Taylor Walls and retired Chandler Simpson on a fly ball to earn his ninth save.Drew Rasmussen (1-2) allowed three runs on six hits over five innings for Tampa Bay, while striking out three and walking one. The Rays dropped their second game in a row after a five-game winning streak.Pasquantino followed Witt's one-out single in the first with his fourth homer of the season to give Kansas City an early edge.Cameron retired the first four batters he faced before issuing a one-out walk to Lowe in the second. The 25-year-old left-hander picked up the first strikeout to end the third inning, getting Simpson to whiff on a 1-2 slider.

Bobby Witt Jr. slugged a two-run homer, extending his career-best hitting streak to 22 games, and had three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals completed a three-game road sweep with an 8-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday afternoon.In the Royals' season-high 15-hit output, Maikel Garcia was 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and three stolen bases. Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-6 with a double and two RBIs. Freddie Fermin was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs as the Royals moved to 11-1 when posting at least four runs.Starting pitcher Seth Lugo (3-3) allowed two runs on five hits in six innings. The right-hander fanned five without a walk.Tampa Bay's Yandy Diaz popped a solo homer, while Jonathan Aranda was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Chandler Simpson had two infield singles and a run as the Rays slipped to 9-13 at home.Starter Shane Baz (3-1) struggled throughout and allowed seven runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out one and walked three.After producing just one run in the series' first two games, the Rays matched the total in the first inning as Diaz bashed his fourth homer just right of dead center off Lugo's four-seam fastball.Baz avoided a first-and-third, no-out situation in the third when the Rays challenged the safe call at third base on baserunner Drew Waters. The play was overturned, and the Royals were kept scoreless.

Freddy Fermin went 3-for-4 with an RBI, Michael Lorenzen crafted six strong innings, and the Kansas City Royals opened a six-game road trip with a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday.Fermin was hit in the hand in the seventh inning while attempting to bunt but stayed in the game and produced an insurance run with a two-out RBI single in the ninth.Lorenzen (3-3) allowed just one run on four hits. He fanned four and walked two in his second consecutive quality start as the Royals won for the seventh time in eight games.Kansas City's Salvador Perez doubled home a run, and Kyle Isbel hit a sacrifice fly. Bobby Witt Jr. singled in the eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to an 20 games, the longest active stretch in the majors. The shortstop also stole his team-leading ninth base.Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero homered and doubled in a 3-for-4 showing. Yandy Diaz went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk as the Rays had their five-game winning streak end.Rays starter Taj Bradley (2-2) settled down after allowing single markers in the first and second innings. In seven innings, he yielded two runs on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts.The Royals jumped on top in the first inning when Perez slashed a two-out double to right-center to bring home Jonathan India, who had singled. Isbel then produced a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead a frame later.

Yordan Alvarez and Jeremy Pena drove in three runs apiece, and Chas McCormick went 3-for-4 with three runs scored for the Houston Astros, who avoided a sweep in Kansas City by beating the Royals 7-3 on Sunday.Houston's Hunter Brown (4-1) pitched six innings, allowing an earned run on seven hits. He finished with nine strikeouts and one walk.Jonathan India reached three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 for his third multi-hit game in his last four starts. Kansas City had 11 hits but stranded seven runners.Kris Bubic (2-2) gave up four runs on five hits and three walks over five innings. He struck out four.After losing 2-0 on Friday and Saturday, the Astros ended the series on an upswing by pounding out nine hits, including five for extra bases.McCormick started the Astros' third with a leadoff single. After Pena lined out, Isaac Paredes walked, and Alvarez put Houston up with a three-run home run, his third of the season, that went 436 feet to center field.In the fifth, McCormick doubled to center to start the fifth and scored on Pena's line drive single to left. An inning later, Pena's two-out double to left off Chris Stratton plated Zach Dezenzo and McCormick.

Michael Wacha threw six scoreless innings and Vinnie Pasquantino launched a solo home run, propelling the Kansas City Royals to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Houston Astros on Saturday.Wacha (1-3) picked up his first win this season, allowing just four hits while striking out six and walking two. Mark Canha had a hit and an RBI for the Royals, who clinched the weekend series and won their sixth straight game. Carlos Estevez threw a perfect ninth for Kansas City, securing his seventh save.Framber Valdez (1-3) threw an eight-inning complete game, allowing two runs on three hits, striking out five and walking a pair. Isaac Paredes had two of the Astros' six hits as the club dropped its second in a row following a three-game winning streak.Jonathan India's walk and Bobby Witt's double began Kansas City's offense in the first inning, before Canha drove in the first run with a one-out sacrifice fly.Valdez then retired the next 11 Royals in order, before Pasquantino's 412-foot solo homer in the fifth doubled Kansas City's lead.

Seth Lugo pitched eight shutout innings for Kansas City on Friday as the host Royals extended their winning streak to five games with a 2-0 victory over the Houston Astros.Lugo (2-3) ended a three-start losing streak with his best effort in the young season as he struck out a season-best eight. He pitched into the eighth inning for the first time, yielding just one walk and a season-low three hits.Lugo, last season's runner-up for the American League Cy Young Award, retired the first 11 batters he faced before Isaac Paredes took him to right for an opposite-field double. Lugo dropped his ERA from 3.90 to 3.08.Hayden Wesneski (1-2) scattered eight hits in five-plus innings. He struck out one, but the Royals got both runs off the right-hander by manufacturing them.Kansas City's Drew Waters went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, and he scored after the second one. In the fifth inning, he moved to third on Freddy Fermin's sacrifice bunt and scored on Kyle Isbel's sacrifice fly.Hunter Renfroe's sacrifice fly an inning later scored Vinnie Pasquantino.Paredes accounted for two of Houston's hits, but the Astros' best chance to get to Lugo came in the sixth.

Michael Lorenzen threw six quality innings and Salvador Perez tallied three hits and a pair of RBIs, helping the host Kansas City Royals post a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in the second half of a doubleheader on Thursday.Lorenzen (2-3) allowed just one run on five hits, striking out seven and walking four, as the Royals won their fourth game in a row and swept the three-game series with Colorado. Kansas City took Game 1 7-4 on Thursday afternoon.Colorado rookie Chase Dollander (1-3) allowed five runs on seven hits across 4 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking a pair. Jordan Beck, who slugged his first home run of the season in the first game of the doubleheader, launched two more solo homers in Game 2 -- accounting for both Colorado runs.Jacob Stallings and Aaron Schunk also had two hits apiece for the Rockies, who dropped their 11th game in 12 tries and fell to 1-14 away from home this season.Perez doubled to begin the bottom of the second and scored the game's first run on Michael Massey's sacrifice fly.In the third, Freddy Fermin led off with a single for Kansas City and Jonathan India walked. Fermin was later picked off by Stallings, but Vinnie Pasquantino's RBI single doubled the Royals' lead.Dollander got the first two outs of the fifth, but allowed India's double and Bobby Witt Jr.'s run-scoring single. After walking Pasquantino, Dollander surrendered Perez's two-run double, ending his outing.

Kansas City Royals ace left-hander Cole Ragans will undergo testing on his left groin after sustaining the injury and leaving Thursday's start against the Colorado Rockies after three innings.Ragans had trouble getting loose in the bullpen prior to the game and the soreness continued through his 62-pitch outing."Cole was not 100 percent," Royals catcher Salvador Perez said after the team's 7-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. "I could tell from the bullpen he was not right."The 2024 All-Star struggled throughout and gave up four runs on three hits and two walks. He served up two homers and struck out four.Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said Ragans felt the groin tighten up between the third and fourth innings. The manager then replaced Ragans with lefty Angel Zerpa.

Wednesday night's game between the Colorado Rockies and host Kansas City Royals was postponed due to rain.The contest was delayed more than two hours and 15 minutes before it was called. The Royals said it was postponed "out of an abundance of caution."The game will be made up Thursday as part of a doubleheader. The first game is slated to start at 1:10 p.m. CT.Left-hander Cole Ragans (1-1, 3.58 ERA) will start Game 1 for Kansas City. Right-hander Michael Lorenzen (1-3, 4.57) is slated to start the second game. Lorenzen was Wednesday's scheduled starter.

Kyle Isbel had three RBIs and Salvador Perez drove in a pair of runs, lifting the host Kansas City Royals to a 7-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon.Drew Waters had two hits and an RBI and Michael Massey also drove in a run for the Royals, who won their third straight game.Kansas City starter Cole Ragans pitched just three innings, allowing four runs on three hits while striking out four and walking two. Relievers Angel Zerpa (1-0) and Steven Cruz each threw two scoreless innings and Carlos Estevez worked a perfect ninth to earn his sixth save.German Marquez (0-4) surrendered six runs on eight hits over four innings, issuing three strikeouts and three walks.Hunter Goodman had a homer and three RBIs for the Rockies, who lost for the 10th time in their last 11 games.Jordan Beck also went deep among his two hits.Colorado began the game's scoring in the first inning, as Goodman's RBI single scored Brenton Doyle - who led off with a walk.Kansas City quickly answered in the home half of the first inning. Maikel Garcia doubled and Bobby Witt Jr. was hit by a slider before Perez drove in both runners with a one-out double.Beck launched a 419-foot solo homer in the second inning to forge a 2-2 tie.

Freddy Fermin drilled a game-winning single with the bases loaded and none out in the 11th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 4-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.Drew Waters went 3-for-4 with a homer and a triple and Kris Bubic pitched seven scoreless innings for the Royals in the opener of a two-game set. The Royals have won two straight games following a six-game losing streak.Jacob Stallings laced a three-run double to give Colorado the lead in the top of the ninth inning but the Rockies' road losing streak eventually extended to 11 games. Colorado is 1-12 away from home this season and just 4-18 overall.Mark Canha was the automatic runner in the Kansas City 11th and Bobby Witt Jr. was intentionally walked. Trevor Kinley (0-1) threw a wild pitch on his first delivery home to move the runners up and Colorado then intentionally walked Vinny Pasquantino.Fermin then hit the single to center to score Canha with the decisive run. The reserve catcher entered the game as a pinch-runner in the bottom of the ninth but had a huge impact as he also picked off Colorado's Mickey Moniak off third in the top of the 10th.Daniel Lynch IV (3-0) pitched a scoreless top of the 11th for the Royals.The Rockies were one out away from being blanked in the ninth when Royals closer Carlos Estevez issued walks to Ryan McMahon, Hunter Goodman and Michael Toglia. Stallings then jumped on a 1-2 slider and ripped it into the left-field corner to clear the bases.Kansas City answered in the bottom of the ninth as Salvador Perez singled to right off Seth Halvorsen and Mikael Garcia followed with a double to left. Michael Massey hit a sacrifice fly to left to score pinch-runner Fermin and tie it.

Bobby Witt Jr. hit a 10th-inning sacrifice fly as the visiting Kansas City Royals snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.Mark Canha and Drew Waters each had two hits and an RBI for the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino drove in the other run and Carlos Estevez (1-0) pitched the last two innings to get the win.Starter Michael Wacha gave up two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked none.Detroit's Tarik Skubal, who didn't give up a run in his previous two starts, allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked one.Zach McKinstry had three hits and two RBIs and Kerry Carpenter supplied three hits with an RBI for Detroit.The Royals generated two runs in the second. Maikel Garcia, Hunter Renfroe and Pasquantino rapped consecutive singles to score one run. With two out, Waters knocked in the second run with another single.Detroit tied it 2-2 in the fifth. Colt Keith and Trey Sweeney had back-to-back singles to put runners on the corners. After Javier Baez struck out and Gleyber Torres popped out, Carpenter singled to right to bring home Keith. McKinstry then singled to center to score Sweeney.