The Diamondbacks are finally getting things to fall in their favor. Chris Young came off the disabled list Friday night and provided a pair of RBIs. Joe Saunders kept Arizona in the game after a shaky start, and Miguel Montero drove in three runs against the Kansas City Royals, including the deciding two in the [...]
The Kansas City Royals announced Wednesday that the organization has promoted outfielder Wil Myers and right-handed pitcher Jake Odorizzi from Northwest Arkansas (AA) to Omaha (AAA). Both players will join the Storm Chasers when they return to action tomorrow to host Tacoma at Werner Park. Myers, 21, has dominated the Texas League from the outset, [...]
On the road against the American League’s best offense isn’t the most ideal way to make your season debut. Vin Mazzaro made the most of it. Mazzaro kept Texas’ potent lineup in check for five innings, and Billy Butler and Brayan Pena each drove in a pair of runs to lead the Kansas City Royals [...]
Kansas City starter Bruce Chen was changing speeds, moving pitches inside and outside. Chen kept Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers off balance while pitching into the seventh inning for the Royals to win his second start in a row, 3-1 over the AL West leaders Monday night. “Against that lineup, he was unbelievable,” Royals [...]
The Kansas City Royals lost their starting pitcher in the first inning and were in the middle of a listless day at the plate before Johnny Giavotella turned it all around with one big swing. Giavotella hit a two-run double off Matt Thornton in the seventh inning and Jeff Francoeur belted his first homer of [...]
The Kansas City Royals signed veteran left-handed pitcher Doug Davis to a minor league contract. Davis will begin his Royals career in Surprise, Ariz., at extended spring training before being assigned to Triple-A Omaha. Davis, 36, is 92-108 with a 4.44 ERA in 306 games, including 286 starts, over 13 seasons with the Texas Rangers [...]
Bruce Chen can relax a bit — he’s in the win column. Chen, the Royals’ opening day starter, picked up his first victory of the season Wednesday night as Kansas City held off the Boston Red Sox 4-3. Alcides Escobar drove in the go-ahead run as the Royals solved Jon Lester for the first time [...]
Robinson Cano picked a grand time to break the Yankees out of their offensive slump. The second baseman went deep off Luke Hochevar with the bases loaded in the third inning on Sunday, and Nick Swisher followed with a solo shot two batters later, giving New York plenty of offense in a 10-4 rout of [...]
Felipe Paulino came off the disabled list to toss six shutout innings, Billy Butler drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 5-1 on Saturday night. Paulino (1-0) retired 11 straight to start the game and did not allow a ball out of the infield until Raul Ibanez singled [...]
Leave it to CC Sabathia and Derek Jeter, a couple of grizzled veterans, to give the New York Yankees an uplifting performance when they need it the most. Jeter hit a two-run homer to break open a close game, Sabathia went eight innings for the third straight time, and the Yankees beat the Kansas City [...]