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The Kansas City Royals are bringing back veteran Adam Frazier, trading fellow infielder Cam Devanney to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange on Wednesday.Frazier, 33, signed as a free agent with the Royals before the 2024 season and with the Pirates before the 2025 season.Last season in Kansas City, Frazier hit a career-low .202 with four home runs and 22 RBIs in 104 games.In 78 games in Pittsburgh this season, he has rebounded with a .255 average, three home runs and 21 RBIs.Frazier was drafted by the Pirates in the sixth round in 2013 and has a career batting average of .263 with 963 hits and 360 RBIs with Pittsburgh (2016-21, 2025), San Diego Padres (2021), Seattle Mariners (2022), Baltimore Orioles (2023) and Royals. He was an All-Star in 2021.

Kansas City rookie Noah Cameron matched a career high with eight strikeouts while pitching into the seventh, but the Royals needed Nick Loftin's walk-off RBI single in the ninth to win 3-2 over the visiting New York Mets on Sunday.New York trailed 2-0 entering the ninth against All-Star Royals closer Carlos Estevez (4-2). Ronny Mauricio led off with a liner that left fielder Loftin misread and ended up as a double. Pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil followed with an RBI triple that nearly left the park and eventually scored on Jared Young's sacrifice fly to tie the contest.However, after rookie Tyler Tolbert singled for just his second career hit and stole second in the Royals' ninth, Loftin atoned for his defensive gaffe. He sent a pitch from Sean Manaea (0-1) into left field to break the tie and salvage the finale after Kansas City dropped the first two of this set.Cameron, meanwhile, continued the stellar start to his major-league career since debuting April 30. The left-hander recorded his seventh quality start while yielding seven hits and two walks over 6 2/3 innings to lower his ERA to 2.31 in 12 big-league starts.New York's Clay Holmes allowed only John Rave's two-run double in the second and four other hits, plus a walk, over five innings.

The Kansas City Royals placed right-hander Michael Lorenzen on the 15-day injured list Monday with a left oblique strain.The move is retroactive to Friday, with Lorenzen last pitching July 6 when he dominated with seven scoreless innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks, while allowing two hits.Lorenzen, 33, is 5-8 with a 4.61 ERA in 18 starts this season. In 11 career seasons with the Cincinnati Reds (2015-21), Los Angeles Angels (2022), Detroit Tigers (2023), Philadelphia Phillies (2023), Texas Rangers (2024) and Royals, he is 52-52 with a 4.06 ERA in 386 appearances (111 starts).

Frankie Montas allowed one run while pitching into the sixth inning, and Juan Soto clubbed a two-run homer, securing the New York Mets their first winning road series in more than a month with Saturday's 3-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals.Making his fourth start of the season after missing roughly the first three months with a lat strain, Montas (2-1) was quite solid. He survived a 21-pitch first inning without yielded a run. For the game, he gave up four hits and struck out five; his only earned run came on Jonathan India's RBI double in the sixth.Soto, meanwhile, went deep for the second straight game for New York, which managed six hits but build on Friday's 8-3 series-opening victory to win back-to-back road contests for the first time since sweeping a three-game set at Colorado on June 6-8. Edwin Diaz pinched the final two innings for his 19th save.Kansas City won four straight entering this series, but is 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position the last two days. India's two doubles accounted for half of the Royals' hits Saturday.After scheduled starter Michael Lorenzen was scratched due to illness, it turned into a bullpen day for Kansas City. Angel Zerpa pitched a scoreless first, then Jonathan Bowlan (1-2) pitched the next three, but yielded Soto's drive, with Franciso Lindor on second base, that landed into the second tier of the right-field fountains in the fourth for a 2-0 Mets edge.

Mark Vientos laced a go-ahead, three-run double in the eighth inning, Franciso Lindor added a three-run insurance homer in the ninth and the visiting New York Mets cooled off the Kansas City Royals with Friday night's 8-3 victory.After Kansas City's Bobby Witt Jr. broke a 1-1 tie with his two-run homer in the seventh off Huascar Brazoban (5-2), New York immediately answered in the eighth. The Royals' Steven Cruz (2-1) allowed a single to Brandon Nimmo, then walked Lindor and Juan Soto to load the bases with nobody out.All-Star closer Carlos Estevez came on for a potential six-out save and struck out Pete Alonso, who broke the bat over his knee in frustration. However, Vientos followed by clearing the bases via a right field gap-splitter to put the Mets ahead 4-3.An inning later, Lindor iced matters by barely clearing the right-center-field wall with two on off Taylor Clarke. Soto followed with a solo shot as the Mets won for just the third time in 13 road games.Kodai Senga grinded out four scoreless innings, allowing four hits, two walks and fanning four in his return from missing roughly a month with a hamstring issue. New York batters struck out 12 times, but drew eight walks.

Kansas City Royals right-hander Michael Lorenzen was scratched from Saturday's start due to an illness.Left-hander Angel Zerpa replaced Lorenzen for the game against the visiting New York Mets.Lorenzen, 33, is 5-8 with a 4.61 ERA through 18 starts this season.

Salvador Perez went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs to propel the Kansas City Royals to a 4-3 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday.Perez's second homer broke a 3-3 tie in the eighth inning, helping the Royals complete the three-game sweep and extend the club's winning streak to four.Kris Bubic allowed three runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings for Kansas City, striking out six and walking two. Rookie Jac Caglianone demolished a two-run homer to center field in the win.Lucas Erceg (4-2) threw a perfect eighth for Kansas City, while closer Carlos Estevez worked around a one-out single in the ninth to seal the win and earn his 25th save of the season.Bailey Falter allowed three runs and six hits in his 4 2/3-inning stint, while striking out three and walking two for Pittsburgh. Ke'Bryan Hayes drove in a pair of runs and Tommy Pham went 3-for-4 for the Pirates, who dropped their sixth straight game. Isaac Mattson (2-1) surrendered two hits -- including Perez's eighth-inning homer -- and a walk.Kansas City struck first in the bottom of the second, as Perez turned around Falter's first-pitch sinker with his 12th home run of the season -- a 444-foot solo shot with no outs.

The Kansas City Royals are signing former Cy Young Award winner Dallas Keuchel to a minor league deal, ESPN reported WednesdayThe 37-year-old left-hander will start at Triple-A Omaha and will earn a prorated $2 million salary if he reaches the big leagues, per the report.Keuchel has not pitched in the majors for nearly a full calendar year. He elected to become a free agent on July 18, 2024, after being designated for assignment by the Milwaukee Brewers.

After clubbing a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, Kansas City's Nick Loftin recorded a walk-off single in the ninth for the Royals' 4-3 home win over the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.Maikel Garcia and Salvador Perez posted back-to-back singles off Pittsburgh's Dennis Santana (2-2) to open the ninth. Then with one out, Loftin sent an Isaac Matson pitch just out of the reach of sliding Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz to send Kansas City to a second straight victory over the Pirates and first winning home series since May 5-8.Jac Caglianone also went deep for the Royals, who are 6-2 in July following an 8-18 June. Pittsburgh, meanwhile, has been outscored 34-11 during a seven-game road skid.The finish overshadowed a splendid pitcher's duel between Pittsburgh's Mitch Keller and Seth Lugo of Kansas City. Keller allowed three runs on two homers, and two other hits over 6 2/3 innings. Meanwhile, Lugo yielded solo homers to Cruz and Nick Gonzales, plus two other hits while pitching into the seventh.Keller yielded just the fourth hit in a 53 at-bat stretch for Caglianone, who cleared the right-center field wall for a 1-0 Kansas City lead in the second. But, with two out in the fourth, Cruz snapped a 0-for-14 rut by finding the fountains over the right-field wall.Opening the seventh, Gonzales ended Lugo's night when he went deep to straight-away center for a 2-1 Pirates' edge.

Bobby Witt. Jr. clubbed a two-run homer and had three RBIs, as Kansas City went deep four times, while rookie Noah Cameron allowed two runs over seven strong innings of the Royals' 9-3 home win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night.Vinnie Pasquantino, Salvador Perez and Nick Loftin each hit solo homers for the Royals, who have won five of seven following a 5-14 rut.Cameron (3-4), meanwhile, yielded Tommy Pham's two-run home run in the third that snapped Pittsburgh's 30-inning scoreless streak, plus two other hits and struck out seven with a walk, while setting career highs for innings and pitches (109) in his 11th MLB start.Alexander Canario added a ninth-inning RBI single, one of the four hits for Pittsburgh, which has dropped six straight on the road. The Pirates' Andrew Heaney (4-8) allowed four runs and six hits in just three innings.Kansas City opened the scoring in the first. With two out, Pasquantino clubbed a Heaney fastball well over the right-field fence for a 1-0 Royals lead.However, in the third, the Pirates scored for the first time in four games. Henry Davis singled and eventually scored on Pham's long ball that put Pittsburgh ahead 2-1.Kansas City, though, regained the lead for good during its half of the third. Jonathan India and Witt singled, and Maikel Garcia came through with a one-out RBI single. Perez just missed clearing the left-center field wall, settling for a run-scoring double.

Michael Lorenzen pitched seven scoreless innings and won for the first time in nearly a month on Sunday as the Kansas City Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 in Phoenix.Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez homered for the Royals, who took two out of the three games in Arizona. Kyle Isbel went 2-for-4 with an RBI, and Vinnie Pasquantino was also 2-for-4 with two doubles.Lorenzen (5-8) pitched seven innings and allowed just two hits and a walk to record his first victory on the mound since beating the Chicago White Sox on June 8. He also matched his season high with seven strikeouts.The Diamondbacks, who entered Sunday averaging 5.2 runs per game, were shut out for just the second time this season, with the other instance occurring on April 11. They were also held to just three hits, tying a season low that's happened four other times -- including Thursday's 7-2 loss over the San Francisco Giants.Lorenzen did not give up a hit until Randal Grichuk doubled with two out in the fifth.

The Kansas City Royals placed left-hander Daniel Lynch IV on the 15-day injured list on Sunday because of left elbow nerve irritation.In a corresponding move, the Royals recalled right-hander Jonathan Bowlan from Triple-A Omaha.Lynch, 28, pitched one scoreless inning of relief on Saturday and allowed two walks with one strikeout in a 7-1 road loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.He is 3-2 with one save, a 2.59 ERA, 22 walks and 29 strikeouts in 41 2/3 innings over 39 games (two starts).The Royals selected Lynch in the first round (34th overall) of the 2018 MLB Draft out of the University of Virginia. He is 16-25 with two saves, a 4.62 ERA, 135 walks and 279 strikeouts in 337 innings over 106 games (56 starts) in parts of five seasons.

Ryne Nelson retired the first 16 batters he faced, Randal Grichuk homered and the host Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Saturday.The Diamondbacks snapped a three-game losing streak and evened the three-game series.The Royals had won three of their last four.Nelson (5-2) allowed a run and four hits over seven innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out five.Freddy Fermin's looping single to right center broke the spell of 16 consecutive batters retired with one out in the sixth. Jonathan India lined a single to center one out later to send Fermin to third. Bobby Witt Jr. followed with a run-scoring single to right to put the Royals on the board and make the score 4-1.Nelson got help in preventing further damage in the inning when centerfielder Alek Thomas made a sliding catch coming in on Vinnie Pasquantino's liner with two out and runners on first and third.Kansas City starter and loser Michael Wacha (4-9) gave up four runs and four hits in four-plus innings with four walks and four strikeouts.

Vinnie Pasquantino went 3-for-5 with two home runs and six RBIs on Friday, propelling the Kansas City Royals to a 9-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix.Kris Bubic (7-6) allowed three runs on seven hits in seven innings, striking out six and walking three for the Royals, who have won three of four after a 1-8 stretch to end June. Bobby Witt Jr. added three hits, two runs and an RBI in the win.Arizona starter Eduardo Rodriguez (3-5) permitted a career-high-tying nine runs (eight earned) on a career-high 12 hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked none. Eugenio Suarez belted his 28th home run of the season for the Diamondbacks, who have lost three straight and seven of nine.Kansas City led 3-0 before an out was recorded. Jonathan India was hit by a pitch, Witt singled and Pasquantino blasted a homer to right field.Arizona cut into the deficit in the bottom of the first. Ketel Marte led off with a single and Geraldo Perdomo walked before Lourdes Gurriel Jr. advanced both runners with a groundout. Suarez drove in the Diamondbacks' first run with a sacrifice fly, and Josh Naylor followed with an RBI single to make it 3-2.The Royals added three more runs in the second. Freddy Fermin and John Rave singled before India reached on a fielding error by second baseman Marte. Witt and Pasquantino singled to drive in a run apiece, and Salvador Perez's RBI groundout extended the Royals' advantage to 6-2.

Vinnie Pasquantino's two-run single broke a tie in the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 3-2 Thursday night to earn a split of a four-game series.Seth Lugo (6-5) pitched 6 1/3 strong innings for the Royals, who won for just the third time in 12 games. The right-hander allowed one run on six hits with two walks and seven strikeouts.Carlos Estevez got the final four outs for his 24th save of the season despite a harrowing ninth.Dominic Canzone led off with a homer to straightaway center to pull Seattle within a run.Pinch hitter Miles Mastrobuoni blooped a hit to right, and J.P. Crawford lined a one-out single to left, with a wild pitch advancing both runners. Estevez caught Julio Rodriguez looking at a called third strike and got Cal Raleigh, the American League Player of the Month for June, to ground out feebly to second to end the game.Seattle's Jorge Polanco went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a homer leading off the fourth inning that opened the scoring.The Royals trailed 1-0 heading into the seventh before scoring three times.

Randy Arozarena homered for the fourth time in the past three games and added a sacrifice fly as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday.Mariners slugger Cal Raleigh, named the American League's starting catcher for the All-Star Game earlier in the day, got just his second night off in 86 games this season.Arozarena led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a 418-foot blast to straightaway center off Royals reliever John Schreiber, tying the score at 1-all. It was his 12th long ball of the year.The Mariners broke the tie with two runs in the seventh.Ben Williamson led off with a double to right-center before Cole Young hit a comebacker to the mound. Left-hander Angel Zerpa (3-1) tried to catch Williamson off second, but Williamson was able to slide back safely to leave runners at first and second.J.P. Crawford dropped a sacrifice bunt down the third base line to put both runners in scoring position.The Royals brought in Steven Cruz to face Julio Rodriguez, who hit a hard one-hopper that went off the heel of third baseman Maikel Garcia's glove. The ball ricocheted high into the air, allowing Williamson to score. Arozarena then lifted a sac fly to center to give the Mariners a 3-1 lead.Seattle reliever Matt Brash, making his 20th appearance, allowed his first run of the season in the eighth. However, Andres Munoz tossed a perfect ninth inning for his 19th save. Carlos Vargas (3-5) got the victory with a scoreless seventh.The Royals opened the scoring in the first. Witt singled with one out, stole second and scored on Salvador Perez's two-out single off the left field wall.

Salvador Perez went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 6-3 on Tuesday.Five Royals combined for 4 1/3 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief as Kansas City won for just the second time in the past 10 games. Lucas Erceg (3-2) got the victory after quelling a seventh-inning jam, and Carlos Estevez worked a perfect ninth for his 23rd save.Randy Arozarena homered for the Mariners, his third in the first two games of the four-game series. Seattle took the opener 6-2 on Monday.The Royals scored once in the first inning on Tuesday and twice in the second off Seattle right-hander Emerson Hancock (3-5).Jonathan India led off the game with a ground-rule double to right-center field and scored on Maikel Garcia's two-out single to center.Rookie Jac Caglianone drew a leadoff walk in the second and scored on Nick Loftin's double to left. John Rave lined a single to right to move Loftin to third, Kyle Isbel's RBI forceout made it 3-0.Jorge Polanco led off the bottom of the second with a single but was picked off by Royals right-hander Michael Lorenzen. Arozarena then hit a solo shot into the Mariners' bullpen in left-center.The Royals added two more runs in the fifth. Bobby Witt Jr. reached on an infield single and Vinnie Pasquantino doubled to left-center, the ball just eluding diving center fielder Julio Rodriguez. An out later, Perez laced a two-run double off the wall in right-center, on a ball Rodriguez misplayed, to increase the lead to 5-1.

Randy Arozarena hit two homers and drove in four runs and Cal Raleigh went deep for the major-league-leading 33rd time this season as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-2 on Monday.Mariners starter George Kirby (2-4) allowed one run on three hits over six innings as the Mariners earned their second victory in a row and their sixth in the past nine games. The right-hander didn't walk a batter and struck out five.The Royals lost for the eighth time in nine games.Kansas City starter Michael Wacha (4-8) cruised through the first 3 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on one hit, before Arozarena went deep to right-center to tie the score at 1-all.The Mariners broke the tie with four runs in the fifth. Cole Young, J.P. Crawford and Julio Rodriguez began the inning with singles to load the bases. Raleigh gave Seattle the lead with a sacrifice fly to right before Arozarena hit a three-run shot to center to make it 5-1.Wacha went five innings and allowed five runs on eight hits, with two walks and one strikeout.

Justin Wrobleski threw six shutout innings in a bulk role out of the bullpen, while Enrique Hernandez and Will Smith each homered as the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Sunday.After opener Lou Trivino allowed a run on the first two Kansas City batters of the game, Wrobleski (4-2) came on in the second inning and yielded three hits with a walk and struck out six until Kirby Yates took over in the eighth.Hernandez's two-run homer in the second put the Dodgers ahead for good and paved the way for a sixth consecutive winning series.After pounding out 14 hits during Saturday's 9-5 win that snapped their 11-game home losing streak, the Royals wasted no time staying hot at the plate. Jonathan India opened the bottom of the first with a single off Trivino, then went to second on a wild pitch. Shortly after, Bobby Witt Jr. doubled off the left field wall for a 1-0 Kansas City lead.However, that was all the offense the Royals could muster while totaling just five hits and striking out 10 times against four Dodgers pitchers Sunday.Kris Bubic (6-6) allowed two runs, two walks and three hits and fanned five while laboring through 90 pitches over five innings for Kansas City, which has dropped seven of the last eight overall and went 1-12 at home in the month of June.

Kansas City's offense woke up after Shohei Ohtani exited from tossing two scoreless innings and the Royals snapped their 11-game home losing streak with Saturday's 9-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.Vinnie Pasquantino led Kansas City with a three-run homer and five RBIs. Bobby Witt Jr. and Jonathan India each had four hits for the Royals, who scored one more run than they did while losing their previous six games overall.Meanwhile, Royals pitcher Seth Lugo (5-5) allowed four hits and five walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Daniel Lynch IV yielded a solo homer to Freddie Freeman, who had three hits, in the seventh, but the potent Dodgers did not threaten until a four-run ninth.After going an inning in each of his first two 2025 starts, Ohtani was stretched to two innings Saturday. He allowed a first-inning single to Witt and walked Maikel Garcia but got Pasquantino to hit into a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play. The right-hander then retired the side in the second, completing his 27-pitch performance.As he had done in Ohtani's first two starts, Ben Casparius (6-2) came on in the third, and the Royals wasted no time getting to the right-hander. He walked Drew Waters, allowed a two-out single to India, followed by Witt's flare double near the right-field line. Then Garcia sent a drive off the top of the left-field wall, just over the glove of a leaping Michael Conforto, for a two-run double.