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Tarik Skubal allowed four hits over seven strong innings and backup catcher Jake Rogers' two-run triple highlighted a four-run fifth as the visiting Detroit Tigers blanked the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Sunday.Colt Keith and Gleyber Torres also drove in runs as the Tigers took the rubber match of the three-game set.Rogers also doubled for Detroit, which owns a 9 1/2-game lead over second-place Kansas City. Torres and Wenceel Perez also recorded two hits.Kansas City put a runner on third base in two of the first three innings, but couldn't muster anything further against Skubal (12-4), who also walked two and struck out four over 93 pitches while lowering his ERA to 2.18. Meanwhile, Rogers' sixth career triple was a big blow against the Royals' Michael Wacha (8-11), who was cruising until the fifth.Wacha, who came off the paternity list following the birth of his second child this week, retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced until Spencer Torkelson walked to open the fifth. He then went to third on Zach McKinstry's single. Both scored when Rogers found the center field wall and the Royals' Tyler Tolbert appeared to misread the ball and got turned around.Rogers is 6-for-9 in his career against Wacha.

Bobby Witt Jr. delivered a tie-breaking two-run home run in the eighth inning to lift the Kansas City Royals to a 3-1 win against the visiting Detroit Tigers on Saturday.After reliever Tyler Holton (5-4) walked pinch-hitter Tyler Tolbert, Witt mashed a fastball over the wall to straight-away center to put Kansas City ahead 3-1.Kansas City starting pitcher Stephen Kolek, called up from Triple-A Omaha on Friday, gave up one run on four hits with three strikeouts in six innings in his first appearance for the Royals. The 28-year-old right-hander was acquired from San Diego before the trade deadline on July 31.Reliever Lucas Erceg (6-3) got Detroit out in order in the eighth to earn the win for Kansas City, which has won four of its past six games.Starter Jack Flaherty allowed one run on four hits and struck out four in 5 2/3 innings for the Tigers, who have lost five of six.Detroit threatened in the top of the seventh. Wenceel Perez singled and went to third when Dillon Dingler followed with a fly-ball single to center. Dingler advanced to second on the throw to third.

Riley Greene roped a go-ahead two-run double in the fourth inning for one of his three hits, and the Detroit Tigers overcame an early deficit to snap a four-game skid with Friday night's 5-3 road win over the Kansas City Royals.Greene reached and surpassed the 100-RBI mark for the first time in his career with that key hit off Kansas City's Seth Lugo (8-7), which erased the host's 3-2 lead. Gleyber Torres also had three hits, Kerry Carpenter went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and played some solid defense for the Tigers, who own a 9 1/2-game lead over second-place Kansas City in the AL Central.All of Kansas City's runs came on first-inning homers from Mike Yastrzemski and Maikel Garcia off Chris Paddack, who gave up three other hits while lasting just 3 2/3 innings. Detroit relievers Tyler Holton, Troy Melton, Kyle Finnegan (3-0) and Will Vest (20 saves) allowed four combined hits.Lugo, meanwhile, gave up four runs, eight hits, four walks and struck out five in 3 1/3 innings as the Royals fell to 3-8 against the Tigers in 2025.Detroit made Lugo throw 23 pitches in the first inning, however, it stranded the bases loaded. In the bottom of the frame, Yastrzemski sent Paddack's first pitch of the night well over the right-center field wall. Bobby Witt Jr. followed with a single to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, then trotted home on Garcia's home run to left-center.The Tigers loaded the bases again with two out in the second, and this time a fourth straight single, courtesy of Carpenter that dropped into short right field, plated two.

Salvador Perez delivered a solo home run and two-run double during an eight-run fifth inning and Ryan Bergert pitched six sharp innings as the Kansas City Royals routed the host Chicago White Sox 12-1 on Wednesday.Shut out in Monday's series opener and for the first seven innings Tuesday, the Royals erupted for 17 runs over the last 11 innings of the series to take two of three in Chicago.Kansas City remained three games behind the Seattle Mariners for the final American League wild card spot.After limiting the Royals to one hit through the first four innings Wednesday, White Sox right-hander Aaron Civale (3-9) faltered in the fifth. He got two outs after Adam Frazier singled following the Perez home run but couldn't finish the inning, exiting after Bobby Witt Jr. grounded a two-run single to put the Royals ahead 3-1.Vinnie Pasquantino greeted reliever Tyler Gilbert with a two-run single and Perez added a two-run double before Frazier punctuated the rally with an RBI single that eluded Andrew Benintendi's diving attempt in left.Civale yielded five runs and five hits in 4 2/3 innings with one walk and four strikeouts.Bergert (2-1) rode the run support to his first victory in five starts with the Royals. Acquired in a trade deadline deal with San Diego, the rookie righty spaced one run and six hits in six innings with two walks and three strikeouts.His lone blemish came when Benintendi connected for a solo home run to right in the fourth.

Shane Smith and Tyler Gilbert combined on a two-hit shutout and Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin smacked back-to-back home runs as the host Chicago White Sox blanked the Kansas City Royals 7-0 on Monday.Chicago collected seven extra-base hits while securing its third winning streak of at least three games since the All-Star break.An early barrage boosted the White Sox to just their third win against the Royals in 11 tries. Edgar Quero, Lenyn Sosa and Curtis Mead delivered RBI doubles in a four-hitter span to stake Chicago to a 3-0 lead in the first inning.Smith (4-7) seized the support to win for the first time since June 10. The rookie right-hander pitched a career-best seven innings in his 24th start, allowing one hit with one walk and three strikeouts as the Royals were shut out for the first time this season.Smith retired the first eight Royals he faced before Kyle Isbel reached on a fielding error. Mike Yastrzemski followed with a ground-rule double, but Smith escaped trouble by getting Bobby Witt Jr. to ground out to third to end the third.Gilbert set down six of seven over the last two innings. Witt Jr.'s two-out double in the ninth was Kansas City's only other hit.

Kyle Isbel hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning after Michael Massey tied the game with a two run single, lifting the visiting Kansas City Royals to a 5-4 win against the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.Chicago led 4-0 after seven innings and came within four outs of recording its third straight shutout. The Royals rallied for five runs and eight hits against the White Sox relief corps over the last two innings.Kansas City's Carlos Estevez struck out two in a perfect bottom of the ninth for his 35th save in 41 chances.Martin Perez pitched seven shutout innings and Colson Montgomery homered in his fourth straight game for Chicago.Perez shined in his third start since returning to the majors after missing nearly four months with left elbow inflammation. The veteran southpaw permitted one hit and a hit batter while striking out five, but the bullpen implosion cost him the opportunity for his first victory since March 31.After Kansas City loaded the bases with one out against Jordan Leasure in the eighth, Maikel Garcia greeted Grant Taylor with a two-run single to draw the Royals within 4-2.Kansas City loaded the bases against Taylor (0-4) with one out in the ninth. Tyler Alexander served up the hits to Massey and Isbel before Steven Wilson worked out of the jam.Sam Long (2-3) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win.Kyle Teel had three hits and an RBI for the White Sox, while Mike Tauchman added two hits. Jonathan India had two hits and two runs for the Royals.

Vinnie Pasquantino clubbed his sixth homer in seven games, a two-run shot, and the visiting Kansas City Royals salvaged the finale of a three-game series with a 10-8 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday afternoon.Kyle Isbel also drove in two runs, while Maikel Garcia had two hits, including a solo homer, and scored twice. Every starter in the Royals lineup contributed at least one hit.Kansas City starter Seth Lugo gave up six runs and six hits in 4 1/3 innings.John Schreiber (3-2) tossed 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the victory. Carlos Estevez got the last three outs for his 34th save.Jahmai Jones had a three-run double for the Tigers, who saw their five-game winning streak snapped. Riley Greene smashed a solo homer and scored three runs. Wenceel Perez and Spencer Torkelson added solo shots.Detroit starter Jack Flaherty (7-13) was charged with eight runs on 10 hits in five-plus innings.Greene hit his 31st homer in the second inning. The Royals then scored six two-out runs in the third.Flaherty retired the first eight batters he faced but then gave up seven consecutive hits. Mike Yastrzemski drove in the first run with a double. Bobby Witt Jr. followed with an RBI single and Pasquantino blasted his two-run homer to right. Doubles by Salvador Perez and Adam Frazier brought in the next two runs.

Spencer Torkelson and pinch hitter Andy Ibanez hit solo homers and the host Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five games with a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.Jake Rogers had two hits and two RBIs for the Tigers, while starter Chris Paddack (5-11) gave up one run on five hits in five innings. Will Vest got the last four outs for his 19th save.Bobby Witt Jr. led the Royals offense with three hits, including a solo homer. Vinnie Pasquantino's franchise-tying record of homering in five straight games was snapped, but he did have an RBI double.Kansas City starter Michael Wacha (8-10) allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings.Javier Baez smacked a one-out single in the third and Rogers followed with a double that landed just inside the left field line. Baez scored but Rogers got caught in a rundown and was tagged out.Kansas City tied it in the fourth. Witt led off with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Pasquantino's double down the right field line.Torkelson put Detroit back on top in the bottom of the inning with his 27th homer, blasting a Wacha cutter over the left-center field wall.The Tigers made it 3-1 in the fifth. Zach McKinstry reached on a single and was on the move with two outs and a full count to Rogers. The Tigers catcher ripped a base hit into left center and McKinstry came all the way around to score.

Riley Greene hit his 30th homer, a two-run shot, and the host Detroit Tigers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 7-5 on Friday.Zach McKinstry supplied a solo homer, triple and single, while Gleyber Torres contributed two hits, two runs scored and an RBI as Detroit won its fourth straight and 10th of its last 12.Tigers starter Casey Mize gave up three runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. Kyle Finnegan (3-4) collected the win with two innings of scoreless relief.Vinnie Pasquantino tied a Kansas City record by homering for his fifth straight game, a two-run shot in the ninth, while Salvador Perez added two RBIs. Royals starter Ryan Bergert allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings.Consecutive singles by Kyle Isbel, Mike Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr. produced the first Royals run in the third. Perez ripped a two-out double to bring in Witt and Maikel Garcia.The Tigers got on the board in the third when McKinstry jumped on a Bergert fastball and drove it over the left-center field wall. McKinstry extended his career high to 11 homers this season.McKinstry had a two-out triple in the fifth but Javier Baez popped out to leave him stranded.

Vinnie Pasquantino's home run in the fifth inning broke a tie and helped the Kansas City Royals take a four-game set against the visiting Texas Rangers with a 6-4 win on Thursday.Starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen gave up four runs (three earned) on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings for the Royals, who are 8-2 in their past 10 games. Angel Zerpa (5-1) held Texas scoreless in 1 2/3 innings to earn the win.Rangers starter Patrick Corbin gave up four runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.Pasquantino belted a solo shot to right center off reliever Jacob Webb (4-4) to open the bottom of fifth and put Kansas City in front 5-4.The Royals added another in the seventh when reliever Danny Coulombe issued a bases-loaded walk that brought in Salvador Perez to make it 6-4.Down by three, Texas pulled even in the top of the fifth. Corey Seager and Ezequiel Duran each singled to open the frame. Then, with one out, Evan Carter knocked another single to load the bases.Rowdy Tellez grounded into a fielder's choice, bringing Seager home and keeping the bases full because of a missed catch by Bobby Witt Jr. Josh Smith's single drove in Duran and Carter, tying it 4-4.Witt appeared to hit an inside-the-park home run in the third, but officials ruled it a ground-rule double because of fan interference after the ball bounced up above the wall in left-center field. The Royals challenged, but the ruling on the field stood.

Kyle Higashioka delivered a two-out, three-run double in the ninth inning and the visiting Texas Rangers earned a needed 6-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.Kansas City's Sam Long (1-3) retired the first two batters of the ninth but walked Wyatt Langford before Corey Seager reached on an error by first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and Marcus Semien recorded a half-swing infield single. On came Higashioka, the catcher making his first start of this series, who roped Long's pitch inside the third base bag and down the left field line to clear the bases.Hoby Milner (2-3) then closed the door in the bottom of the frame and Texas prevailed after losing the first two of this four-game set. Semien had three hits with an RBI. After opener Caleb Boushley allowed a first-inning, three-run homer to Pasquantino, Jacob Latz, Shawn Armstrong and Milner held the Royals to just three hits as the Rangers won for only the third time in 13 contests.Rookie Noah Cameron, who struck out five, labored while allowing two runs, three hits and three walks over 89 pitches through 4 2/3 innings for the Royals, who had won five straight and fell to 7-2 on their 10-game homestand.Texas wasted no time getting to Cameron, as Langford crushed a fastball deep over the left field wall to open the contest.However, Kansas City got that run back and more with its first three batters of the night. Boushley allowed back-to-back singles to Mike Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr., then Pasquantino clubbed a pitch that landed in the right field fountains for a 3-1 Royals lead.

Bobby Witt Jr. clubbed his 100th career homer, Vinnie Pasquantino and Mike Yastrzemski also went deep, and the Kansas City Royals won their fifth straight game, beating the visiting Texas Rangers 5-2 on Tuesday.Pasquantino and Yastrzemski each homered in a second consecutive contest for the Royals, who have taken the first two contests in the current three-game series and are 7-1 on their 10-game homestand. Kansas City improved to 5-0 vs. Texas this season.After the Royals snapped a 2-2 tie when Jonathan India was hit by a pitch with bases loaded in the seventh, Witt broke the game open with a two-run homer, well over the center field fence off Cole Winn, an inning later.At 25 years, 66 days old, Witt is the youngest Royal to reach 100 homers. He became the fourth player ever with at least 100 home runs and 100 steals in his first four major league seasons, joining Bobby Bonds, Darryl Strawberry and Julio Rodriguez.Kansas City starter Seth Lugo yielded only two runs, on solo homers to Corey Seager and Joc Pederson, in 6 1/3 innings. He permitted three hits and two walks while striking out five.Lugo dueled with Texas' Merrill Kelly, whose only hits allowed in six innings were two homers. He fanned three without issuing a walk.Losers in 10 of 12, the Rangers managed just four hits on the night.With two outs and nobody on in the first inning, Seager cleared the wall just to the right of center field. However, Pasquantino delivered his own two-out homer over the right-center-field wall in the bottom of the frame.

Mike Yastrzemski, Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia homered to provide all of Kansas City's offense, Michael Wacha pitched 5 2/3 effective innings and the surging Royals beat the visiting Texas Rangers 4-3 on Monday night.In a matchup of teams trying to reach an American League wild-card position, Kansas City had just enough offense to win its fourth straight and improve to 6-1 on a 10-game homestand.The Royals, 17-9 since July 20, got two hits apiece from Yastrzemski and Garcia. Wacha (8-9) permitted nine hits but limited Texas to two runs. He struck out three and walked none. Wacha has yielded two or fewer runs in seven consecutive starts.Carlos Estevez pitched a perfect ninth inning for his career-high 32nd save.Corey Seager had three hits and Evan Carter added two with an RBI for Texas, which is behind Kansas City in the wild-card chase and has lost nine of 11.Rangers starter Jack Leiter (7-7) gave up three runs, six hits and three walks while lasting just 3 2/3 innings for the Rangers, who are 0-4 against the Royals in 2025. Leiter fanned five.For the third time in 15 games as a Royal, Yastrzemski led off with a homer, this time taking a Leiter pitch over the right-center-field wall.Texas tied it in the second when Wacha allowed singles to Marcus Semien, Joc Pederson and Jonah Heim during a stretch of four batters. The Rangers nearly went ahead, but Royals right fielder John Rave threw out Pederson at the plate on Josh Smith's fly ball, ending the frame.

After Jonathan India clubbed a tying, two-run homer in the seventh inning, Maikel Garcia broke the tie with a two-out, RBI single during the four-run eighth, and the Kansas City Royals swept their three-game series with a 14th consecutive home win over the Chicago White Sox, 6-2 on Sunday.Chicago's Davis Martin retired the first nine batters he faced and didn't allow his only hit on Mike Yastrzemski's bloop double near the left-field line with one out in his sixth and final inning. However, with Chicago ahead 2-0 and Steven Wilson on the mound in the seventh, Adam Frazier doubled and India sent a drive that landed in the left-field fountains.In the eighth, Bobby Witt Jr. singled to extend his hitting streak against Chicago to 18 games, eventually stole second and scored on Garcia's ground-ball single into right field off Grant Taylor (0-3) for a 3-2 Kansas City lead. Salvador Perez followed with a long RBI single off the center-field wall and Frazier hit a two-run homer to right for the Royals, who have outscored the White Sox 71-17 during the franchise's longest home winning streak against a single opponent.Rookie Ryan Bergert allowed six hits, two runs -- one earned -- while striking out seven in 5 1/3 innings for the Royals, who are amid a 13-5 home stretch.The White Sox wasted no time getting to Bergert, who delivered a pitch Lenyn Sosa sent well over the wall in left-center field for a 1-0 lead just two batters into the contest. Chicago's chance at adding a run in the second ended when Edgar Quero was thrown out at the plate by India's relay throw off Chase Meidroth's two-out double to right.Martin, meanwhile, didn't allow a runner until back-to-back walks opened the Royals' fourth. But, he got out of the jam thanks to Vinnie Pasquantino's 4-6-3 double play.

Kansas City first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino exited Saturday night's game against the visiting Chicago White Sox due to a heat-related illness, according to the team.On a steamy night in Kansas City, Pasquantino appeared to be in discomfort during his first-inning plate appearance. Pasquantino was tended to by the Royals' medical staff, stayed in the game and struck out on nine pitches, but he did not come out for the second inning. He was replaced by Nick Loftin, with John Rave taking Loftin's position in left field.Pasquantino, 27, entered the contest with five hits and nine RBIs in 12 at-bats from his previous three games for Kansas City, which led 2-0 after two innings.

Mike Yastrzemski and John Rave each homered, and Michael Lorenzen returned from the injured list with four scoreless innings, as the Kansas City Royals extended their home winning streak over the Chicago White Sox to 13 games with Saturday night's 6-2 victory.Rave, Randal Grichuk and Nick Loftin each had two hits, and Maikel Garcia added a two-run double for the Royals, who are back above .500. They have gone 12-5 in their last 17 home games. Meanwhile, Lorenzen yielded three hits and two walks across 85 pitches in his first start since July 6 and subsequent shelving with an oblique strain.Daniel Lynch IV (5-2) allowed one hit over two scoreless innings of relief for the Royals.Ex-Royal Andrew Benintendi's two-run double in the eighth highlighted the night for the White Sox, who have lost 10 of 12 and totaled three runs during their three-game skid. Chicago's Sean Burke (4-10) threw 53 of his 85 pitches in the first two innings, and lasted just 3 2/3 innings, giving up three runs -- two earned -- and five hits.After Lorenzen allowed the first two batters to reach, he got out of the jam via Luis Robert Jr.'s inning-ending 6-4-3 double play. In the bottom of the first, Yastrzemski cleared the right-center field wall to lead off the frame.Kansas City added a run in the second. After Grichuk roped a one-out double and Loftin walked, Kyle Isbel bounced to Burke, who then threw wildly into center field while trying to start a 6-4-3 double, allowing a run to score.

Salvador Perez hit a tie-breaking home run in the fourth inning, and talented rookie Noah Cameron yielded one run while pitching into the sixth, as the Kansas City Royals extended their home winning streak over the Chicago White Sox to 12 games with a 3-1 victory on Friday night.Perez broke a 1-1 tie with his solo shot off Aaron Civale (3-8), then scored an insurance run via Adam Frazier's double in the sixth for the Royals, who have outscored the White Sox 59-13 during the club's longest home winning streak against any opponent.Maikel Garcia also had a run-scoring single for Kansas City, which has won five of six at home.Cameron (7-5), meanwhile, had his home scoreless innings streak end at 19 1/3 innings when he allowed Lenyn Sosa's two-out homer in the fourth. The left-hander gave up five other hits over 5 1/3 innings.Carlos Estevez struck out the side in the ninth for his 31st save.Civale allowed three runs and eight hits over six innings for Chicago, which has lost nine of 11. The White Sox last win at Kansas City came on Sept. 6, 2023.The Royals wasted no time getting to Civale. After Mike Yastrzemski lined out to open the bottom of the first, Bobby Witt Jr., Vinnie Pasquantino and Garcia followed with consecutive singles for a 1-0 Kansas City lead.

Vinnie Pasquantino clubbed a three-run homer and had five RBIs and Michael Wacha allowed two runs while pitching into the sixth inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Washington Nationals 8-5 on Tuesday night.Jonathan India added a two-run homer as Kansas City won its fourth straight home game. It was third time this season Pasquantino recorded at least five RBIs in a game. Meanwhile, Wacha won his third straight start in lasting 5 2/3 innings.James Wood and CJ Abrams each had two hits with an RBI for Washington, which has lost 10 of 13. The Nationals' Mitchell Parker (7-13) yielded only two hits but three walks aided in him surrendering five runs in 5 1/3 innings.Kansas City's Maikel Garcia opened the bottom of the first with a walk, went third on Bobby Witt Jr.'s tapper to Parker, then scored via Pasquantino's sacrifice fly.With two out in the third, Garcia drew another walk and Witt followed with a single. Then Pasqauntino's liner that barely cleared the wall in the right field corner put Kansas City ahead 4-0.Wacha, meanwhile, threw 27 pitches through the first three innings. He didn't allow the Nationals' first run until there were two out in the fifth on Luis Garcia's RBI triple.

Daylen Lile went 2-for-5, including the go-ahead RBI, to help the Washington Nationals avoid a sweep with an 8-7 win against the host Kansas City Royals on Wednesday.The rookie outfielder knocked a line-drive single off reliever Carlos Estevez (4-5) in the top of the ninth to drive in Luis Garcia Jr.Nationals reliever Jose Ferrer (4-3) held the Royals scoreless in 1 1/3 innings in the eighth and ninth to earn the win.Kansas City tied the game 7-7 in the eighth. Pinch runner Tyler Tolbert stole second and third and scored on Bobby Witt Jr.'s sacrifice fly.After its five-run lead was cut to two in the second, Washington added insurance over the next two innings. In the third, Lile reached on a fielder's choice and later scored on a Brady House single to make it 6-3.CJ Abrams pushed the advantage to 7-3 in the fourth with a lead-off solo shot just inside the right field pole.The Royals tightened the gap in the bottom of the fourth. With Mike Yastrzemski (walk) and Witt (hit by pitch) on base, Vinnie Pasquantino belted a changeup 410 feet to right field to narrow the deficiit to 7-6.The Nationals opened the scoring in the first inning against Royals right-hander Seth Lugo. James Wood singled, Abrams walked, Garcia reached on a force-out and Josh Bell walked to load the bases. That brought up Nathaniel Lowe, who then mashed a grand slam to right field to give the visitors a 4-0 lead.

The Kansas City Royals had star shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. back in the lineup Monday for a homestand-opening clash with the Washington Nationals after Witt sat out Sunday with back stiffness.The Royals also placed right-handed pitcher Hunter Harvey on the 15-day injured list with a right adductor strain while recalling right-hander Luinder Avila from Triple-A Omaha.Royals manager Matt Quatraro told reporters that Witt was "much better than we could have hoped for" in the leadup to Monday's game.Witt, 25, last played Saturday against the Minnesota Twins and only missed one game with his ailment. He's batting .284 with 17 home runs and 65 RBIs through 116 games this year.In 2024, he was the runner-up for American League Most Valuable Player after leading the majors with a .332 batting average and recording 32 home runs and 109 RBIs. He missed just one out of 162 games last year.Harvey, 30, most recently pitched an inning of relief Saturday in Kansas City's 2-0 shutout of Minnesota. Acquired from Washington last season, he has appeared in just 12 games for the Royals in 2025 and was on the IL from early April to late July with a right teres major strain.