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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.

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.

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.

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.

Shohei Ohtani hit a leadoff homer and added a tying-RBI triple, as the Los Angeles Dodgers won their fifth straight, edging the host Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Friday night.The Royals matched a club-record 11-game home losing streak.Ohtani sent an enticing 1-2 changeup from Noah Cameron (2-4) into the right-field fountains for his 29th homer -- and 12th in 28 games against the Royals.However, Kansas City led 4-3 entering the fifth, when Ohtani victimized Cameron, again. After Enrique Hernandez walked to open the inning, Ohtani found the right-field gap for a triple that evened the contest. Steven Cruz entered and promptly gave up an RBI single to Mookie Betts -- the Dodgers' fourth and final hit, but enough for their ninth win in 11 games.The Royals loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against Tanner Scott (18 saves), who got rookie Jac Caglianone to ground into a first-pitch 4-6-3 game-ending double play, capped by Freddie Freeman's stellar pick at first base.Kansas City is 0-11 at home in June, equaling the team's longest such slide set in 2023. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run homer and Kyle Isbel doubled twice, but the Royals dropped their sixth straight overall.Down 1-0, Kansas City answered in the bottom of the first. Maikel Garcia roped a two-out double and eventually scored on Salvador Perez's single to left.The Dodgers regained the lead with their own two-out magic in the second. With a man on, Max Muncy jumped on another Cameron pitch that went over the center-field wall for a 3-1 edge.

Shane Baz did not allow a run over a career-high eight innings to lead the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to a 4-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.Baz (8-3) gave up a double to the Royals' Jonathan India to begin his outing then retired the next 19 batters he faced as Kansas City's offensive struggles continued.Baz, who entered Thursday with a 4.79 ERA, allowed three hits and a walk with nine strikeouts to earn his fifth straight win without a loss over his last seven starts.Kansas City was shut out for the second straight game and saw their losing streak reach five games. The Royals have scored only four total runs during the skid.India and Vinnie Pasquantino both went 2-for-4 for Kansas City.Josh Lowe went 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Brandon Lowe extended his hitting streak to 13 games as the Rays won for the fifth time in their last six games.Royals starter Michael Lorenzen (4-8) allowed just one Rays batter to reach base during the first three innings. Tampa Bay was finally able to put some offense together after Lorenzen retired the first two batters he faced in the fourth.Jonathan Aranda laced a double to the right-center gap and scored on Jake Mangum's triple to nearly the same location. Josh Lowe followed with a single up the middle to make it 2-0.

Drew Rasmussen and four Tampa Bay relievers held reeling Kansas City to just three hits as the Rays sent the Royals to a ninth consecutive home defeat with a 3-0 decision on Wednesday.Brandon Lowe, Josh Lowe and Chandler Simpson each had two hits for the Rays, whose 11 hits were all singles. Tampa Bay has won five straight road games and 24 of its past 33 contests overall.Rasmussen (7-5) yielded two hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings. Kevin Kelly, Garrett Cleavinger, Edwin Uceta and Pete Fairbanks (14th save) further stymied the Royals, who have managed just one run in the first two games of the current three-game set.Kansas City has been outscored 39-12 while 0-9 at home in June. The Royals are on their longest home losing streak since a 10-game slide in 2023.Tampa Bay did all its scoring in the second against Michael Wacha (4-7), who yielded three runs on nine hits and one walk while fanning nine in six innings. Bobby Witt Jr. doubled and Maikel Garica and Vinnie Pasquantino singled for the Royals, who are 14-26 since sitting at 24-16 through May 9.In the decisive second inning, Christopher Morel reached on a one-out infield single, went to third on Josh Lowe's hit to right field and scored via a perfectly placed bunt toward first base by Jose Caballero.The speedy Simpson then reached when Kansas City shortstop Witt was late on the throw to first of his grounder -- where it appeared he could have tossed to third for a forceout. Lowe then scored on a wild pitch, and Caballero came home via Danny Jansen's sacrifice bunt.

Taj Bradley retired the first 16 batters he faced and yielded two hits over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, while Danny Jansen clubbed a two-run homer and had three RBIs as the Tampa Bay Rays kept the Kansas City Royals winless at home in June with Tuesday night's 5-1 victory.Bradley (5-5) rolled until walking John Rave with one out in the sixth. Then, after a Kyle Isbel flyout, Jonathan India laced a ground-rule double down to right field. However, Bradley retired Bobby Witt Jr. on an inning-ending lineout to left.The right-hander, who exited after giving up a two-out single to Salvador Perez in the seventh, had allowed 19 runs -- 13 earned -- in his previous three starts. Including six earned over 1 1/3 innings at Baltimore last Wednesday.Meanwhile, Jansen provided the punch, and Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda each had three hits for the Rays, who are amid a 23-9 stretch.Kansas City's Kris Bubic (6-5) allowed four runs -- two earned - on eight hits and didn't yield a walk while striking out eight through six innings. The left-hander, who had a 1.43 ERA as recently as June 10, has given up 10 earned runs over 15 2/3 innings in his last three starts.The Royals, who got a two-out, ninth-inning RBI single from Vinnie Pasquantino to account for their only run, managed four hits and have been outscored 36-12 in eight winless games at home since a 1-0 victory over Detroit on May 31.

Jose Iglesias' RBI infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday lifted the San Diego Padres to a 3-2 win over the visiting Kansas City Royals.Luis Arraez started the winning rally with a leadoff single off Daniel Lynch IV (3-2) and Xander Bogaerts lined a one-out double to left-center to push Arraez to third. Kansas City inserted John Schneider to face Iglesias but he slapped an 0-2 pitch up the middle. Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. gloved it but his off-balance throw home wasn't in time.Robert Suarez (2-3) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win, getting help from his defense. Freddy Fermin ripped a two-out double to right-center after Drew Waters walked. But Waters was called out at home for running out of the baseline after missing the plate as he dove to avoid the tag of catcher Elias Diaz.Iglesias pinch-hit in the seventh inning and tied the game on a two-run single to right. That hit no-decisioned both starters after strong outings.Kansas City's Seth Lugo allowed just two hits and a run in 6 1/3 innings with no walks and seven strikeouts, while San Diego's Randy Vasquez pitched a season-high seven innings, yielding five hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts.

Fernando Tatis Jr. broke open a close game Saturday with a three-run homer and the San Diego Padres evened their weekend series vs. the visiting Kansas City Royals, earning a 5-1 win.Tatis broke a streak of 101 plate appearances without a homer, dating back to May 27, by lining a Taylor Clarke fastball an estimated 380 feet into the seats in left-center field with two outs. It was his 14th homer of the year, scoring Jose Iglesias and Bryce Johnson, who singled with one out.Dylan Cease (3-6) picked up the win, allowing just three hits and a run in 6 2/3 innings, with three walks and four strikeouts. Noah Cameron (2-3) absorbed the loss, permitting two runs on five hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings while whiffing two.San Diego initiated the scoring in the second. Gavin Sheets led off with a double to the wall in left-center and reached third on Xander Bogaerts' single. Jake Cronenworth then hit into a fielder's choice that scored Sheets.The Royals tied it in the third when Drew Waters led off with a single and scored on John Rave's double to right-center. But they failed to capitalize on a chance for a bigger inning. Maikel Garcia drew a two-out walk, but Vinnie Pasquantino grounded out to second, stranding men at second and third.

Salvador Perez's RBI single snapped a 4-4 tie in the top of the eighth inning Friday night and the visiting Kansas City Royals stopped the San Diego Padres 6-5.Perez's hit knocked in Maikel Garcia, who opened the inning with a single off Jason Adam (5-3) and reached scoring position via Vinnie Pasquantino's walk. Drew Waters tacked on insurance later in the inning with a two-out single that plated pinch runner John Rave.Reliever Lucas Erceg (2-2) got the win despite allowing a game-tying two-run single by Gavin Sheets in the bottom of the seventh that capped San Diego's rally from a 4-0 deficit. Steven Cruz pitched a scoreless eighth and Carlos Estevez worked the ninth for his MLB-high 22nd save in 25 chances despite giving up a leadoff homer to Manny Machado, his 12th of the year.Sheets' hit no-decisioned both starters. Kansas City's Michael Lorenzen went the first 5 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and two runs with three walks and four strikeouts. Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta lasted 4 2/3 innings, permitting six hits and four runs while walking two and whiffing three.Coming off a two-hitter over seven innings Sunday in an 8-2 win at Arizona, Pivetta ran into instant trouble. He hung a curve to Bobby Witt Jr. with one out in the first and Witt blasted it into the seats in left for his 10th homer.Pivetta was able to keep the Royals in check until the fifth. After walks to Freddy Fermin and Nick Loftin, Kyle Isbel bunted them over. Jonathan India cashed them in by cracking a three-run homer to left-center, his fourth.

Maikel Garcia had a three-run home run and a clutch RBI triple to help the visiting Kansas City Royals to a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.The Royals, who carried a six-game losing streak into this three-game set, have taken the first two games to clinch their first series victory since winning two of three May 16-18 in San Francisco.Kansas City's Kris Bubic (6-4) bounced back from his worst performance of the season by allowing three runs while scattering nine hits. Bubic walked one batter and struck out six before leaving with one out in the sixth.Carlos Estevez, the fifth Kansas City pitcher, threw a perfect ninth inning to earn his 20th save. Garcia added a single and two runs to pace the Royals' seven-hit attack.Rangers starter Patrick Corbin (4-6) allowed a season-high four runs on six hits and two walks over five innings while striking out four. The outing snapped his career-high streak of giving up three or fewer runs at 12 starts.The Rangers, who entered this series on a four-game winning streak, lost despite racking up 12 hits. Sam Haggerty and Wyatt Langford had three hits each and Adolis Garcia added two.

Rookie Jac Caglianone homered twice and Vinnie Pasquantino also went deep to back the three-hit pitching of Michael Wacha and three relievers as the Kansas City Royals swept past the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.The Royals won all three games of the set, producing their first series sweep since capturing all four games at home against the Chicago White Sox on May 5-8.Wacha (4-6) went six innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks while striking out five. Wacha worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the fifth and didn't give up a hit until Wyatt Langford's one-out single in the sixth.Carlos Estevez pitched the ninth inning for Kansas City to earn his second save of the series and his 21st of the season.It was a planned bullpen game for the Rangers, who are working with a shortened rotation with both Nathan Eovaldi and Tyler Mahle on the shelf with injuries. Shawn Armstrong (2-2) started for Texas, allowing two runs on Pasquantino's homer in the first before being lifted in place of Jacob Latz.