Professional Sports

Seth Lugo shuts down Astros to lead Royals to fifth straight win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Seth Lugo threw eight scoreless innings as the Kansas City Royals defeated the Houston Astros 2-0 Friday night. The Royals have now won five straight games after snapping a six-game losing streak. Coming off a double-header on Thursday, the Royals needed Lugo to go ...

Fermin hits winning single in 11th inning; Royals beat Rockies 4-3

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Freddy Fermin hit a winning single in the 11th and the Kansas City Royals rebounded from a blown two-run, ninth-inning lead to beat Colorado 4-3 on Tuesday night and drop the Rockies to 4-18. Daniel Lynch IV (3-0) pitched a hitless inning as part of a five-hitter, ...

Former KU star Sharon Lokedi wins Boston Marathon, breaks course record

BOSTON (AP) — Sharon Lokedi broke the Boston Marathon course record, and fellow Kenyan John Korir joined his brother as a race champion on Monday as the city celebrated the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War. Lokedi outran two-time defending champion Hellen Obiri over ...

Sallói scores 2 goals as Sporting Kansas City beats Earthquakes 5-2

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dániel Sallói scored two goals, Logan Ndenbe and Manu García each added his first MLS goal, and Sporting Kansas City beat the San Jose Earthquakes 5-2 on Saturday night, Ndenbe ran onto a ball played ahead by Dejan Joveljic and blasted a shot from near the left corner ...

Chisholm, Grisham, Rice and Wells homer off Lugo, lead Yankees over Royals 4-1

NEW YORK — Trent Grisham, Ben Rice and Austin Wells each hit a solo home run off Seth Lugo in the fifth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Monday night in their first meeting since last year's AL Division Series. Jazz Chisholm Jr. tied the score in the ...