Royals

Zack Greinke pitches Royals to 5-2 win over Yankees in what could be his career finale

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Zack Greinke threw four-hit ball into the sixth inning for his 225th win and, backed by a trio of home runs, helped the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 5-2 on Sunday to end their season and quite possibly his own 20-year big league career. Greinke (2-15) had ...

Royals hit 4 homers, beat slumping Astros 6-5 for sweep and 6-game winning streak

HOUSTON — The Houston Astros know they need to get it together — and quickly — for a chance to defend their crown this postseason after being swept at home by one of baseball's worst teams and falling farther behind Texas in the AL West. "It sucks not being able to win right now and ...

Royals rally with 4 runs in the eighth to beat the Guardians 6-4

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals could have long ago given up on the season. Would have been easy to give up on Monday's game against Cleveland, too. Yet despite trailing by two heading into the eighth inning, the Royals kept on fighting. And the club trying desperately to ...

Astros top Royals 7-1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yordan Alvarez and Jake Meyers homered and Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Sunday. The Astros salvaged the final game of the series, expanding their American League West lead to 1 1/2 games as Texas ...

KC’s Ragans throws three straight wild pitches, Blue Jays sweep Royals with 5-2 win

TORONTO (AP) — Kevin Kiermaier hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of three consecutive wild pitches by Cole Ragans to beat the Royals 5-2 on Sunday, completing a three-game sweep. Toronto came in tied with Seattle in the wild card ...