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No offense Billy Butler, but third baseman Mike Moustakas has been the best player for the Kansas City Royals this season, hands down. One would think that the most important player on a team that boasts an 8-16 record doesn’t merit much praise. But the second-year third baseman has outperformed his sophomore teammate Eric Hosmer, particularly when measured against the expectations for each of them entering the 2012 season. Perennially a slow...  

The Royals will lend some hometown flavor to the Legends & Celebrity Softball Game during All-Star Weekend at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett, Bo Jackson and Mike Sweeney are among the former Royals players on ...  

Bo and George will be in good company - Ernie Banks, Andre Dawson, Rollie Fingers, Rickey Henderson, Ozzie Smith, Dave Winfield, Joe Carter, Mike Piazza and Mike Sweeney will all be a part of the event. For more on the Kansas City Royals and the ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Royals will lend some hometown flavor to the Legends & Celebrity Softball Game during All-Star Weekend at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett, Bo Jackson and Mike Sweeney are among the ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Royals will lend some hometown flavor to the Legends & Celebrity Softball Game during All-Star Weekend at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Hall of Fame third baseman George Brett, Bo Jackson and Mike Sweeney are among the ...  

A trio of Royals legends will headline the rosters at the 2012 Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game in Kansas City. George Brett, Bo Jackson and Mike Sweeney will take the field at Kauffman Stadium on July 8 for the annual ...  

CLEVELAND — Derek Lowe allowed one run over six innings and the Cleveland Indians handed the Kansas City Royals their 12th straight loss, 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Royals have been outscored 73-44 during the streak, which ties for third-longest in team history. They also lost 12 in a row in 1997 and 2008. Kansas City lost 13 straight in 2006 and had a team-record 19 consecutive losses in 2005. Cleveland built upon a recently completed 7-2...  

Right-handed veteran Derek Lowe makes his second start in a Cleveland uniform today when the Indians visit the Kansas City Royals to begin a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium.  

Journeyman right-hander Luis Mendoza can turn a 12-game skid into a two-game winning streak today when the Kansas City Royals go after a series win in the finale of a three-game set with the host Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.  

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 19 (UPI) -- Billy Butler drove in three runs to back Bruce Chen's efficient start Saturday, boosting the Kansas City Royals to a 7-3 interleague win over Arizona.  

Veteran righty Derek Lowe makes his second home start of the season tonight when the road-successful Cleveland Indians return to Progressive Field to face the home-averse Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game series.  

Travis Hafner hit one of the longest home runs in Kauffman Stadium history, Shelly Duncan homered and drove in three runs and the Cleveland Indians romped past the Kansas City Royals 13-7 Sunday for a three-game sweep.  

Travis Hafner hit one of the longest home runs in Kauffman Stadium history, Shelly Duncan homered and drove in three runs and the Cleveland Indians romped past the Kansas City Royals 13-7 Sunday for a three-game sweep.  

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Indians 4-2 at the Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, April 26 in the finale of their three match series of the 2012 Major League Baseball regular season. Eric Hosmer displayed some high quality ...  

ARLINGTON, Texas, May 15 (UPI) -- Brayan Pena highlighted a big first inning with a two-run single Tuesday and the Kansas City Royals went on to a 7-4 victory over Texas.  

Playing at home, however, has proven to be a major problem. Kansas City added to the Indians' home woes on Thursday, scoring three runs in the fifth inning en route to a 4-2 victory. The loss was Cleveland's sixth in eight games at Progressive Field in ...  

The right-hander yielded one run and five hits with seven strikeouts in eight innings of last Thursday's 2-1 win at Seattle, outdueling Mariners ace Felix Hernandez ... He took over for the ejected Jeanmar Gomez in that 11-9, 10-inning win after ...  

Chris Getz doubled and later scored on a groundout by Billy Butler. The Royals have been outscored 73-44 during the streak, which ties for third-longest in team history. They also lost 12 straight in 1997 and 2008. Kansas City lost 13 straight in 2006 and ...  

Travis Hafner gave a powerful reminder of what he has meant to the Cleveland Indians. Hafner hit one of the longest home runs in Kauffman Stadium history, Shelly Duncan homered and drove in three runs and the Indians romped past the Kansas City Royals 13-7 ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez, third baseman Jack Hannahan and manager Manny Acta were ejected Saturday night after Gomez hit the Royals' Mike Moustakas with a pitch, clearing the benches for the second time in an inning.  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On Jackie Robinson Day, the Cleveland Indians shredded the Kansas City Royals 13-7, sweeping the Royals home opening series at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City (3-6, 0-3 home) jumped out to their first lead of the series in the ...  

Injuries: Indians — CF Grady Sizemore (back), LHP David Huff (right hamstring) and RHP Carlos Carrasco (right elbow) are on the disabled list. Royals — C Salvador Perez (left knee) and C Manuel Pina (left knee) are on the disabled list.  

Jonathan Sanchez (1-0, 3.60 ERA) gets the start tonight for the Kansas City Royals (3-4) against the Cleveland Indians (2-4), as the Royals look to notch their first home victory of the young 2012 season. KC's home opener didn't go according to ...  

(AP) -- The Cleveland Indians are slugging it out at the plate, and on the verge of sweeping their first road series of 2012. Another strong effort from the offense may be what Ubaldo Jimenez needs to get his first victory. Jimenez returns from suspension ...  

The Results: Saturday, April 14: Cleveland 11, Kansas City 9 (WP: Jairo Asencio, 1-1; LP: Greg Holland, 0-1) Sunday, April 15: Cleveland 13, Kansas City 7 (WP: Ubaldo Jimenez, 1-0; LP Luis Mendoza, 0-2) The Cleveland Indians finished their three-game ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Michael Brantley had one hit in 17 at-bats during Cleveland's season-opening homestand. He had two in the first inning Friday. The Indians' anemic offense broke loose against Luke Hochevar and the Royals. Cleveland scored ...  

Travis Hafner hit one of the longest home runs in Kauffman Stadium history as the Cleveland Indians topped the Kansas City Royals to complete a weekend sweep.  

UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: With RHP Joakim Soria out, hefty RHP Jonathan Broxton gets another chance at closing. Broxton lost the job and had elbow problems with the Los Angeles Dodgers last year. PRESSING QUESTION: Will it be the LHP Jonathan Sanchez who won ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9 (UPI) -- Billy Butler's three-run homer in the eighth inning Tuesday rallied the Kansas City Royals to a 6-4 victory over Boston. Kansas City came into the eighth trailing 4-3, but Jarrod Dyson and Alex Gordon led off the ...  

He's Here: RHP Jonathan Broxton, LHP Jonathan Sanchez, C Humberto Quintero, OF Jason Bourgeois, LHP Jose Mijares ... 4.03, 28/35), RH Aaron Crow (4-4, 2.76), RH Jonathan Broxton (1-2, 5.68 with Los Angeles Dodgers), RH Greg Holland (5-1, 1.80), RH Louis ...  

While the Indians lost some allure since the 1990s you will still find Zachary watching the games on TV, listening to them on the radio, or best yet taking in a game from the stands at Progressive Field.  

MINNEAPOLIS, April 28 (UPI) -- The Minnesota Twins dodged a possible seventh consecutive loss Saturday when rain in the Twin Cities washed out their day game against the Kansas City Royals.  

MINNEAPOLIS, April 28 (UPI) -- The Minnesota Twins dodged a possible seventh consecutive loss Saturday when rain in the Twin Cities washed out their day game against the Kansas City Royals.  

KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 9 (UPI) -- Alcides Escobar drove in the go-ahead run in the fourth inning Wednesday and the Kansas City Royals held on to edge Boston 4-3.  

DETROIT, May 2 (UPI) -- Mike Moustakas scored on an infield hit with two out in the ninth Wednesday, allowing the Kansas City Royals to claim a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Kansas City pitching allowed just one hit -- a two-out, fifth-inning ...  

Travis Hafner hit one of the longest home runs in Kauffman Stadium history, Shelly Duncan homered and drove in three runs and the Cleveland Indians romped past the Kansas City Royals 13-7 Sunday for a three-game sweep. Casey Kotchman and Jason Kipnis ...  

The monster deal that the Cincinnati Reds signed star first baseman Joey Votto to this week had the baseball world buzzing – mostly negatively.  The deal goes through his age-39 season and is back loaded so I can understand where the ...  

Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez returns from a five-game suspension to make his second start of the season today when the Cleveland Indians visit the Kansas City Royals in the finale of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Jimenez, a 19-game winner with ...  

The Kansas City Royals will send Jonathan Sanchez to the mound to avenge last night's loss to the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland will counter with Jeanmar Gomez, and this pitching matchup can only spell one outcome. Find out where we are placing our MLB picks tonight.  

Journeyman right-hander Luis Mendoza can turn a 12-game skid into a two-game winning streak today when the Kansas City Royals go after a series win in the finale of a three-game set with the host Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. The Royals ...  

DETROIT - The Detroit Tigers found the perfect way to end their slump. They just had to play the Kansas City Royals again. The Tigers improved to 4-0 this season against Kansas City, scoring five first-inning runs in a 9-3 victory Tuesday night.  

CLEVELAND Derek Lowe allowed one run over six innings and the Cleveland Indians handed the Kansas City Royals their 12th straight loss, 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Royals have been outscored 73-44 during the streak, which ties for third-longest in team history.  

CLEVELAND — Nope. Simply leaving home wasn't enough last night for the Kansas City Royals to halt their April nightmare as their skid hit 12 with a 4-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field.  

CLEVELAND -- Derek Lowe allowed one run over six innings, and the Cleveland Indians handed the Kansas City Royals their 12th straight loss, 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Royals have been outscored 73-44 during the streak, which ties for third longest in team ...  

CLEVELAND — Derek Lowe allowed one run over six innings and the Cleveland Indians handed the Kansas City Royals their 12th straight loss, 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Royals have been outscored 73-44 during the streak, which ties for third-longest in team ...  

CLEVELAND -- Now the Kansas City Royals want to start a streak they can be proud of -- a winning streak. Billy Butler hit two of Kansas City's four home runs to help the Royals snap a 12-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Indians 8-2 on ...  

MINNEAPOLIS — Today's game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins has been postponed because of rain. The game is scheduled to be made up as part of a split doubleheader on June 30. The Royals, who won their third straight game ...  

Royals at Twins, ppd. (rain): Saturday's game between the host Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals was postponed by rain. The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader June 30. Kansas City won Friday's series opener 7-6 to ...  

Simply leaving home wasn’t enough Tuesday night for the Kansas City Royals to halt their April nightmare as their skid hit 12 with a 4-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. You want reasons? Start with the growing sinkhole of a ...  

Simply leaving home wasn't enough Tuesday night for the Kansas City Royals to halt their April nightmare as their skid hit 12 with a 4-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. You want reasons? Start with the growing sinkhole of a ...  

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The game between the Kansas City Royals and the Minnesota Twins was postponed because of rain on Saturday. The game was scheduled to be made up as part of a split doubleheader on June 30. The Royals, who won their third ...  

Cleveland — Now the Kansas City Royals want to start a streak they can be proud of — a winning streak. Billy Butler hit two of Kansas City’s four home runs to help the Royals snap a 12-game losing streak by beating the Cleveland Indians, 8 ...  

Kansas City Royals catcher Humberto Quintero sits at the plate after being hit by a foul tip off the bat of Cleveland Indians' Carlos Santana in the sixth inning of a baseball game in Cleveland on Tuesday. ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge CLEVELAND ...  

GENEVA, IL - The Kane County Cougars, in conjunction with the Kansas City Royals, have announced that outfielder Runey Davis has joined the Cougars from the Royals' extended spring training complex in Arizona, while outfielder Alex Llanos has been placed ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have recalled right-handed reliever Louis Coleman from Triple-A Omaha. The Royals made the move before playing the Cleveland Indians on Sunday, and now have a 13-man pitching staff to bolster an overworked bullpen.  

and the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-9 on Saturday night in a testy affair with three ejections and a pair of bench-clearings. The Royals rallied from a seven-run hole to force extra innings before Choo pounded a pitch from Greg Holland ...  

CLEVELAND - Think of it as another early-season demon exorcised that Jonathan Broxton closed out a 4-2 victory for the Kansas City Royals over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday afternoon in the series finale at Progressive Field. This was ...  

It started on Friday the 13th and only got worse from there. The Cleveland Indians’ have dominated the Kansas City Royals since the beginning of the 2011 season. The Indians won 12 of the 18 games between the two teams last season, and after this past ...  

CLEVELAND, April 26 (UPI) -- Luis Mendoza and three relievers combined on a six-hitter Thursday, giving the Kansas City Royals a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Indians.  

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Luke Hochevar pitched three-hit ball for six innings and struck out eight as the Kansas City Royals defeated a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad 2-0 Friday. Hochevar, the first player selected in the 2006 draft, is 3-1 with a 1.29 ERA ...  

Kansas City StarRoyals 2, Dodgers 0CBSSports.comHochevar struck out eight, walked none and allowed three hits in six innings as the Kansas City Royals beat a Los Angeles Dodgers split squad 2-0 Friday. "Results are results," Hochevar said. "What I'm trying to do is go out and execute quality pitches ...Hochevar fans eight in Royals' win over LAMLB.comRecap: Kansas City vs. Los AngelesSacramento Beeall 69 news articles »  

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Right-hander Luke Hochevar had his strikeout pitch working to perfection on Friday as the Kansas City Royals topped the Los Angeles Dodgers, 2-0, while 6,769 fans watched at sun-splashed Surprise Stadiium. Hochevar, making a ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The boys are finally back in town, as the Kansas City Royals get set to take on the Cleveland Indians in the team’s home opener on Friday. FOX 4′s Eric Burke is Working for You with more on opening day preparations at ...  

Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez, third baseman Jack Hannahan and manager Manny Acta were ejected Saturday night after Gomez hit the Royals' Mike Moustakas with a pitch, clearing the benches for the second time in an inning. KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Indians ...  

Fans holding tickets for tonight’s game may exchange the tickets for any remaining home game during the 2012 regular season subject to availability, excluding: Saturday, June 9 vs. the Kansas City Royals Saturday, June 23 vs. the Detroit ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez, third baseman Jack Hannahan and manager Manny Acta were ejected Saturday night after Gomez hit the Royals' Mike Moustakas with a pitch, clearing the benches for the second time in an inning.  

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Luke Hochevar talks with catcher Humberto Quintero during the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians, Friday, April 13, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel ...  

(AP) – Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez, third baseman Jack Hannahan and manager Manny Acta were ejected Saturday night after Gomez hit the Royals' Mike Moustakas with a pitch, clearing the benches for the second time in an inning. Kansas City ...  

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Indians starter Jeanmar Gomez, third baseman Jack Hannahan and manager Manny Acta were ejected Saturday night after Gomez hit the Royals' Mike Moustakas with a pitch, clearing the benches for the second time in an inning.  

CLEVELAND -- Kansas City manager Ned Yost insists the Royals are playing too well to have lost 12 consecutive games.  

DETROIT, April 30 (UPI) -- Monday's scheduled game between the Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers was postponed due to rain, the teams announced.  

The Royals bullpen had been nearly unhittable this week during a stretch in which Kansas City won six of seven. That all changed Wednesday night.  

Derek Lowe allowed one run over six innings and the Cleveland Indians handed the Kansas City Royals their 12th straight loss.  

The Cleveland Indians romp past the Kansas City Royals 13-7 Sunday for a three-game sweep.