BOSTON — The Red Sox opened the penultimate homestand of the season on Monday afternoon without an opener. This, even though it was Brayan Bello’s day to pitch. After a second half of the season mostly filled with excellence in bulk relief, Bello went back to his roots, starting his first game for Boston since June 4. Get tickets to see the Red Sox vs. the Angels & Royals this week Considering the precedent this season – Bello had been 1-6 with a 10.35 ERA in eight starts – it seemed like a fa...
Craig Kimbrel came on in the 10th inning of a 0-0 tie game and allowed five singles en route to giving up five runs in a 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks. Ildemaro Vargas snuck a bunt under Kimbrel’s dive, and then a sacrifice fly scored the first run of the game for either team. From […]
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS ROYALS Geraldo Perdomo – SS Carter Jensen – C Ketel Marte – 2B Bobby Witt – SS Gabriel Moreno – C Vinnie Pasquantino – 1B Nolan Arenado – 3B Salvador Perez – DH Lourdes Gurriel – DH Michael Massey – 2B Ildemaro Vargas – 1B Nick Loftin – 3B Tim Tawa – […]
Here on Labor Day, in the midst of a heat wave, the Arizona Diamondbacks come to a cooler environment than Phoenix for a series. The 76-68 D-Backs are hanging on to the third Wild Card slot in the NL, with a half-game lead over the San Diego Padres. The Royals can play spoiler a little […]
Riding a season-high four-game win streak, the Toronto Blue Jays crashed back to earth Sunday in a 6-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Now, another road series against a bottom-feeding American League opponent presents an opportunity to get right back on track. The Blue Jays open a three-game set against the Athletics on Monday, with ace Dylan Cease set to take the hill opposite Jacob Lopez. Live coverage on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+ begins at 9:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. PT, with first pitch to fo...
The Wild Card Race. The Royals are 9 games back from winning an AL Wild Card. Although the Royals were a hot team in August, in September they have 4 losses and 1 win. The Diamondbacks have realistic chances of winning a NL Wild Card. As of Monday morning, they were the third Wild Card, […]
Circumstances may be lining up for the Toronto Blue Jays to make a strong push for the third and final AL Wild Card spot. They may have lost convincingly to the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, 6-1, but with a 72-72 record, they sit just one game behind the Cleveland Guardians in the Wild Card […]
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Jays 1 Royals 6 This one, well, it was a great game to watch. Right from the first inning. Brett Bateman was hit by a pitch to start the game, but Nathan Lukes hit into a double play, and Vladimir Guerrero grounded out. And the bottom of the inning went single (roller down the first […]
An early 3-run home run from Vinnie Pasquantino and a 2-run home run from Salvador Perez put the Royals up 5-0, and they never looked back as they knocked off the Blue Jays 6-1 on Sunday. After a couple nice plays in the top of the first inning, allowing Randy Dobnak to face the minimum, […]
Game three of the series with the Royals. This is game 144. It would be nice to stay above .500. Let’s get a sweep. Sean Keys gets into the lineup and Josh Smith plays. Today’s Lineups BLUE JAYS ROYALS Brett Bateman – CF John Rave – RF Nathan Lukes – RF Bobby Witt – SS […]
The Royals have struggled in the month of September and to open this homestand, sitting at 1-4. For the second straight series they will look to avoid being swept. The Royals are 63-80 on the season. Today, it was announced that Jac Caglianone, who left the game last night, has a grade 1 flexor strain. […]
As Kansas City Royals outfielder Jac Caglianone has been historic for the team this season, showcasing a bright future for the 23-year-old, he would exit Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays with elbow soreness, as a key update has been revealed. With Caglianone suffering injury scares with the Royals this season, it looks […]
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The Royals’ Hot Dog Derby has been a famous, longstanding tradition at Kauffman Stadium. But a U.S. convenience store chain may have given birth to another equally beloved tradition. On Saturday, an inflatable hot dog did what John Rave’s game-tying homer or Kazuma Okamoto’s go-ahead single could not do. The fun crowd activity sent the […]
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The Kansas City Royals may be having a season to forget, but their fans are certainly still having fun.
Jonathan Bowlan gave up another home run last night, leading to some discussion about his effectiveness. For me at least, I think he’s simply getting tired after a long season of being depended on as much as he has been this year. With Kansas City, he wasn’t used to being put into higher leverage spots […]
The Royals had won five straight series against the Blue Jays coming into tonight. No longer. A pair of costly errors, Kazuma Okamoto’s four-hit night taking advantage of them, and the Royals’ relapse with runners in scoring position led the Blue Jays to take the series. The Blue Jays won 4-3. As has so often […]
Blue Jays 4 Royals 3 The Jays are above .500 and own the last Wild Card spot. After the first inning, I thought this was going to be a high scoring game. The Jays got two in the first (it should have been more). Brett Bateman started the game with a single, but was quickly […]
Game Two with the Royals. Another blowout would be a good thing. Blowout in favour of the Jays, of course. Tiedemann is back, Taillon is on the DL. And the team is admitting that Patrick Corbin and Cody Ponce won’t be back this season. They need someone to start next Wednesday in Taillon’s spot against […]
The Royals have lost three of four games since September started. After a hot couple of weeks to finish August, some of us were dreaming about the playoffs, but their odds are back down to 0% after a recent peak of 0.2%, so it’s hard to even dream. Tonight’s game promises to make things that […]
Jaylon Thompson writes Daniel Lynch IV had mixed results in a loss to the Blue Jays Friday. Lynch got through five innings. He had more conviction in the final three frames as he didn’t allow a run for the remainder of his start. And the challenge now is to replicate his command and carry it […]
Blue Jays 9 Royals 2 Let’s get the bad news out of the way off the start. Jameson Taillon came out of the game after the second inning with right elbow discomfort. Why is it always the throwing arm that gets the discomfort? Oh right, because they are doing something very unnatural with the throwing […]
This game was out of control for KC very quickly. Daniel Lynch IV made his fifth start as a Royal, and the broadcast played an interview with manager Matt Quatraro who said, “I don’t think we’ve seen the best of him as a starter, yet.” I’m more afraid we haven’t seen the worst; the Royals […]
Stupid Tigers blow a 5 run lead. Oh well, just win Jays and continue to win and it doesn’t matter what the stupid Tigers do. Jameson Taillon is back up to start tonight. Tiedemann is back in Buffalo. I’m sad about that. Daniel Lynch the 4th starts for the Royals (didn’t he do Twin Peaks?). […]
One of the fun things about covering the Friday and Saturday night games all season has been that, on a week like this with one off day, if a good starting pitcher pitches on a Saturday, I get to write about him that night, and I know I’ll get to write about him again next […]
The Royals announced that outfielder Drew Waters cleared outright waivers and has been assigned to Triple-A Omaha. He has the right to elect free agency but the Royals didn’t say whether or not he would do so. Waters, now 27, was once a prospect of note with Atlanta. He was sent to Kansas City in […]