KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

This 4-3 loss to Texas on Wednesday won't qualify as one of the lower points in the Royals' season. Not even close. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be kicking themselves at letting one get away.

Start with the first inning when a failure to make two seemingly routine plays, along with a missed call, resulted...Read More

In the end, it took a torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder to knock ironman catcher Jason Kendall out of the Royals’ lineup.

Kendall, 36, is scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery Friday on his right shoulder after a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam earlier this week revealed extensive tearing in his rotator cuff.

Th...Read More

Well, why not? How better to end a wild game Tuesday night than on a wild pitch?

The Royals claimed a 10-9 victory when Willie Bloomquist scored the winning run from third base on a wild pitch by Texas reliever Alexi Ogando with two outs in the ninth inning.

“You certainly wouldn’t anticipate it being a walk-off wild pi...Read More

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —If the Royals are any measuring stick, there is no better pitcher this season in the American League than Texas lefty C.J. Wilson.

Check the evidence from Monday night when the Royals managed just two hits against Wilson over 7 2/3 innings in a 3-0 loss to the Rangers at Kauffman Stadium.

"He was aggressive an...Read More

CLEVELAND — The road to redemption, it seems, starts with a good shower.

So testifies reliever Jesse Chavez after Sunday's 6-2 victory enabled the Royals to avoid a three-game weekend sweep by the Cleveland Indians.

It was Chavez who served up a walk-off homer Saturday night in the 10th inning by Asdrubal Cabrera. And it was C...Read More

CLEVELAND — Extra innings, often a highlight this season, brought only heartache Saturday night for the Royals, who saw several opportunities for a comeback victory slip away before suffering a 4-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians.

Asdrubal Cabrera ended the game by opening the 10th inning with a home run against reliever Jesse Chavez. ...Read More

CLEVELAND — So what happens when your struggling opponent scores more runs by the end of the fifth inning than in its previous six games combined? And goes on to generate its highest output of the season?

You get smoked — as the Royals did Friday night in a 15-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians in the first of three weekend games ...Read More

DETROIT — That's not a mistake in the box score.

Willie Bloomquist really did bat third in the starting lineup for the first time in his nine-year career Wednesday afternoon when the Royals completed a three-game series against Detroit.

And Bloomquist really did deliver a home run in the 12th inning that carried the Royals to a...Read More

DETROIT — Sometimes you just know, right? One sip is all it takes. Or one forkful. Or one pitch on the first at-bat.

Gregor Blanco tried to call timeout Tuesday night as the first batter in the first inning on a full-count offering from Detroit's Rick Porcello at Comerica Park.

Umpire Jim Reynolds didn't grant the request as Bl...Read More

DETROIT — Did the Royals simply pay a price Monday for their marathon weekend against the Chicago White Sox? Or was this merely a 12-3 beatdown by a Detroit club showing signs of renewed life?

Doesn't really matter, does it?

Lefty Bruce Chen offered little of the effective deception that resuscitated his career in recent weeks....Read More