Overlooked AL Central gets its revenge by putting 3 teams in Division Series

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The cruel joke before the season was that someone would win the AL Central because someone had to win the AL Central. They were five teams with modest payrolls and meager expectations, each of them short on talent and long on hope. Well, it...

Patrick Mahomes and Bobby Witt Jr. come from shared backgrounds. Both have KC teams chasing titles

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — They were the sons of big league ballplayers, the lazy summer days of their youth spent listening to stories about baseball. Their dads were both journeyman pitchers — maybe faced each other a time or two — who bounced from team to team as they tried to...

Orioles get swept out of the playoffs in their only series for a second consecutive year

BALTIMORE (AP) — Things went so poorly for the Baltimore Orioles in the playoffs that even when they had the bases loaded and a hit by pitch scores a run, Colton Cowser swung at a ball thrown right at him, missed and broke his left hand in the process. They did not score in that...

Witt gets another big hit to send the Royals into ALDS with a 2-game sweep of the Orioles

BALTIMORE (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a two-game sweep of their Wild Card Series. With two outs and runners at...

The Kansas City Royals sweep the Baltimore Orioles in their AL Wild Card Series with a 2-1 victory in Game 2.

Bobby Witt Jr. and Cole Ragans lead the Royals over the Orioles 1-0 to open an AL Wild Card Series

BALTIMORE (AP) — As Bobby Witt Jr. prepared to make his much-anticipated playoff debut for the Kansas City Royals, he took a moment after the final notes of the national anthem rang out at Camden Yards on Tuesday to soak it all in. The bright lights on a cloudy afternoon. The...

Corbin Burnes makes one costly mistake as the Orioles lose AL Wild Card Series opener to the Royals

BALTIMORE (AP) — Corbin Burnes threw one masterful cutter after another, cruising through the Kansas City Royals' order like the ace he has been all season for the Baltimore Orioles. One costly mistake in the sixth inning paved the way to a painful postseason loss. ...

MLB's season turns to October competition, where legacies and fortunes can be made

Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular-season numbers in baseball history over the past six months. Bobby Witt Jr. is a precocious 24-year-old who just won the American League batting title. They've both proven they are excellent at baseball. ...

Brewers' Chourio and Padres' Merrill head impressive list of rookies in postseason

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio is looking forward to more champagne-soaked clubhouse celebrations, even if he still isn’t old enough to partake fully. When the Brewers sealed the NL Central title, the 20-year-old Chourio found a collection of...

Not long since 100-loss seasons, the Royals and Orioles meet in an AL Wild Card Series

BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman and Bobby Witt Jr. were the top two picks of baseball's 2019 amateur draft, back when the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals were among the worst teams in the sport. “It’s pretty crazy,” Witt said Monday. “Now we’re matching up in...