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Montas wins season debut and Yankees clinch 31st winning season by beating Royals 5-2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The New York Yankees clinched their 31st straight winning season by beating the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. They'd rather be clinching something more important. Like a playoff spot. But the chances of that evaporated...
Yankees' Rodón, pitching coach smooth things over after clashing on the mound
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yankees manager Aaron Boone was still smoothing over some clubhouse discord with two games left in a lost season Saturday after Carlos Rodón and pitching coach Matt Blake clashed on the mound the previous night. Rodón was in the midst of allowing all eight...
Royals rock Rodón, Witt homers to join 30-30 club as KC rolls to 12-5 win over Yankees
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. admitted the pressure was beginning to mount, and time running out, to hit the 30th homer that would make the budding superstar the first Kansas City player to join the 30-30 club. The Royals did everything they could to take the pressure off...
Miguel Cabrera's 511th home run lifts Tigers, who sweep Royals 8-0 and 7-3
DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit his 511th home run as Detroit won the completion of a suspended game 8-0 and Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer in a seven-run seventh inning that led the Tigers over the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Thursday for a sweep both games. Cabrera, who is...
Cabrera hits 511th homer as Tigers lead Royals 4-0 in a game suspended until Thursday by rain
DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit his 511th home run to help the Detroit Tigers take a 4-0 lead over the Kansas City Royals in a game that was suspended by rain after four innings on Wednesday night. Cabrera, who is retiring after the season ends this week, tied Mel Ott for 25th...
Manfred hopes MLB owners will vote in November on A's proposed move to Las Vegas
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred hopes owners will hold a vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to Las Vegas when they meet from Nov. 14-16 at Arlington, Texas. Manfred discussed the timetable Wednesday during an interview with The Associated Press...
Akil Baddoo, Parker Meadows homers spark four-run eighth as the Tigers beat the Royals 6-3
DETROIT (AP) — Akil Baddoo and Parker Meadows hit consecutive homers to lead off a four-run eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Tuesday night. Kansas City's Zack Greinke pitched five shutout innings, and saw his winless streak grow to 22 games...
102-loss Royals have turned out to be quite the spoilers against playoff-chasing Astros
This wasn't a run you saw coming — but then again, you rarely do when a baseball team starts to play spoiler. The Kansas City Royals, who reached 100 losses more than two weeks ago and have been out of contention for almost the entire season, suddenly became a huge thorn in the...
Royals hit 4 homers, beat slumping Astros 6-5 for sweep and 6-game winning streak
HOUSTON (AP) — 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...
Lyles pitches five shutout, Royals down Astros 3-2, Houston maintains hold on final AL wild-card
HOUSTON (AP) — Jordan Lyles gave up just two hits in five innings, Bobby Witt Jr. drove in his 93rd run of the season and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 3-2 on Saturday night. Houston has lost four of its last five games and fell to 39-41 at home this year. Still,...
