The Royals and Tigers were engaged in a tense pitcher’s duel for eight innings before Kansas City broke the game wide open in the ninth inning leading to an 8-0 win in the series opener on Friday afternoon. The Royals got seven shutout innings from Seth Lugo, who lowered his season ERA to 1.66, allowing just three hits and recording a season-high nine strikeouts. The Royals got on the board in the third inning when the bottom of the order came through. Adam Frazier and Kyle Isbel each singled,...
I had a good feeling when Wednesday’s game started off with a 1-2-3 inning from Alec Marsh. Then Salvador Perez started the scoring, and I had a great feeling. The Kansas City Royals held the Toronto Blue Jays in check, thanks to another scoreless Marsh start and some timely hitting up and down the lineup. The 3-2 victory tonight came in a picture-perfect spring evening backdrop. Perez put Kansas City on top in the first when his single scored Witt from third base. The Royals did not look back...
Jaylon Thompson writes that Salvador Perez joined the 250 home run club over the weekend. The offense picked up starter Alec Marsh on Saturday. Chris Stratton issued four walks in the eighth inning of Sunday’s loss. Salvy did have to leave Sunday’s game after a play at the plate. Anne Rogers writes about the Royals’ research and development team. Frank Mozzicato made his season debut in the minors. Jacob Milham at Kings of Kauffman wonders if Nick Loftin is the odd man out when Michael Massey...