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Yoenis Cespedes hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics swept a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals with a 4-3 win.Leading off the eighth, Cespedes knocked a 1-0 pitch off Kelvin Herrera (2-4) deep into left center.Oakland reliever Ryan Cook allowed runners on second and third with two outs in the ninth, but managed to escape and notch his first save of the season.Coco Crisp, Jed Lowrie and Josh Donaldson contributed with an RBI apiece for the Athletics.Oakland starter A.J. Griffin allowed three runs on seven hits and three walks in six frames. Jerry Blevins (3-0) pitched a scoreless eighth to pick up the win.Alex Gordon, Eric Hosmer and Chris Getz each drove in one run for the Royals, who have lost seven of their last nine games. Starter Luis Mendoza gave up three runs -- two earned -- on eight hits in six-plus innings.Gordon singled with two outs in the third, scoring Getz, who drew a walk and advanced to third on a single by Alcides Escoba...
Brandon McCarthy pitched well enough to win his seventh straight decision.Instead, McCarthy suffered his first loss since April 21, snapping his career-high six-game...
Jhonny Peralta and Victor Martinez each notched two hits and two RBI as the Detroit Tigers took care of the Kansas City Royals, 7-5, at Comerica Park.Jose Valverde m...
Jeff Francoeur always enjoys beating his first team.This one was especially sweet.Francoeur had an RBI single and Wade Davis made it stand up with five-hit ball over...
Kansas City manager Ned Yost won't hesitate to give the ball to Kelvin Herrera again soon.Even after a rough outing against the Atlanta Braves.Herrera (1-1) gave up ...
The Atlanta Braves cranked out five solo home runs and continued the club's best start in 19 years by overpowering the Kansas City Royals, 6-3, Tuesday at Turner Fie...
The Atlanta Braves go after their 10th consecutive win on Tuesday when they open a brief two-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Turner Field.Atlanta sent ...
Righty Ervin Santana makes his third start with his new team on Sunday when the Kansas City Royals host the Toronto Blue Jays in the finale of a three-game weekend s...
Alex Gordon delivered a game-winning base hit up the middle in the bottom of the ninth and the Kansas City Royals salvaged a three-game set with a 3-2 victory over t...
Jose Bautista hit a two-run homer to lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.Munenori Kawasaki, who replaced an injured Jose ...
Billy Butler put Kansas City up in the first inning with a solo home run and Wade Davis, Bruce Chen and Kelvin Herrera took care of the rest, as the Royals blanked t...
Billy Butler put Kansas City up in the first inning with a solo home run and Wade Davis, Bruce Chen and Kelvin Herrera took care of the rest, as the Royals blanked t...
Cole Hamels feels fine. His results, not so great.Hamels gave up the first grand slam of his career and the Phillies' left-handed ace muddled through his second stra...
Jordan Danks hit his first home run of the season and it proved to be the difference-maker, as his two-out, solo shot in the 11th gave the White Sox the go-ahead run...
Alex Gordon hit the game-winning single in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Kansas City Royals edged the Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in the middle test of a three-ga...
The Cleveland Indians could be losing their patience with righty Ubaldo Jimenez. The right-hander gets yet another chance to turn it around on Monday when the Tribe ...
Mike Aviles smacked a three-run homer and finished with five RBI, as the Cleveland Indians routed the Kansas City Royals, 10-3, to salvage a split of a doubleheader ...
Jeremy Guthrie spun 6 2/3 shutout innings en route to matching a Royals' franchise record in Kansas City's 9-0 rout of the Cleveland Indians in the first game of a d...
Chris Getz had two hits and two RBIs, leading the Kansas City Royals over a Cleveland Indians split-squad 6-5 Friday.Royals right-hander Kyle Davies yielded two runs...
Three hits and two RBIs were not all Chris Getz delievred in Kansas City's 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.The second baseman also saved a run...