Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Royals dealing with injuries, but still pose a challenge

Opposite dugout: Royals dealing with injuries, but still pose a challenge
Manager: Ned Yost (7th season) Record: 30-26 Last 10 games: 4-6 Who to watch: 1B Eric Hosmer (.321 with 10 HR, 35 RBIs), CF Lorenzo Cain (.297 with 8 HR, 34 RBIs), C Salvador Perez (7 HR, 29 RBIs), RF Paulo Orlando (.333), RHP Wade Davis (0.89 ERA, 16 saves)Season series vs. Orioles: 2-1 Pitching probables: June 6: LHP Danny Duffy vs. RHP Mike Wright, 7:05 p.m., MASNJune 7: RHP Yordano Ventura vs. RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, 7:05 p.m. MASNJune 8: RHP Edinson Volquez vs. RHP Chris Tillman, 7:05 p.m.,...
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Opposite dugout: Royals enter interleague series after rough road trip

Opposite dugout: Royals enter interleague series after rough road trip
Manager: Ned Yost (7th year) Record: 13-11 Last 10 games: 4-6 Who to watch: 1B Eric Hosmer (.333/.374/.538 with 4 HR, 9 RBIs), 3B Mike Moustakas (7 HR,11 RBIs), C Salvador Perez (14 RBIs), RHP Edinson Volquez (3-1, 3.34 ERA), RHP Wade Davis (8 saves, 0.00 ERA), RHP Kelvin Herrera (0.00 ERA, 17 Ks in 12 1/3 IP) Season series vs. Nationals: First meeting (1-2 in 2013) Pitching probables: May 2: LHP Gio Gonzalez vs. RHP Edinson Volquez, 8:15 p.m., MASN May 3: RHP Tanner Roark vs. RHP Chris Young,...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Pitching and defense are again Royals' strengths

Opposite dugout: Pitching and defense are again Royals' strengths
Manager: Ned Yost (7th season) Record: 10-5 Last 10 games: 6-4 Who to watch: 2B Omar Infante (.286), 1B Eric Hosmer (.305), DH Kendrys Morales (2 HR, 7 RBIs), C Salvador Perez (11 RBIs), CF Lorenzo Cain (.222 with 2 HR, 7 RBIs), RHP Kris Medlen (1-0, 2.38 ERA), RHP Yordano Ventura (1-0, 2.81 ERA), RHP Wade Davis (6 saves, 0.00 ERA) Season series vs. Orioles: First meeting (4-3 in 2015) Pitching probables: April 22: RHP Yovani Gallardo vs. RHP Chris Young, 8:15 p.m., MASN2 April 23: RHP Tyler...
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Mel Antonen

Royals are comeback kings who have earned their World Series crown

Royals are comeback kings who have earned their World Series crown
This week, the news converges: The Kansas City Royals celebrate their first World Series title in three decades and the Nationals will announce that Bud Black will be their new manager. Black, a left-handed pitcher, was the Royals' No. 4 starter in 1985, the year the Royals beat St. Louis in seven games in the World Series. Black started Game 4 in Busch Stadium, getting beaten by John Tudor 3-0. Black pitched five innings and gave up home runs to Willie McGee and Tito Landrum. Black is known...
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Mel Antonen

Royals return to Fall Classic with more power added to speed, defense, pitching

Royals return to Fall Classic with more power added to speed, defense, pitching
The Kansas City Royals, a team that had nine consecutive losing seasons (including four seasons of at least 100 losses) from 2004 to 2012, are making a repeat visit to the World Series. The Royals are the first team to win consecutive American League pennants since Texas in 2010-2011, but the Rangers lost both World Series. Toronto won back-to-back World Series titles in 1992-1993. Not long ago, the Royals were a young and talented team going nowhere. Their turnaround started in the second half...
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Steve Melewski

Playoffs game blog: Kansas City and the New York Mets need one win to advance

Playoffs game blog: Kansas City and the New York Mets need one win to advance
In search of their first World Series title since 1985, the Kansas City Royals are now one win away from a return to the Fall Classic. They take a 3-1 lead into Game 5 today of the American League Championship Series at Toronto's Rogers Centre. Kansas City has been bashing the baseball and posted a 14-2 win yesterday over Toronto. The top three in their order - Alcides Escobar, Ben Zobrist and Lorenzo Cain - went a combined 6-for-11 with a homer, four runs and nine RBIs. K.C. went 8-for-11...
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Mel Antonen

Breaking down the Blue Jays-Royals battle in the ALCS

Breaking down the Blue Jays-Royals battle in the ALCS
The Kansas City Royals will take aim at their second consecutive American League pennant when they play the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series. The last time the Royals were in the World Series was in 1985, the year they beat the Blue Jays in the ALCS. That series was the first of baseball's expanded series format, going from the five- to the seven-game format. Under the old rules, used from 1969 through 1984, the Blue Jays would have won the title. They won three of...
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Josh Land

Zach Wilt: Royals return to Baltimore

Zach Wilt: Royals return to Baltimore
The harsh reality is that there isn't much hope for the postseason making a return to Birdland this season. FanGraphs.com has the Orioles' playoff chances down to 0.1 percent, and an October berth would require climbing over six teams in the American League wild card standings. Being back 7 1/2 games with only 23 remaining would make that an incredibly difficult task. As the attention of fans in Baltimore shifts over to the team across the street that kicks off their season on Sunday, the...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Since last meeting, Royals and O's have gone in different directions

Opposite dugout: Since last meeting, Royals and O's have gone in different directions
Manager: Ned Yost (6th season) Record: 83-56 Last 10 games: 3-7 Who to watch: CF Lorenzo Cain (.312/.368/.487 with 14 HR, 65 RBIs, 27 SB), 1B Eric Hosmer (.309 with 14 HR, 81 RBIs), 3B Mike Moustakas (.281 with 16 HR, 60 RBIs), DH Kendrys Morales (.291 with 17 HR, 101 RBIs), RHP Wade Davis (0.94 ERA, 13 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 3-1 Pitching probables: Sept. 11: LHP Danny Duffy vs. RHP Mike Wright, 7:05 p.m., MASN Sept. 12: RHP Johnny Cueto vs. RHP Chris Tillman, 1:05 p.m., FOX Sept....
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Royals cruising toward AL Central crown

Opposite dugout: Royals cruising toward AL Central crown
Manager: Ned Yost (6th season) Record: 75-48 Last 10 games: 7-3 Who to watch: 1B Eric Hosmer (.317 with 14 HR, 74 RBIs), CF Lorenzo Cain (.307 with 24 SB), 2B Ben Zobrist (.321 with 4 HR, 13 RBIs), DH Kendrys Morales (.283 with 13 HR, 85 RBIs), RHP Johnny Cueto (2-2, 3.00 ERA), RHP Greg Holland (3.55 ERA, 28 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 1st meeting (4-3 in 2014) Pitching probables: Aug. 24: RHP Ubaldo Jimenez vs. RHP Kris Medlen, 8:10 p.m., MASNAug. 25: RHP Miguel Gonzalez vs. LHP Danny...
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Mel Antonen

A memorable World Series sweep, plus other Fall Classic notes

A memorable World Series sweep, plus other Fall Classic notes
Watching the World Series from Kansas City, I thought of a friend from high school whose story has to be told. John Martin grew up on a farm outside of Bryant in eastern South Dakota, near my hometown. He had bushy dark hair with thick eyebrows and a crooked smile. He had a bear-trap handshake, molded from years of never-ending chores. He loved sports, especially baseball, but it was easy to see that his best sport was football. John often joked about his baseball ability, but that never...
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Mel Antonen

Answering questions about the Giants-Royals World Series

Answering questions about the Giants-Royals World Series
The World Series opens Tuesday in Kansas City with two wild card teams, the Royals and Giants, playing for the title. Wasn't the new one-game wild card format supposed to make it tougher for a second-place team to make it to the World Series? The Royals, who have won eight consecutive games in this postseason, are playing in their first World Series since 1985, the year they beat the Cardinals. The Giants are in their third World Series in five seasons after beating the Rangers in 2010 and the...
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Mel Antonen

Recipe of aggressive play has served Royals well in ALCS

Recipe of aggressive play has served Royals well in ALCS
After watching the Kansas City Royals take a 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series, there's one question that's gone unanswered: How did this team go 6-13 versus Detroit and lose the American League Central? "We're playing our best baseball,'' Royals manager Ned Yost says. The Orioles know. The Royals, who have won six consecutive postseason games, will try to move a win closer to win the American League pennant when they host Game 3 of the American League Championship...
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Josh Land

Yost, Cain on Royals taking 2-0 lead in ALCS

Yost, Cain on Royals taking 2-0 lead in ALCS
While the Royals didn't predict it, they didn't rule out the notion of leaving Camden Yards with a two games to none lead in the American League Championship Series with three games in front of their home fans waiting. Outfielder Lorenzo Cain had a ton to do with the latest victory, going 4-for-5 with two runs, an RBI and two spectacular catches - one of which robbed J.J. Hardy of extra bases to start the sixth. Along with showing his impressive range and glove, Cain is batting .750 with two...
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Opposite dugout: Royals ride pitching, speed, defense into ALCS

Opposite dugout: Royals ride pitching, speed, defense into ALCS
Manager: Ned Yost, fifth year Record: 89-73 ALDS result: 3-0 over Angels Postseason stats: 1B Eric Hosmer (.500/.632/1.143, 2 HR, 5 RBIs, 5 R); 3B Mike Moustakas (.286/.333/.714, 2 HR, 2 RBIs); LHP Jason Vargas (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 0.67 WHIP); RHP James Shields (1-0, 4.91 ERA, 1.36 WHIP) Season series vs. O's: 4-3, 26 runs scored, 18 runs allowed Pitching probables Game 1, Oct. 10: James Shields vs. Chris Tillman, 8 p.m., TBS Game 2, Oct. 11: Yordano Ventura vs. Wei-Yin Chen/Bud Norris, 4 p.m.,...
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Roch Kubatko

Matusz added to ALCS roster (with K.C. roster)

Matusz added to ALCS roster (with K.C. roster)
Orioles manager Buck Showalter made a small adjustment to his roster for the American League Championship Series. Showalter is keeping 11 pitchers. The only change is the addition of left-hander Brian Matusz and the removal of right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez. Left-hander T.J. McFarland has been excluded again, with Showalter choosing to add only one southpaw to his bullpen. The position players remain the same. Jimmy Paredes and Kelly Johnson stay on the roster. Infielders/Outfielders (12) Cruz,...
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Steve Melewski

Jeremy Guthrie could see O's building a winner, plus other Royals notes

Jeremy Guthrie could see O's building a winner, plus other Royals notes
Former Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie never got to play on a winning team in Baltimore. He missed it by one year. His last season was 2011 and the Orioles returned to the playoffs the following season. Back at Camden Yards today with the Kansas City Royals, Guthrie said he could sense something good was coming for the Orioles, even though he was not around to see it to completion. "Yeah, I always said that and there weren't many people that agreed," Guthrie said during a Royals interview...
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Checking in with a Kansas City reporter for a scouting report and a bullpen comparison

Checking in with a Kansas City reporter for a scouting report and a bullpen comparison
From 1969 to 1980, the Orioles and Kansas City Royals were well represented in the American League Championship Series. One of those two teams played in the ALCS in 10 of those 12 years, with the Orioles playing six times and the Royals four. But they never played each other, as they will starting tomorrow night in Baltimore. I had a chance to get a Royals scouting report from Josh Vernier, the Royals insider for flagship radio station KCSP-AM/610 Sports Radio, who also reports for FOX Sports...
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Mel Antonen

An early look at the Orioles-Royals matchup in the ALCS

An early look at the Orioles-Royals matchup in the ALCS
When the Orioles open the American League Championship Series Friday night at home versus the Kansas City Royals, both teams will have the underdog mentality that will make them each a version of "America's Team." Each is in need of a title. The Orioles last won the World Series in 1983, the Royals in 1985. But at least the Orioles have been to the postseason since 1983, playing in October in 1996, 1997 and 2012. The Royals beat St. Louis in the 1985 World Series. Since then, they've had...
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Josh Land

Opposite dugout: Royals' arms present O's with another mound of challenges

Opposite dugout: Royals' arms present O's with another mound of challenges
Manager: Ned Yost, fifth year Record: 20-19 Last 10 games: 6-4 Who to watch: C Salvador Perez (.275/.333/.449, 4 HR, 12 RBIs); 1B Eric Hosmer (.304/.343/.418, 15 doubles, 18 RBIs); RHP Yordano Ventura (2-2, 2.34 ERA, 1.11 WHIP); RHP James Shields (5-3, 2.54 ERA, 1.08 WHIP) Season series vs. O's: 2-1, 16 runs scored, 6 runs allowed Pitching probables May 15: Yordano Ventura vs. Wei-Yin Chen, 8 p.m., MASN HD May 16: Jeremy Guthrie vs. Chris Tillman, 8 p.m., MASN2 HD May 17: Danny Duffy vs. Bud...
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