Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr. homered, and Jac Caglianone went 4-for-4, as the visiting Kansas City Royals defeated the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Sunday, stopping Chicago's three-game winning streak.Carlos Estevez tempered a late White Sox rally to earn his 19th save, striking out Tim Elko with the bases loaded to end the game.Royals pitching retired 18 straight batters from the third through sixth innings before Chicago scored three runs against Tyler Richards, who allowed the first five hitters to reach base in the ninth.Chicago turned five double plays, but Kansas City regrouped to score five runs in the final three innings before holding on.Kansas City collected 16 hits. Jonathan India contributed three hits and two RBIs, Witt Jr. had two hits and two RBIs, Maikel Garcia had two hits and an RBI, and Vinnie Pasquantino had two hits.Royals starter Michael Lorenzen improved to 4-6 while spacing two runs and one hit in six innings. He walked two and matched a season high with seven strikeouts in his first victory since April 29.Lorenzen walked Mike Tauchman to open the game and retired the next two White Sox batters before Miguel Vargas hit a two-run home run to left field to give the hosts an early lead.It marked Chicago's only hit until the team rallied for three hits in the ninth. Vargas drove in three runs for the game.

Right-hander Adrian Houser gave up one run in six innings to lift the host Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.Dan Altavilla pitched the ninth for his second career save and first since 2020.Houser (2-1) gave up six hits, one walk and had six strikeouts in 92 pitches.The 32-year-old right-hander was released by the Texas Rangers on May 15, while in the minor leagues. Chicago signed him May 20 and immediately put him in the rotation.He has pitched at least six innings in all four of his starts for Chicago. He gave up three earned runs in a 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in his last start, with scoreless starts against the New York Mets and the Seattle Mariners.Royals right-hander Michael Wacha (3-5), gave up six hits and three earned runs in six innings. Wacha, who fell to 6-2 lifetime against the White Sox, walked one and struck five in 95 pitches.The White Sox took the lead for good in the second inning. Josh Rojas started the two-out rally with a double down the right-field line. Tim Elko followed with a two-run home run to center on the first pitch for the 2-1 lead.The White Sox's Chase Meidroth made it 3-1the third with a towering home run to center on the first pitch of the inning.

Luis Robert blooped a go-ahead, two-run single in the eighth inning among his two hits and three RBIs and Mike Tauchman homered to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 win against the visiting Kansas City Royals on Friday.Chicago used a five-run eighth inning to break the game open and pick up its third win in four games, later capitalizing on a wild pitch and two errors.Jordan Leasure (1-4) pitched a scoreless eighth to pick up the win. Losing pitcher Jonathan Bowlan allowed five runs, three earned, and two hits in 1 1/3 innings.Chicago opened the scoring on Robert Jr.'s RBI single in the second inning. Robert Jr. returned to the lineup after missing three straight games against Detroit -- two for scheduled rest and another as a precaution after being struck in the head by a ball during batting practice.White Sox right-hander Davis Martin struck out Jonathan India and Bobby Witt Jr. to start the third inning but encountered trouble soon enough. Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino connected on back-to-back homers to put the visitors ahead 2-1.Garcia matched his career high by slugging his seventh home run of the season in his 224th at-bat. He accomplished the feat in 575 at-bats in 2024.Pasquantino, meanwhile, extended his on-base streak to 22 games.The White Sox tied the game in the fifth as Tauchman hit a solo shot against Royals righty Seth Lugo.Andrew Benintendi had a pair of hits for the White Sox.

Maikel Garcia hit a two-run homer and scored three times to lead the visiting Kansas City Royals past the St. Louis Cardinals 7-5 Thursday in the second half of a split doubleheader.The Cardinals rallied to win the first game 6-5 in 10 innings.Salvador Perez drove in two runs for the Royals in Game 2 and Freddy Fermin hit a solo homer.Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans allowed five runs on five hits and three walks in three innings. He struck out four.Angel Zerpa (3-0) threw three scoreless innings, Steven Cruz blanked the Cardinals for two innings and Carlos Estevez closed out the game for his 18th save.Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs and Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals.St. Louis starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore (3-5) allowed seven runs on eight hits in four innings.Kansas City took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Bobby Witt Jr. hit a single and Garcia launched his homer.

Willson Contreras' walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning lifted the St. Louis Cardinals past the visiting Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Thursday in Game 1 of a split doubleheader.Contreras, playing in his 1,000th game, also hit a double and scored a run. Ivan Herrera added a two-run homer for the Cardinals.Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out two. Reliever JoJo Romero (2-3) claimed the victory after allowing an unearned run in the top of the 10th.Royals starter Noah Cameron blanked the Cardinals for six innings on two hits while striking out three and walking two. Reliever Carlos Estevez (2-1) took the loss.Vinny Pasquantino drove in two runs and Jonathan India had a homer and two RBIs for the Royals. Jac Caglianone hit a run-scoring double for his first major league hit and RBI.India homered to lead off the game, then Kansas City increased its lead to 2-0 in the fourth on doubles by Salvador Perez and Caglianone.Royals made it 3-0 in the fifth. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a one-out single, stole second, moved to third on a flyout and scored on Pasquantino's single.

The St. Louis Cardinals' home contest against the Kansas City Royals originally set for Wednesday evening has been rescheduled due to rain.The matchup has been bumped to Thursday, now the opener of a split doubleheader. The originally scheduled Thursday game (6:45 p.m. CT) will occur as slated. Wednesday's game will now take place as Game 1 Thursday, scheduled for 12:45 p.m. CT.The Royals took Game 1 of the three-game series Tuesday night 10-7. The Cardinals won two of three games in Kansas City on May 16-18.

Bobby Witt Jr. had a homer and four RBIs as the visiting Kansas City Royals rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7 on Tuesday night.Vinny Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia each drove in two runs for the Royals, who erased a 7-2 deficit. Jonathan India went 3-for-5 with three runs and Nick Loftin hit a solo homer.Royals starter Michael Lorenzen allowed seven runs on seven hits and a walk in 2 2/3 innings. He struck out two.But Royals relievers Daniel Lynch IV, Steven Cruz (2-0), Angel Zerpa, John Schreiber, Taylor Clarke and Carlos Estevez (17th save) combined to blank the Cardinals from there.Nolan Gorman and Alec Burleson hit two-run homers for the Cardinals, who have lost three of their last four games.Andre Pallante allowed seven runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked none.Reliever Steven Matz (3-2) took the loss.The Royals took a 2-0 first-inning lead. India led off the game with a single and Witt hit a two-run blast for just his second homer in 22 games.

The Kansas City Royals selected Jac Caglianone from Triple-A Omaha on Monday, giving the No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft a crack at the majors after just 79 games in the minor leagues.In a corresponding move, the Royals sent outfielder Dairon Blanco to Omaha.Ranked as the No. 10 prospect by MLB Pipeline, the 22-year-old Caglianone has been tearing it up in his first full professional season.At two levels, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound slugger is slashing .322/.389/.593 with 15 home runs and 56 RBIs in 50 games, including .319/.370/.723 with six home runs and 13 RBIs in 12 games at Triple-A Omaha.Caglianone has mainly played the outfield while at Triple-A and is expected to remain there when he joins the Royals for a road series against the St. Louis Cardinals that opens Tuesday. He was a two-way player at the University of Florida but set pitching aside to play first base when he was drafted last July.As the Kansas City lineup has struggled to score, calls from fans had grown louder for Caglianone's promotion.

Keider Montero and four Detroit relievers held the Kansas City Royals in check, and the visiting Tigers scored on a third-inning wild pitch for a 1-0 victory Sunday.Montero allowed seven hits and one walk over 4 2/3 innings, but the Royals couldn't push a run across the plate against the young right-hander. Then Tyler Holton, Chase Lee (2-0), Tommy Kahnle and Will Vest (nine saves) combined to give up two hits without a walk to help the American League Central-leading Tigers take two of three in the series.Detroit won 7-5 on Friday, then lost 1-0 on Saturday. But one run was more than enough Sunday against the Royals, who stranded eight men despite three hits from star Salvador Perez and two via rookie John Rave.The Royals wasted another gem from Kris Bubic (5-3), who lowered his major-league-leading ERA to 1.43. Bubic allowed four hits with two walks and tied a career high with nine strikeouts while lasting seven innings for a third straight start.However, Kansas City continued to struggle with providing run support. The Royals have been held to three runs or fewer in seven of Bubic's 12 starts.The Royals recorded three straight two-out singles in the first against Montero, including two of the infield variety. However, Kansas City failed to score after rookie Rave struck out looking with the bases loaded.Two innings later, the Tigers managed the game's lone run. Ninth-place hitter Zach McKinstry laced a triple into the right field corner. One out later, he came home on Bubic's wild pitch.

The No. 6 overall pick in the 2024 draft by the Kansas City Royals, highly touted prospect Jac Caglianone is on the verge of getting the call to the majors, according to multiple reports on Sunday night.Ranked as the No. 10 prospect by MLB Pipeline, the 22-year-old Caglianone has been tearing it up in his first professional season.At two levels, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound slugger is slashing .322/.389/.593 with 15 home runs and 56 RBIs in 49 games, including .319/.370/.723 with six home runs and 13 RBIs in 12 games at Triple-A Omaha.

After Kansas City's Michael Wacha and Detroit's Tarik Skubal were locked in a classic pitchers' duel for seven innings, the host Royals managed to break through via Vinnie Pasquantino's RBI single in the eighth to win 1-0 over the Tigers on Saturday.The 33-year-old Wacha retired the first 10 batters he faced and didn't yield his only hit until Colt Keith singled into center field with one out in the seventh inning. The veteran right-hander fanned six with one walk while facing 23 batters over 99 pitches before leaving after seven.Coming off a two-hit shutout for his first complete game last weekend against Cleveland, Skubal allowed only singles to Freddy Fermin and Nick Loftin, while fanning seven without a walk on 90 pitches in the seven innings he lasted. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner faced just 22 Kansas City hitters.Neither team placed a runner in scoring position until Loftin doubled off the left-field fence against Beau Brieske (1-2) with one out in the eighth. Pasquantino then lined the ball into left, where Detroit's Riley Greene gloved it with momentum, but was unable to nab Loftin at the plate.After Kansas City's John Schreiber (2-2) struck out two and allowed a walk in the eighth, Carlos Estevez (16 saves) gave up a two-out single to Keith in the ninth. However, the Royals closer got Greene to ground out to first baseman Salvador Perez for the final out and halt Detroit's five-game winning streak.

Riley Greene and Dillon Dingler set the pace with early two-run homers, and Spencer Torkelson went deep late, as the visiting Detroit Tigers won their fifth straight, 7-5 over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.Dingler and Wenceel Perez each had three hits, while the former drove in three for the Tigers, who have averaged 6.7 runs amid a 12-3 road stretch. Detroit's offense picked up starter Casey Mize, who allowed three runs, eight hits and two walks over just 3 1/3 innings.Bobby Witt Jr. homered, Maikel Garcia had three hits to extend his hitting streak to 14 games and Drew Waters added two hits with three RBIs for the Royals, who stranded 11 men and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.Kansas City's Seth Lugo (3-5) returned from a two-week-plus stint on the injured list and also lasted 3 1/3 innings, allowing both two-run homers, five hits and two walks.After retiring the first two batters of the game, Lugo allowed a single to Colt Keith, then Greene sent a drive deep into the right-field seats.Witt drove a Mize pitch into the left-field fountains in the bottom of the first.In the second, with a man on, Dingler clubbed a Lugo pitch over the left-field fence into the Tigers' bullpen.But, the Royals continued to pressure Mize in the third. Walks to Vinnie Pasquantino and Garcia sandwiched Salvador Perez's 300th career double. Waters' two-run single narrowed the deficit to 4-3.

Noah Cameron continued the stellar start to his major league career, allowing a single run while pitching into the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals beat the visiting Cincinnati Reds 3-2 on Wednesday night.Cameron (2-1), who hails from nearby St. Joseph, Mo., yielded only a sixth-inning run on six hits and two walks over 6 1/3 innings in his fourth career start. According to MLB, Cameron is just the second pitcher since 1893 to go 6 1/3-plus innings and allow one run or fewer in his first four career starts. The left-hander boasts a 1.05 ERA.He set the tempo Wednesday for the Royals, who avoided being swept in the three-game set after allowing seven runs in each of the first two contests.Spencer Steer had three hits and two RBIs, while Tyler Stephenson also recorded three singles for the Reds. Making his second start since missing a little more than two weeks with a right groin strain, Cincinnati's Hunter Greene (4-3) allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk over five innings.Kansas City's Maikel Garcia extended his hitting streak to 13 games by lining the ball off Greene's calf in the fourth. Then Drew Waters sent a smash just under the glove of Reds second baseman Matt McLain, and Garcia, running on the pitch, scored from first.Kansas City made it 2-0 in the fifth. John Rave doubled to right for his first big-league hit and eventually scored on Bobby Witt Jr.'s double down the right-field line.

Elly De La Cruz hit a pair of long homers and Brady Singer delivered a quality start in his return to Kansas City as the visiting Cincinnati Reds earned a 7-2 victory over the Royals on Tuesday night.Tyler Stephenson also went deep and TJ Friedl recorded his fifth straight multi-hit game for the Reds, who have totaled 14 runs while taking the first two of this three-game set. De La Cruz smashed solo shots in the fourth and sixth innings -- measured at a combined 887 feet -- as he posted his second two-homer game of 2025.Singer (6-3), who spent his first five seasons with the Royals before being traded to Cincinnati in November, allowed just two runs over seven innings. He gave up seven hits and one walk while fanning three. He also retired 12 of 13 batters during one stretch.Jonathan India, who was swapped by the Reds to get Singer, had two hits with an RBI and Maikel Garcia extended his hitting streak to 12 games for the Royals. However, Kansas City's overall offensive struggles continued. The Royals have averaged 2.7 runs during their 5-11 rut.Facing Kansas City opener Daniel Lynch IV, Stephenson gave Cincinnati a 1-0 lead in the second when he barely cleared the wall to the right of center field for his second homer of the series.The Royals, though, quickly erased that deficit in the bottom of the frame. Kansas City rapped out four singles, including two-out RBI hits from Kyle Isbel and India, to lead 2-1.

Tyler Stephenson clubbed a two-run homer for one of his three hits, Nick Martinez pitched seven quality innings and the visiting Cincinnati Reds beat the Kansas City Royals 7-4 on Monday.Stephenson came in batting .177 but matched the personal hit total from his previous six games. He had three RBIs for the Reds, who got two hits apiece from TJ Friedl, Santiago Espinal and Garrett Hampson.Martinez (3-5) yielded six hits without a walk, and all three runs he allowed came in the seventh, including Salvador Perez's two-run homer. Cincinnati has won two of three after losing three straight.The Reds had their way with Kansas City starter Michael Lorenzen (3-6), who allowed six runs, 11 hits and three walks over five innings. It marked the first time this season a Royals starter allowed more than five runs in a contest.Cincinnati wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Friedl opened the game with a double that made it to the right field wall and eventually came home on Austin Hays' sacrifice fly.The Reds added three more runs in the third when they banged out five hits against Lorenzen. Gavin Lux and Stephenson each delivered RBI singles and Will Benson came through with Cincinnati's second sacrifice fly to right field.Meanwhile, Martinez allowed his first baserunners in the fourth via singles to ex-Red Jonathan India and Vinnie Pasquantino. However, he avoided any damage after Perez grounded into an inning-ending 4-3 double play.

The Kansas City Royals purchased the contract of outfielder John Rave on Monday, while first baseman Cavan Biggio was optioned to Triple-A Ohama.Rave, 27, is poised to make his major league debut in Monday's home game against the Cincinnati Reds. He batted .301 with nine home runs and 25 RBIs in 44 games at Ohama this season.Biggio, 30, was batting .174 in 37 games with the Royals this season and had one home run with four RBIs. In parts of seven major league seasons, including six with the Toronto Blue Jays, Biggio is a career .223 hitter in 561 games with 52 home runs and 190 RBIs.

Maikel Garcia drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on for a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.Freddy Fermin also drove in a run for Kansas City, which salvaged a win in the finale of a three-game series.Ty France drove in the lone run for Minnesota, which lost for only the third time in the past 19 games. The Twins managed only three hits.Carlos Estevez (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the Royals. He walked none and struck out two.Minnesota's Jhoan Duran (3-1) allowed one unearned run on one hit in one inning. He walked none and struck out one.Royals right-hander Taylor Clarke pitched a scoreless 10th to pick up his first save.Both starters received no-decisions despite recording quality starts.The Royals' Kris Bubic limited the Twins to one run on two hits in seven innings. He walked two and struck out nine.The Twins' Bailey Ober gave up one run on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three.

Ty France ripped a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night in Minneapolis.France clenched his fist after the long ball, which marked his fourth home run of the season. Carlos Correa added a solo homer for Minnesota, which won for the 15th time in 17 games.Cavan Biggio doubled and drove in the lone run for Kansas City. Freddy Fermin also doubled for the Royals, who dropped to 2-2 with two games to go on a six-game road trip.Twins right-hander Cole Sands (3-1) earned the victory with one scoreless inning of relief. He was one of four bullpen arms to follow starter Pablo Lopez, who allowed one run on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.Royals right-hander Lucas Erceg (1-1) took the loss after retiring only one of three batters faced in the ninth inning.The Royals jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Jonathan India was hit by a pitch, advanced to second on a single by Vinnie Pasquantino and scored on Biggio's double to center.

Brooks Lee gave Minnesota its second walk-off win in as many days as his ninth-inning RBI single lifted the Twins to a 5-4 comeback victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday in Minneapolis.Lee's second three-hit game of the season ended with a two-out, slow-roller up the middle off Steven Cruz and allowed Carlos Correa to score from third.Harrison Bader hit his fifth home run of the season and Kody Clemens got his fourth to lead Minnesota's comeback. The Twins had lost their previous 39 games when trailing by four or more runs.Vinnie Pasquantino had his third three-hit game of the season for the Royals, going 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 and drove in a run while Maikel Garcia extended his hitting streak to nine games with a single and two RBIs.However, the Royals also struck out a season-high 18 times.Zebby Matthews struck out a career-high nine batters for the Twins. However, the 25-year-old righty making his second start of the season lasted only four innings as he needed 58 pitches to labor through the second and third innings. He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk.Pasquantino and Perez teamed up to double the Royals lead in the fifth off Justin Topa, giving Kansas City a 4-0 advantage.

The Kansas City Royals designated veteran right fielder Hunter Renfroe for assignment on Friday.Renfroe, 33, is batting .182 with zero home runs and four RBIs in 35 games this season.Renfroe is a career .236 hitter with 192 homers and 510 RBIs in 996 games with seven teams in 10 seasons.He set career highs with 33 homers for the San Diego Padres in 2019 and 96 RBIs for the Boston Red Sox in 2021.