— Blake Snell struck out nine in six strong innings and the San Francisco Giants completed a three-game series sweep with a 2-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. “It couldn’t have been a worse homestand,” Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said. “We’re playing pretty good right now.” The Royals have scored four runs in their last five …
— The Kansas City Royals’ late-season losing streak stretched to five on Friday night with a 2-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants, who got three hits from Heliot Ramos. “You’ve got to make your own breaks,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “I didn’t have a great angle from where I was sitting, but they called it foul and it’s …
— Parker Meadows hit a broken-bat single in the 10th inning to give Detroit the lead, moments after Trey Sweeney had been given third base because of a balk, and the Tigers went on to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Tuesday night. “That was a classic pitching duel the whole night.” Cole Ragans allowed one run on four …
BOSTON — Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro lobbied for Royals right-hander Seth Lugo to start Tuesday’s All-Star Game for the American League. “I called him and pushed as hard as I could to recommend Seth to start,” Quatraro said Saturday before Lugo took the loss when the Royals fell to the Red Sox 5-0. “I understand that there’s a lot …
MINNEAPOLIS — The Kansas City Royals scratched starting right-handed pitcher Brady Singer from the lineup because of illness less than three hours before their afternoon game at Minnesota on Thursday. “He just didn’t have a good night’s sleep, just didn’t feel well, was up during the night — it’s the typical illness that everybody deals with,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro …