The Kansas City Royals may be coming alive at just the right time. While they are still four games back of the defending American League champion New York Yanke

Giants outfielderr Jung Hoo Lee makes a catch between his knees. Boston rookie Marcelo Mayer will have season-ending surgery. The Reds snap a 14-game win streak for the Brewers. Orioles prospect Samuel Basallo gets his first MLB hit.

Fans will have multiple opportunities this week to see if the Royals can make up ground in the race when the team plays host to the Nationals and White Sox. As usual, the Royals’ six games this week are on FanDuel Sports Kansas City and Sunday’s game also will be simulcast on two local stations in Kansas City.

The Texas Rangers and Kansas City Royals have little room for error considering they both reside on the outside of a wild-card berth in the American League.

It's Major League Baseball's Players' Weekend this weekend (August 15-17), and the Kansas City Royals are taking full advantage of the opportunity to show off a little more style on the diamond.

Despite still being a teenager, Kendry Chourio showed out for the Columbia Fireflies in their showdown with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Thursday.

The Red Sox blitzed Falter in the first inning. Boston scored five runs, buoyed by outfielder Jarren Duran’s three-run homer, as the Royals fell 8-5. Falter threw 38 pitches in the opening frame. He left a few pitches over the plate and the Red Sox took advantage.

Despite mounting speculation about the future of the Kansas City Royals’ stadium search, both team officials and the owner of Overland Park’s sprawling Aspiria campus say no agreement is in place for the site’s acquisition.

When he hit his 20th home run of the season earlier this week, Kansas City Royals legend Salvador Perez continued to move up an impressive list in baseball history, as noted by Bob Nightengale of USA Today: He just set a franchise record with his ninth season hitting at least 20 homers,

The Kansas City Royals and QuikTrip are continuing their mission of promoting youth literacy around the metro with a new children’s book based in Kansas City.

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