By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Joakim Soria threw the pitch he wanted to Jacoby Ellsbury with two outs in the 10th inning Tuesday night, and even got the result he wanted...

By CHRISTOPHER STOCK Associated Press (MIAMI, AP) — Alcides Escobar is the latest player to make an impact at the plate for the Kansas City Royals. Escobar homered, doubled, and drove in two runs to...

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Alex Gordon has been battling most of the season to raise his average above .200. Now he is the hottest hitter on the American League's hottest team. Gordon hit a grand slam,...

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press (DETROIT, AP) — Eric Hosmer has been trying to find his way out of a long slump, and coming to Detroit may have done the trick. A night after homering in a win over the...

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press (DETROIT, AP) — Justin Verlander has been one of the hottest pitchers in baseball for the last six weeks. For most of Tuesday night, he was again. Verlander came into the...

(NEW YORK, AP) — Pitchers Miguel Medrano of Kansas City and Yonaiker Oropeza of Washington have been suspended 72 games each under baseball's minor league drug program following positive tests for Stanozolol. Medrano,...

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press (DETROIT, AP) — Ian Kennedy knew his good stuff was back by late July. He had nothing to show for it until Monday night, though. The right-hander took three straight no-decisions...

By ANDRES YBARRA Associated Press (MINNEAPOLIS, AP) — With Paulo Orlando a double shy of the cycle, Kansas City manager Ned Yost said the Royals were hoping their best hitter could get one more at-bat...

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Yordano Ventura was not at his best, but good enough to end a personal losing drought. Ventura pitched effectively into the seventh inning, Kendrys Morales hit a grand slam,...

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Danny Duffy didn't pitch quite as well as he did in his previous start — that would've been hard to match. He did plenty, though, to stop Aaron Sanchez and the Blue Jays. Duffy...

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) —€” Devon Travis has multiple hits in nine of his past 17 games. This one was different. Travis hit his second homer of the game in the ninth inning to lift the Toronto Blue...

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., AP) — Edinson Volquez had focused between starts on doing better in the first inning. Things didn't quite pan out as Volquez allowed four of his...