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ANAHEIM -- Dairon Blanco, the Royals ' weapon off the bench as an elite pinch-runner and reliable defensive replacement, hasn't gotten many starts this season.

ANAHEIM -- Were you really counting the Royals out? Down one run with a runner on first in the top of the ninth inning at Angel Stadium on Friday night, Adam Frazier rocketed a two-run homer to right field to flip a deficit into a one-run lead and an eventual

ANAHEIM -- Cole Ragans didn’t strike out an Angels batter until the third inning Saturday, atypical for the Royals’ hard-throwing starter who entered the night ranked third in the American League with an 11.4 K/9 and fifth with a 29.8% strikeout rate. But it was an atypical night all around,

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ANAHEIM -- Although it’s May and the season is far from over, the Royals are playing enough winning baseball and have a clear goal in mind this year: where they are in the standings is starting to matter. The fact that they could have taken over first place in the

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KANSAS CITY -- Ten years ago, the Royals brought postseason baseball back to Kansas City with an electrifying October run. It included a truly wild, extra-inning Wild Card Game win over the A’s. It included an eight-game postseason winning streak. And it gave Kansas City its first American League pennant

KANSAS CITY -- On a night the Royals were celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their 2014 American League championship, the one player from that

KANSAS CITY -- Seth Lugo keeps finding new ways to impress with his new team, and Saturday night was no different. The righty starter struck out 10 batters and allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings to earn his American League-leading seventh win of the year in the Royals’ 5-3