Aaron Crow

Ervin Santana pitched seven strong innings and the Kansas City Royals ended Boston's seven-game winning streak with a 4-2 win over the Red Sox in the opener of a day-night doubleheader on Sunday.     The nightcap was scheduled after Friday night's game...

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| NHL Hockey--Chicago Blackhawks at Detroit Red Wings, 11:30 a.m. (NBC); Montreal Canadiens at Boston Bruins, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN); Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild, 7 p.m. (FXSP) NBA Basketball--Miami Heat at New York Knicks,...

Never underestimate Mike Ilitch's appetite for a championship. While the Tigers loved what they got from Anibal Sanchez a year ago, they didn't have $80 million budgeted to keep him off the free-agent market. But that's what Dave Dombrowski persuaded...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Adam Dunn's 451-foot home run Saturday night amounted to much less than a consolation prize for the White Sox after a 6-3 loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Much of their frustration stemmed from Alcides Escobar's two home...

Lorenzo Cain drove in three runs and Alex Gordon had three hits and scored two runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Saturday night.     Cain delivered run-producing singles in the first and fifth innings and he had an RBI-double...

Billy Butler greeted reliever Burke Badenhop with a solo home run in the eighth inning, powering Kansas City to a 5-4 victory on a scorching Wednesday afternoon and a three-game sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.     Mike Moustakas and Alcides Escobar also...

KANSAS CITY, MO (June 4, 2012) — The Kansas City Royals have selected Kyle Zimmer, a right-handed pitcher from the University of San Francisco, with the fifth overall pick of the June Free Agent Draft. The 20-year-old Zimmer, a 6-foot-4, 220-...

 Billy Butler drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Tuesday night, and the Royals got a superb start from Luis Mendoza to spoil Zack Greinke's return to Kansas City with a 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.     Alex Gordon homered to lead off...

Luke Hochevar allowed three hits in seven shutout innings Saturday night and the Kansas City Royals scored three first-inning runs off Chris Sale to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0. Hochevar (3-3) cruised as the White Sox mustered only one real scoring...

Behind the black metal doors leading into the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium, Orioles players bobbed their heads to the bass-thumping music that filled the room Thursday afternoon. Travel bags in front of each player's locker, the Orioles were...

Former Orioles top pick Matt Hobgood, who has battled ineffectiveness and injury in his brief pro career, will have right rotator-cuff surgery April 2 and is expected to miss all of the 2012 season. The 21-year-old Hobgood, whom the Orioles selected in...

Kansas City Royals closer Joakim Soria will undergo reconstructive elbow surgery and will miss the season. The surgery is scheduled for April 3. Soria made the decision Friday after being examined by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. for a third...