KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals outfielder Hunter Dozier has tested positive for COVID-19 and was placed on the injured list before the club played its final exhibition game against the Cardinals in St. Louis on Wednesday.The 28-year-old is coming off a breakthrough season in which he hit 26 homers, tied for the American League lead in triples and had 84 RBIs. He is expected to play a big role for the Royals during their abbreviated 60-game season, which begins against the Indians on Friday night in Cleveland."I’m disappointed to say the least,” Dozier said. “I have been hit with a couple of symptoms that go with the virus, so I need to follow our medical team’s direction, get well and then work on getting back on the field. It’s disheartening because I felt things were going well on the field and I have a good feeling about the ball club we have. “To have to watch for whatever period of time that I’m out is going to painful.”Painful for the Royals, too.They still have catcher... [More]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals had the entire offseason, all of spring training and, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic putting sports on hold, much of the summer to consider ways to tweak and improve their roster going forward.They were still making moves a week before their abbreviated 60-game schedule was set to begin.The team traded left-handed reliever Tim Hill to the San Diego Padres late Thursday for talented but injury prone outfield prospect Franchy Cordero and young right-hander Ronald Bolanos. The move came after the Royals decided their lousy bullpen from a year ago had been sufficiently upgraded and with an eye toward next season and beyond, when several of their outfielders are due to become free agents or potentially retire.The 25-year-old Cordero was the big prize for Kansas City. He only has played 79 big league games over parts of three seasons thanks to a slew of injuries, which last year limited him to just nine games. But along with a .240 average, Cordero... [More]

PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball's COVID-19 testing sweep appears to be having some success even as large swaths of the United States continue to struggle with containing the fast-spreading virus.MLB and the players' union released statistics Friday saying six of 10,548 samples were new positives in the week ending Thursday, a rate of 0.05%. In addition to five players, one staff member tested positive. That's fairly good news for a sport that's trying to begin its abbreviated 60-game schedule next week. But players and coaches are also aware that the optics of baseball's relative testing success — especially in hard-hit states like Arizona, California, Texas and Florida — might not be ideal considering demand for tests has sometimes been higher than the supply for the average person.“If they’ve deemed that players being tested is necessary to provide jobs, opportunity, entertainment, TV, all that’s going on -- if they think that’s really valuable -- then they’ve weighed it’s important... [More]

PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball's COVID-19 testing sweep appears to be having some success even as large swaths of the United States continue to struggle with containing the fast-spreading virus.MLB and the players' union released statistics Friday saying six of 10,548 samples were new positives in the week ending Thursday, a rate of 0.05%. In addition to five players, one staff member tested positive. That's fairly good news for a sport that's trying to begin its abbreviated 60-game schedule next week. But players and coaches are also aware that the optics of baseball's relative testing success — especially in hard-hit states like Arizona, California, Texas and Florida — might not be ideal considering demand for tests has sometimes been higher than the supply for the average person.“If they’ve deemed that players being tested is necessary to provide jobs, opportunity, entertainment, TV, all that’s going on -- if they think that’s really valuable -- then they’ve weighed it’s important... [More]

Royals first. Whit Merrifield strikes out swinging. Jorge Soler homers to center field. Hunter Dozier pops out to shallow right field to Willians Astudillo. Alex Gordon singles to right field. Cheslor Cuthbert flies out to center field to Ian Miller.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 1, Twins 0.Twins second. Eddie Rosario strikes out swinging. Mitch Garver doubles to deep left center field. LaMonte Wade Jr flies out to center field to Erick Mejia. Willians Astudillo doubles to deep left field. Mitch Garver scores. Jonathan Schoop singles to shallow center field. Willians Astudillo to third. Ian Miller flies out to left field to Alex Gordon.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Twins 1, Royals 1.Twins fifth. Ian Miller doubles to deep left field. Luis Arraez grounds out to first base, Cheslor Cuthbert to Glenn Sparkman. Ian Miller to third. Jorge Polanco out on a sacrifice fly to deep center field to Erick Mejia. Ian Miller scores. Nelson Cruz called out on strikes.1 run, 1 hit, 0... [More]

Twins first. Luis Arraez grounds out to shortstop, Adalberto Mondesi to Cheslor Cuthbert. Jorge Polanco singles to left field. Nelson Cruz singles to shortstop. Jorge Polanco to second. Eddie Rosario doubles to deep right center field. Nelson Cruz to third. Jorge Polanco scores. Mitch Garver grounds out to shallow infield, Nicky Lopez to Cheslor Cuthbert. Marwin Gonzalez singles to shallow infield. Eddie Rosario to third. Nelson Cruz scores. Miguel Sano homers to center field. Marwin Gonzalez scores. Eddie Rosario scores. Jake Cave walks. LaMonte Wade Jr singles to center field. Jake Cave to third. Luis Arraez singles to center field. LaMonte Wade Jr to second. Jake Cave scores. Jorge Polanco flies out to shallow left field to Whit Merrifield.6 runs, 7 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Twins 6, Royals 0.Royals second. Cheslor Cuthbert grounds out to first base to Marwin Gonzalez. Bubba Starling singles to right field. Humberto Arteaga flies out to right field to Jake Cave. Nick Dini homers to... [More]

BOSTON (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of former Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, homered in his first game in Fenway Park, and Alex Dickerson had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the 15th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over Boston on Tuesday night.The game featured a major league record-tying 24 pitchers — including a team-record 13 by the Giants — and had 50 players overall, lasting 5 hours, 54 minutes. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was played in the middle of the 14th inning.San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy, who is retiring at the end of the season, moved one win away from becoming the 11th big-league manager to reach 2,000 victories.Donovan Solano opened the 15th with a ground-rule double against Trevor Kelley (0-2) and advanced on a wild pitch before the Dickerson's sac fly.Dereck Rodriguez (6-9) worked two innings for the victory.BLUE JAYS 8, ORIOLES 5BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, leading Toronto to the victory.Biggio... [More]

BOSTON (AP) — Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of former Red Sox great and Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, homered in his first game in Fenway Park, and Alex Dickerson had a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the 15th inning to lift the San Francisco Giants to a 7-6 victory over Boston on Tuesday night.The game featured a major league record-tying 24 pitchers — including a team-record 13 by the Giants — and had 50 players overall, lasting 5 hours, 54 minutes. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" was played in the middle of the 14th inning.San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy, who is retiring at the end of the season, moved one win away from becoming the 11th big-league manager to reach 2,000 victories.Donovan Solano opened the 15th with a ground-rule double against Trevor Kelley (0-2) and advanced on a wild pitch before the Dickerson's sac fly.Dereck Rodriguez (6-9) worked two innings for the victory.BLUE JAYS 8, ORIOLES 5BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, leading Toronto to the victory.Biggio... [More]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Rookie Cavan Biggio hit for the cycle, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-5 on Tuesday night.Biggio homered in the third inning, singled in the sixth, doubled in the eighth and tripled in the ninth. He drove in four runs and scored three times.Biggio and his father, Craig, a Hall of Famer with the Houston Astros, are the second father-son duo in major league history to hit for the cycle, joining Daryle and Gary Ward.It was also the first time an opponent hit for the cycle in the 27-year history of Camden Yards.Trey Mancini and Jonathan Villar homered for last-place Baltimore, which lost for the third time in four games. Mychal Givens (2-6) got the loss.Derek Law (1-2) earned the win by throwing a scoreless eighth inning.YANKEES 8, ANGELS 0NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Severino pitched four dominant innings in his injury-delayed season debut for the Yankees.A two-time All-Star and the ace of the Yankees staff, Severino got hurt while warming up before his first... [More]

Royals fifth. Ryan McBroom doubles to deep right field. Cheslor Cuthbert singles to center field. Ryan McBroom to third. Bubba Starling strikes out swinging. Nick Dini out on a sacrifice fly to deep right field to Robbie Grossman. Ryan McBroom scores. Whit Merrifield flies out to right center field to Robbie Grossman.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 1, Athletics 0.Athletics seventh. Matt Olson homers to center field. Mark Canha hit by pitch. Seth Brown doubles to deep right center field. Mark Canha scores. Khris Davis strikes out swinging. Jurickson Profar reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Seth Brown to third. Robbie Grossman walks. Jurickson Profar to second. Ramon Laureano pinch-hitting for Josh Phegley. Ramon Laureano strikes out swinging. Marcus Semien lines out to right field to Ryan McBroom.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Athletics 2, Royals 1.

Royals first. Whit Merrifield flies out to center field to Josh Reddick. Adalberto Mondesi singles to shortstop. Jorge Soler triples to deep right center field. Adalberto Mondesi scores. Hunter Dozier strikes out swinging. Ryan McBroom strikes out swinging.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 1, Astros 0.Astros second. Yuli Gurriel homers to left field. Josh Reddick singles to right field. Aledmys Diaz singles to left center field. Josh Reddick to third. Abraham Toro singles to left field. Aledmys Diaz to second. Josh Reddick scores. Martin Maldonado flies out to left field to Ryan McBroom. Kyle Tucker reaches on a fielder's choice to second base. Abraham Toro out at second. Aledmys Diaz to third. Michael Brantley singles to left field. Kyle Tucker to third. Aledmys Diaz scores. Alex Bregman flies out to deep left center field to Bubba Starling.3 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Astros 3, Royals 1.Astros third. Yordan Alvarez walks. Yuli Gurriel flies out to center field to Bubba... [More]

Marlins second. Garrett Cooper strikes out swinging. Jorge Alfaro singles to left field. Harold Ramirez flies out to deep right center field to Bubba Starling. Austin Dean walks. Jorge Alfaro to second. Lewis Brinson walks. Austin Dean to second. Jorge Alfaro to third. Caleb Smith hit by pitch. Lewis Brinson to second. Austin Dean to third. Jorge Alfaro scores. Jon Berti strikes out on a foul tip.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 left on. Marlins 1, Royals 0.Royals seventh. Bubba Starling singles to second base. Cheslor Cuthbert pinch-hitting for Danny Duffy. Cheslor Cuthbert walks. Bubba Starling to second. Whit Merrifield singles to left center field. Cheslor Cuthbert to second. Bubba Starling scores. Fielding error by Austin Dean. Adalberto Mondesi strikes out swinging. Jorge Soler is intentionally walked. Hunter Dozier singles to right field. Jorge Soler to second. Whit Merrifield to third. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Alex Gordon walks. Hunter Dozier to second. Jorge Soler to third. Whit Merrifield... [More]

Royals second. Cheslor Cuthbert singles to shallow left field. Bubba Starling strikes out swinging. Erick Mejia strikes out swinging. Nick Dini doubles to left field. Cheslor Cuthbert to third. Whit Merrifield singles to right center field. Nick Dini scores. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Adalberto Mondesi doubles to left field, advances to 3rd. Whit Merrifield scores. Jorge Soler called out on strikes.3 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 3, Tigers 0.Tigers third. Jordy Mercer doubles to left center field. Victor Reyes lines out to second base to Whit Merrifield. Harold Castro singles to right center field. Jordy Mercer scores. Christin Stewart flies out to right center field to Erick Mejia. Ronny Rodriguez reaches on a fielder's choice to shortstop. Harold Castro out at second.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Royals 3, Tigers 1.Tigers fourth. Jeimer Candelario pops out to shallow left field to Adalberto Mondesi. Brandon Dixon homers to center field. Dawel Lugo homers to center field.... [More]

Tigers third. Travis Demeritte doubles to left field. Grayson Greiner singles to right field. Travis Demeritte scores. Victor Reyes singles to shallow left field. Grayson Greiner to second. Willi Castro grounds out to shortstop. Victor Reyes out at second. Grayson Greiner to third. Miguel Cabrera walks. Ronny Rodriguez strikes out swinging.1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Tigers 1, Royals 0.Royals third. Humberto Arteaga grounds out to shallow infield, Daniel Norris to Jeimer Candelario. Nick Dini walks. Whit Merrifield singles to left field. Nick Dini to second. Adalberto Mondesi flies out to deep right field to Travis Demeritte. Nick Dini to third. Jorge Soler homers to center field. Whit Merrifield scores. Nick Dini scores. Hunter Dozier strikes out swinging.3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Royals 3, Tigers 1.Tigers seventh. Brandon Dixon grounds out to shortstop, Adalberto Mondesi to Ryan McBroom. Travis Demeritte strikes out on a foul tip. Grayson Greiner singles to center field.... [More]

Royals first. Whit Merrifield lines out to right field to Anthony Santander. Jorge Soler homers to center field. Hunter Dozier flies out to deep right field to Anthony Santander. Alex Gordon strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Royals 1, Orioles 0.Orioles second. Renato Nunez flies out to right field to Whit Merrifield. Jonathan Villar walks. Pedro Severino singles to right field, advances to 2nd. Jonathan Villar scores. DJ Stewart grounds out to shortstop, Hunter Dozier to Cheslor Cuthbert. Pedro Severino to third. Stevie Wilkerson walks. Richie Martin strikes out swinging.1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. Orioles 1, Royals 1.Orioles third. Hanser Alberto doubles to deep left field. Trey Mancini singles to left field. Hanser Alberto to third. Anthony Santander homers to center field. Trey Mancini scores. Hanser Alberto scores. Renato Nunez lines out to left field to Alex Gordon. Jonathan Villar doubles to right field. Pedro Severino singles to shallow center field.... [More]

Athletics first. Marcus Semien singles to shallow right field. Robbie Grossman pops out to shallow center field to Nicky Lopez. Matt Olson singles to right field. Marcus Semien to second. Mark Canha hit by pitch. Matt Olson to second. Marcus Semien to third. Seth Brown flies out to center field to Bubba Starling. Jurickson Profar hit by pitch. Mark Canha to second. Matt Olson to third. Marcus Semien scores. Chad Pinder flies out to right field to Hunter Dozier.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 left on. Athletics 1, Royals 0.Royals first. Whit Merrifield singles to shallow center field. Jorge Soler homers to center field. Whit Merrifield scores. Hunter Dozier pops out to shortstop to Marcus Semien. Alex Gordon grounds out to first base to Matt Olson. Cheslor Cuthbert pops out to shallow center field to Corban Joseph.2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Royals 2, Athletics 1.Athletics fourth. Seth Brown doubles to deep right field. Jurickson Profar homers to center field. Seth Brown scores. Chad... [More]

Royals second. Nick Dini doubles to deep right center field. Humberto Arteaga doubles to deep right center field. Nick Dini to third. Nicky Lopez singles to shallow center field. Humberto Arteaga to third. Nick Dini scores. Whit Merrifield reaches on a fielder's choice to third base. Nicky Lopez out at third. Humberto Arteaga scores. Throwing error by Kevin Plawecki. Jorge Soler grounds out to second base. Whit Merrifield out at second.2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 left on. Royals 2, Indians 0.Royals third. Hunter Dozier singles to center field. Alex Gordon grounds out to second base. Hunter Dozier out at second. Ryan O'Hearn homers to center field. Bubba Starling grounds out to second base, Jason Kipnis to Carlos Santana.1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Royals 3, Indians 0.Indians third. Yu Chang walks. Kevin Plawecki homers to left field. Yu Chang scores. Greg Allen reaches on error. Throwing error by Humberto Arteaga. Francisco Lindor grounds out to shallow infield, Eric Skoglund to... [More]