The Chillicothe Mudcats will host a free Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit, and Run Competition and Junior Home Run Derby for area youth. Boys and girls from seven to 14 years of age can compete during the Pitch, Hit, and Run at Shaffer Park of Chillicothe the morning of May 11th starting at 9 o’clock. […]
The North Central Missouri College baseball team will be hosting their annual “Winter Warm-Up” on Saturday, February 9, 2019. The day will begin with a clinic for high school and other youth coaches held on the NCMC campus. Current NCMC players will accompany signees for the 2019 class as they sit in on clinic sessions […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) Down 4-0 early and facing St. Louis Cardinals aceAdam Wainwright, the Cincinnati Reds didn’t seem to have much chance of ending their four-game losing streak. “We haven’t been playing great, and that’s going to happen, but you have to be able to stop it,” said Jay Bruce, whose homer in the ninth […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Sonny Gray was a little frustrated and Josh Reddick was feeling great. The combination helped turn things around. Reddick and Stephen Vogt homered to back Gray’s solid effort, and the Oakland Athletics ended a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday. “I’ve been feeling great […]
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Edinson Volquez preferred going six innings with fewer strikeouts than lasting five with double-digit strikeouts. Kendrys Morales had three hits and got his 500th career RBI to help the Kansas City Royals win their fourth straight, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Friday night, in a game broadcast on KTTN AM 1600 and […]
OAKLAND, California (AP) — Mired in an early season slump, perhaps the last team the Oakland Athletics want to see is the Kansas City Royals. Hoping to halt their recent struggles against the reigning World Series champions, the A’s can avoid a fourth consecutive defeat by keeping the visiting Royals from winning their fourth in […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) Jaime Garcia was simply dominant against the Milwaukee Brewers. Garcia pitched a one-hitter, allowing only Domingo Santana‘s lined single into right field with two outs in the sixth inning, in the St. Louis Cardinals’ 7-0 victory on Thursday. “There’s a couple guys in their lineup that hit me real well, and it’s […]
HOUSTON (AP) Ian Kennedy was dominant in his first start with Kansas City. He was even more impressive in his second outing Thursday night. Kennedy threw seven strong innings, Eric Hosmer hit a two-run double during a five-run sixth and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 6-2. Kennedy (2-0) started with five hitless […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) Domingo Santana guessed correctly. The Milwaukee outfielder was thinking fastball when he ripped a go-ahead, two-run homer in the ninth inning that lifted the Milwaukee Brewers past the St. Louis Cardinals 6-4 on Wednesday night. Santana pounded a 98-mph pitch from closer Trevor Rosenthal (0-1) with two out. “Just looking for a […]
HOUSTON (AP) Fresh off winning the MVP award in the World Series, Salvador Perez kept waiting for his first real big hit of 2016. On Wednesday night, he delivered. Perez tagged Houston reliever Ken Giles for a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning, lifting the Kansas City Royals over the Astros 4-2 Wednesday night. […]
HOUSTON (AP) — A little more than a week into the season, the Kansas City Royals have already shown a knack for winning the close games. Looking to build on another nail-biting victory, the visiting Royals continue their four-game series with the Houston Astros on Wednesday night, with pregame on KTTN AM 1600 and KTTN […]
HOUSTON (AP) Royals manager Ned Yost wasn’t concerned when Wade Davis walked two batters with one out in the ninth and Kansas City clinging to a one-run lead. He’s seen enough of his closer to know that he’d figure out a way to escape the jam. Davis retired Jose Altuve and George Springer after the walks […]
