Mookie Betts homered twice, went 4-for-4 and drove in four runs while leading the Los Angeles Dodgers past the host Kansas City Royals 9–3 on Friday night. Leading off the game, Betts hammered a 3–1 fastball 422 feet to left, his ninth leadoff homer of the year and 45th of his career. The blast came…

KANSAS CITY—Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout hit back-to-back home runs to help the Los Angeles Angels defeat the Kansas City Royals 5–2 on Sunday, June 18, in the finale of a three-game series. It’s the sixth time this season, and 28th overall, that Ohtani and Trout have homered in the same game. The Angels are…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Taylor Ward, Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani hit consecutive homers in the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels hung on for a 4–3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday, April 23. Trout also had two doubles for the Angels, who managed only one hit in the first five innings against Jordan…

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Shohei Ohtani struck out the side on 12 pitches in the first inning Friday night, April 21, throwing sweepers that broke horizontally like Frisbees and punctuating them with a 98.7-mph fastball. Angels manager Phil Nevin said he had never seen an inning more dominant during his nearly three decades in the big leagues. Ohtani…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Brady Singer pitched six dominant innings and the Kansas City Royals ended the Dodgers’ 12-game winning streak, blanking Los Angeles 4–0 Sunday. A day after hitting six home runs in a romp, the Dodgers were held to just two hits. The Dodgers were trying to match their longest winning streak since moving to…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Max Muncy had a homer and four RBIs, Mookie Betts hit his team-leading 26th home run of the season and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to 12 games with a 13–3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. Muncy went 4 for 5, including his 14th homer of…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Tony Gonsolin took a no-hit try into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their 11th straight game, beating the Kansas City Royals 8–3 Friday night. Gonsolin (14–1) tied Atlanta’s Kyle Wright for the NL wins lead. The Dodgers, with the best record in the majors, broke open the game on…

NEW YORK—Aaron Judge became the second-fastest player in major league history to reach 200 career home runs, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 8–2 on Saturday. DJ LeMahieu homered and had an RBI single, and Matt Carpenter homered for the 15th time in 40 games for New York, which won its…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Janson Junk didn’t get a chance to pitch when the Los Angeles Angels recalled him from Triple-A Salt Lake last month. He made the most of his time on the mound Wednesday. Junk dazzled the Angels with five-plus innings of four-hit ball, mixing up a fastball with a two-seam slider, and earned his…

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Angels’ Shohei Ohtani fanned on three pitches during his first at-bat against the Royals on Tuesday night. His next at-bat set the tone for the rest of the game. The do-everything All-Star sent the third pitch of that at-bat 420 feet to straightaway center field, giving Los Angeles the early lead. The…