Severino (2-6) owns a 7.10 ERA and an 0-6 record in nine home starts, but he is 2-0 with 0.93 ERA in six road outings.

The veteran right-hander surrendered only a first-inning run and six hits on Friday while also reaching 1,000th career innings. He struck out one and walked two while helping the A's post their first road win since May 13.

Austin Wynns and Luis Urias homered for the Athletics, who snapped a three-game overall skid.

Nick Loftin had a two-RBI triple during a three-run ninth off Mason Miller for Kansas City, which has dropped four straight as part of a 10-20 rut. Royals starter Michael Wacha (3-6) was charged with five runs and allowed nine hits with two walks over 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five.

Severino retired the first two batters he faced before Maikel Garcia (three hits) singled and stole second. Vinnie Pasquantino walked on four pitches -- extending his on-base streak to 28 games. Salvador Perez then found the left-center-field gap for an RBI double.

The A's evened things with their own two-out run in the second. In his fourth game since coming over from the Cincinnati Reds, Wynns cleared the left field fence. It was his first homer and first RBI for his new team.

In the third, Wacha allowed a single to Jacob Wilson, walked Brent Rooker and hit Max Muncy with a pitch to load the bases with two outs. Nick Kurtz then smashed a grounder off the glove of diving first baseman Pasquantino for a 2-1 A's lead.

The Athletics added on in the fourth when Urias found the boxes beyond the left field fence for a solo shot.

Wacha exited with one out in the sixth after allowing a hit to Denzel Clarke and bunt single by Lawrence Butler. Steven Cruz entered and gave up a single to Wilson. After Rooker fanned, Tyler Soderstrom walked home a run, and Muncy singled up the middle to plate two.

The Royals' Jonathan India left at the start of the seventh inning with an apparent injury.

The American League East-leading Yankees totaled 16 runs and 24 hits in the first two games of the three-game set, but managed five hits against four Royals pitchers in the finale. Yet that was enough for the victory to claim all six games this season versus Kansas City.

The Royals, amid a 10-19 rut that dropped them below .500 for the first time since April 27, were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position. Kansas City's Vinnie Pasquantino did extend his hitting streak to a career-high 12 games and on-base streak to 27 with a single leading off the second.

Reyes opened the eighth with a single against Kansas City's Lucas Erceg (1-2), who then struck out Aaron Judge looking after he came off the bench on his first day out of the starting lineup this season. Reyes advanced to second on a Trent Grisham groundout.

Ater Ben Rice walked, Paul Goldschmidt sent a liner off the glove of first baseman Pasquantino, who tried to get the out at first but was late. A streaking Reyes, meanwhile, stopped between third and home, then again broke for the plate, where catcher Freddy Fermin was unable to grab the low throw from Erceg, who was covering first. Erceg was charged with an error.

Lugo allowed three walks but only singles to J.C. Escarra and Grisham before leaving with two outs in the sixth and two on. A 28-minute rain delay followed, then Angel Zerpa retired Cody Bellinger via a diving catch from center fielder Kyle Isbel.

Warren came back out after the delay but was replaced with two outs and a runner on first in the bottom of the sixth. The right-hander gave up four hits and a walk and struck out four.

Kansas City failed to score after opening the second with back-to-back singles. It squandered Nick Loftin's one-triple in the fifth and left runners on the corners in the seventh.

New York's Mark Leiter Jr. (4-3) pitched one-third of an inning for the win.

Aaron Judge homered for the fourth time in three games for New York, which posted a 10-2 series-opening victory Tuesday and has won all five 2025 meetings with Kansas City. Schmidt (3-3) bested the Royals' Kris Bubic (5-4), who entered with a major league-leading 1.43 ERA.

Schmidt issued three walks but allowed just a pair of singles, one to Jonathan India and the other to Maikel Garcia, who was thrown out trying to stretch his into a double in the fourth inning.

Bubic allowed a season-high five runs, all in the second inning, on six hits and four walks over 4 1/3 innings. Salvador Perez clubbed a two-run, ninth-inning homer for Kansas City, which is 10-18 since starting 24-16.

The left-hander struck out two while retiring the side in the first, but the Yankees broke out an inning later.

Cody Bellinger began the frame with a triple to right-center field. After Jazz Chisholm Jr. walked, Bellinger scored on Anthony Volpe's fielder's choice.

Then, with two out and two on, Austin Wells, who had five RBIs Tuesday, roped an RBI double to right center. Goldschmidt followed with his two-run single, then Ben Rice added his own run-scoring single off Bubic, who threw 41 pitches in the frame.

Bubic's night ended with a man on and one out in the fifth. The Yankees loaded the bases later in the inning, but Garcia began a 5-4-3 inning-ending double play from his backside after fielding a smash from DJ LeMahieu.

Judge, batting .394, stayed hot by driving Steven Cruz's pitch well over the right-center-field wall in the seventh.

Devin Williams was summoned for his eighth save after Kansas City's Nick Loftin scored from first base on Mark Leiter Jr.'s throwing error on John Rave's infield hit in the ninth to make it a three-run game.

Chisholm exited Wednesday with left groin tightness.

The move is retroactive to Sunday for Ragans, who last pitched on June 5 when he allowed five runs over three innings at St. Louis in his first start back from a groin injury.

Ragans, 27, is 2-3 with a 5.18 ERA through 10 starts this season. He was an All-Star with the Royals in 2024, going 11-9 with a 3.14 ERA and 223 strikeouts in 186 1/3 innings.

Kansas City also reinstated right-handed reliever Lucas Erceg from the injured list, recalled right-hander Jonathan Bowlan from Triple-A Omaha and designated right-hander Trevor Richards for assignment.

New York starter Max Fried (9-1) took sole possession of the major league lead for wins after allowing two runs and six hits without a walk over seven innings. He struck out four while lowering his ERA to 1.84.

The Yankees rebounded after losing two straight to the Boston Red Sox. The Royals took their third loss in a row.

From the ninth spot, Wells was the offensive star, also delivering a two-RBI double during a five-run sixth for the Yankees, who recorded 16 hits while improving to 4-0 vs. Kansas City this season.

The Royals' Noah Cameron (2-2) entered with an 0.85 ERA through his first five career starts, but he yielded the homers to Judge and Wells, plus five other hits, while permitting six runs in 5 2/3 innings. He fanned six and walked one.

Jonathan India homered for Kansas City, which has averaged 3.2 runs during its current 10-17 stretch.

Judge wasted no time delivering his personal major league welcome to Cameron. After Trent Grisham drew a one-out walk in the first inning, Judge drove the ball 469 feet off the top of the Royals' Hall of Fame area in left field.

Kansas City halved its deficit in the second. Vinnie Pasquantino led off with an infield single and eventually scored from third on rookie Jac Caglianone's groundout.

Cameron retired eight straight until Jasson Dominguez (three hits) blooped a single into right field with two outs in the fourth. DJ LeMahieu then singled and Wells capped a nine-pitch at-bat by barely clearing the right field fence for a 5-1 Yankees lead.

In the New York sixth, Jazz Chisholm Jr. doubled, and after Cameron left with two outs, Taylor Clarke came on and walked LeMahieu. The right-hander then yielded Wells' double just inside the right field line that plated both runners.

After Paul Goldschmidt reached on an infield single, Grisham, Judge and Cody Bellinger each delivered a RBI single.

India cleared the center field wall off Fried to open the bottom of the sixth.

Chisholm exited in the seventh with neck tightness.

Carlos Estevez tempered a late White Sox rally to earn his 19th save, striking out Tim Elko with the bases loaded to end the game.

Royals pitching retired 18 straight batters from the third through sixth innings before Chicago scored three runs against Tyler Richards, who allowed the first five hitters to reach base in the ninth.

Chicago turned five double plays, but Kansas City regrouped to score five runs in the final three innings before holding on.

Kansas City collected 16 hits. Jonathan India contributed three hits and two RBIs, Witt Jr. had two hits and two RBIs, Maikel Garcia had two hits and an RBI, and Vinnie Pasquantino had two hits.

Royals starter Michael Lorenzen improved to 4-6 while spacing two runs and one hit in six innings. He walked two and matched a season high with seven strikeouts in his first victory since April 29.

Lorenzen walked Mike Tauchman to open the game and retired the next two White Sox batters before Miguel Vargas hit a two-run home run to left field to give the hosts an early lead.

It marked Chicago's only hit until the team rallied for three hits in the ninth. Vargas drove in three runs for the game.

Kansas City drew even at 2-2 on Perez's two-run blast in the fourth. Perez, who went 0-for-8 with five strikeouts in the first two games of the series, delivered the 30th game-tying home run of his Royals' career to take sole possession of second place on the franchise list.

Only George Brett (35) has more.

Witt. Jr. capped the Royals' scoring with a two-run homer in the ninth.

White Sox opener Mike Vasil yielded the homer to Perez. Vasil scattered two runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings, with one walk and one strikeout.

Losing pitcher Tyler Alexander (3-6) allowed a run and five hits in three innings, with one walk and two strikeouts. Alexander signed with Chicago on Sunday after Milwaukee designated him for assignment last week.

Dan Altavilla pitched the ninth for his second career save and first since 2020.

Houser (2-1) gave up six hits, one walk and had six strikeouts in 92 pitches.

The 32-year-old right-hander was released by the Texas Rangers on May 15, while in the minor leagues. Chicago signed him May 20 and immediately put him in the rotation.

He has pitched at least six innings in all four of his starts for Chicago. He gave up three earned runs in a 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in his last start, with scoreless starts against the New York Mets and the Seattle Mariners.

Royals right-hander Michael Wacha (3-5), gave up six hits and three earned runs in six innings. Wacha, who fell to 6-2 lifetime against the White Sox, walked one and struck five in 95 pitches.

The White Sox took the lead for good in the second inning. Josh Rojas started the two-out rally with a double down the right-field line. Tim Elko followed with a two-run home run to center on the first pitch for the 2-1 lead.

The White Sox's Chase Meidroth made it 3-1the third with a towering home run to center on the first pitch of the inning.

Vinnie Pasquantino staked the Royals to a 1-0 lead in the second with a lead-off home run. The first baseman, who has reached base in 23 straight games, was on four times with a home run, a walk and two singles.

It was the first home run Houser has allowed this season.

The Royals threatened in the fourth and sixth innings, but Houser managed to get out of both jams.

Maikel Garcia and Pasquantino led off the fourth with back-to-back singles. A wild pitch moved them up to second and third. Houser then struck out Salvador Perez, induced rookie Jac Caglianone into a comebacker and struck out Drew Waters.

In the sixth, Bobby Witt Jr. led off with a single, but Garcia hit into a 1-6-3 double play. Pasquantino then walked, but Perez struck out for the third straight time. He finished with four strikeouts.

Chicago used a five-run eighth inning to break the game open and pick up its third win in four games, later capitalizing on a wild pitch and two errors.

Jordan Leasure (1-4) pitched a scoreless eighth to pick up the win. Losing pitcher Jonathan Bowlan allowed five runs, three earned, and two hits in 1 1/3 innings.

Chicago opened the scoring on Robert Jr.'s RBI single in the second inning. Robert Jr. returned to the lineup after missing three straight games against Detroit -- two for scheduled rest and another as a precaution after being struck in the head by a ball during batting practice.

White Sox right-hander Davis Martin struck out Jonathan India and Bobby Witt Jr. to start the third inning but encountered trouble soon enough. Maikel Garcia and Vinnie Pasquantino connected on back-to-back homers to put the visitors ahead 2-1.

Garcia matched his career high by slugging his seventh home run of the season in his 224th at-bat. He accomplished the feat in 575 at-bats in 2024.

Pasquantino, meanwhile, extended his on-base streak to 22 games.

The White Sox tied the game in the fifth as Tauchman hit a solo shot against Royals righty Seth Lugo.

Andrew Benintendi had a pair of hits for the White Sox.

Catcher Kyle Teel, Chicago's No. 2 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, batted sixth in his MLB debut.

Teel hit an opposite-field single to left to load the bases with one out in the fourth for his first career hit. Lugo escaped the jam by striking out Robert Jr. and Josh Rojas.

Teel caught Kansas City's Drew Waters on an attempted steal of second base in the top of the inning.

Martin spaced two runs and five hits in six innings while striking out seven. Lugo yielded two runs and five hits in five innings with two walks and five strikeouts.

Witt Jr. and Waters had two hits apiece for the Royals.

Kansas City fell to 4-1 against Chicago this season.

The Cardinals rallied to win the first game 6-5 in 10 innings.

Salvador Perez drove in two runs for the Royals in Game 2 and Freddy Fermin hit a solo homer.

Royals starting pitcher Cole Ragans allowed five runs on five hits and three walks in three innings. He struck out four.

Angel Zerpa (3-0) threw three scoreless innings, Steven Cruz blanked the Cardinals for two innings and Carlos Estevez closed out the game for his 18th save.

Willson Contreras went 2-for-4 with a run and three RBIs and Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer for the Cardinals.

St. Louis starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore (3-5) allowed seven runs on eight hits in four innings.

Kansas City took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Bobby Witt Jr. hit a single and Garcia launched his homer.

The Cardinals cut the lead to 2-1 in the bottom of the inning on a walk by Lars Nootbaar, then singles from Masyn Winn and Contreras.

The Royals increased their lead to 5-1 in the third inning. Fermin's homer started the rally and a single by Jonathan India, a double by Garcia, Vinny Pasquantino's run-scoring groundout and Perez's RBI single completed it.

But the Cardinals tied the game 5-5 in the bottom of the inning. Winn walked, Brendan Donovan hit a single, Contreras hit a two-run double, and Arenado hit his two-run homer.

Kansas City retook the lead 6-5 in the fourth inning with doubles by Mark Canha and Nick Loftin.

The Royals made it 7-5 in the fifth when Garcia walked, stole second, took third on a groundout and scored on Perez's single.

Contreras, playing in his 1,000th game, also hit a double and scored a run. Ivan Herrera added a two-run homer for the Cardinals.

Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed three runs on eight hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out two. Reliever JoJo Romero (2-3) claimed the victory after allowing an unearned run in the top of the 10th.

Royals starter Noah Cameron blanked the Cardinals for six innings on two hits while striking out three and walking two. Reliever Carlos Estevez (2-1) took the loss.

Vinny Pasquantino drove in two runs and Jonathan India had a homer and two RBIs for the Royals. Jac Caglianone hit a run-scoring double for his first major league hit and RBI.

India homered to lead off the game, then Kansas City increased its lead to 2-0 in the fourth on doubles by Salvador Perez and Caglianone.

Royals made it 3-0 in the fifth. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a one-out single, stole second, moved to third on a flyout and scored on Pasquantino's single.

The Cardinals cut their deficit to 3-2 in the seventh. Contreras greeted reliever John Schreiber with a double, took third on Herrera's single and scored on Nolan Arenado's fielder's choice. Alec Burleson hit a single, Ryan Vilade reached on an error, pinch-hitter Yohel Pozo followed with a sacrifice fly.

St. Louis moved ahead 4-3 in the eighth inning when Daniel Lynch IV hit Brendan Donovan with a pitch and surrendered Herrera's two-run homer.

The Royals tied the game against closer Ryan Helsley in the ninth on singles by Michael Massey and Kyle Isbel and India's sacrifice fly.

Pasquantino's RBI single put the Royals up 5-4 in the 10th inning, but the Cardinals answered with Masyn Winn's run-scoring groundout and Contreras' walk-off single to left with one out.

The matchup has been bumped to Thursday, now the opener of a split doubleheader. The originally scheduled Thursday game (6:45 p.m. CT) will occur as slated. Wednesday's game will now take place as Game 1 Thursday, scheduled for 12:45 p.m. CT.

The Royals took Game 1 of the three-game series Tuesday night 10-7. The Cardinals won two of three games in Kansas City on May 16-18.

Kansas City was scheduled to start rookie left-hander Noah Cameron (2-1, 1.05 ERA) on Wednesday. He has pitched into the seventh inning in all four of his starts this season. Right-hander Miles Mikolas (4-2, 3.90 ERA) was to draw Wednesday's start for St. Louis. He was 3-0 with a 3.08 ERA in five starts in May.

Starters for the early game haven't been announced. The Royals have listed left-hander Cole Ragans (2-3, 4.53) as Thursday night's starter against Cardinals lefty Matthew Liberatore (3-4, 3.08).

Vinny Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia each drove in two runs for the Royals, who erased a 7-2 deficit. Jonathan India went 3-for-5 with three runs and Nick Loftin hit a solo homer.

Royals starter Michael Lorenzen allowed seven runs on seven hits and a walk in 2 2/3 innings. He struck out two.

But Royals relievers Daniel Lynch IV, Steven Cruz (2-0), Angel Zerpa, John Schreiber, Taylor Clarke and Carlos Estevez (17th save) combined to blank the Cardinals from there.

Nolan Gorman and Alec Burleson hit two-run homers for the Cardinals, who have lost three of their last four games.

Andre Pallante allowed seven runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out two and walked none.

Reliever Steven Matz (3-2) took the loss.

The Royals took a 2-0 first-inning lead. India led off the game with a single and Witt hit a two-run blast for just his second homer in 22 games.

The Cardinals tied the game in the second inning on a Burleson single and Gorman's homer off the glove of leaping center fielder Kyle Isbel.

St. Louis moved ahead 7-2 in the third inning. Masyn Winn hit a single, Brendan Donovan walked and Willson Contreras hit a ground-rule double to notch his 500th career RBI.

Nolan Arenado hit a run-scoring infield single, then another run scored on third baseman Garcia's throwing error. Burleson followed with a two-run homer.

Kansas City surged ahead 8-7 in the fifth inning. Loftin's homer started the comeback, then Drew Waters, Isbel and India hit singles, followed by a two-run single by Witt. After Pasquantino greeted Matz with a two-run double, Salvador Perez hit an RBI single.

The Royals pushed their lead to 10-7 in the sixth inning off Matz and Kyle Leahy. Isbel and India hit singles, Witt walked and Garcia hit a two-run single.

In a corresponding move, the Royals sent outfielder Dairon Blanco to Omaha.

Ranked as the No. 10 prospect by MLB Pipeline, the 22-year-old Caglianone has been tearing it up in his first full professional season.

At two levels, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound slugger is slashing .322/.389/.593 with 15 home runs and 56 RBIs in 50 games, including .319/.370/.723 with six home runs and 13 RBIs in 12 games at Triple-A Omaha.

Caglianone has mainly played the outfield while at Triple-A and is expected to remain there when he joins the Royals for a road series against the St. Louis Cardinals that opens Tuesday. He was a two-way player at the University of Florida but set pitching aside to play first base when he was drafted last July.

As the Kansas City lineup has struggled to score, calls from fans had grown louder for Caglianone's promotion.

The Royals, who have scored the fewest runs (194) in the American League, are hopeful Caglianone's powerful bat in the middle of the lineup can boost a slumping offense, especially among the outfielders. Kyle Isbel leads the Royals' outfielders with three home runs and 15 RBIs.

Blanco, 32, appeared in nine games this season for Kansas City, hitting .167 (1-for-6) with one RBI.

The Royals are 4-6 in their past 10 games and have fallen eight games behind the Detroit Tigers, who have MLB's best record, in the American League Central.

Ranked as the No. 10 prospect by MLB Pipeline, the 22-year-old Caglianone has been tearing it up in his first professional season.

At two levels, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound slugger is slashing .322/.389/.593 with 15 home runs and 56 RBIs in 49 games, including .319/.370/.723 with six home runs and 13 RBIs in 12 games at Triple-A Omaha.

Caglianone has mainly played the outfield while at Triple-A and is expected to remain there when he joins the Royals for a road series against the St. Louis Cardinals that opens Tuesday. He was a two-way player at the University of Florida but set pitching aside to play first base when he was drafted last July.

The Royals, who have scored the second-fewest runs (194) in MLB, are hopeful Caglianone's powerful bat in the middle of the lineup can boost a slumping offense, especially among the outfielders. Kansas City's outfield group ranks last in home runs (seven), RBIs (46) and slugging percentage (.330).

Montero allowed seven hits and one walk over 4 2/3 innings, but the Royals couldn't push a run across the plate against the young right-hander. Then Tyler Holton, Chase Lee (2-0), Tommy Kahnle and Will Vest (nine saves) combined to give up two hits without a walk to help the American League Central-leading Tigers take two of three in the series.

Detroit won 7-5 on Friday, then lost 1-0 on Saturday. But one run was more than enough Sunday against the Royals, who stranded eight men despite three hits from star Salvador Perez and two via rookie John Rave.

The Royals wasted another gem from Kris Bubic (5-3), who lowered his major-league-leading ERA to 1.43. Bubic allowed four hits with two walks and tied a career high with nine strikeouts while lasting seven innings for a third straight start.

However, Kansas City continued to struggle with providing run support. The Royals have been held to three runs or fewer in seven of Bubic's 12 starts.

The Royals recorded three straight two-out singles in the first against Montero, including two of the infield variety. However, Kansas City failed to score after rookie Rave struck out looking with the bases loaded.

Two innings later, the Tigers managed the game's lone run. Ninth-place hitter Zach McKinstry laced a triple into the right field corner. One out later, he came home on Bubic's wild pitch.

According to FanDuel Sports Network, this was the first time the Royals played back-to-back 1-0 games where they and their opponent were each victorious once.

Kansas City, 2-5 against the Tigers in 2025, is 7-13 after winning 16 of 18.

Riley Greene had two hits for Detroit, which has won five consecutive road series.

Kansas City's Maikel Garcia was scratched from Sunday's lineup due to a sore thumb.

The 33-year-old Wacha retired the first 10 batters he faced and didn't yield his only hit until Colt Keith singled into center field with one out in the seventh inning. The veteran right-hander fanned six with one walk while facing 23 batters over 99 pitches before leaving after seven.

Coming off a two-hit shutout for his first complete game last weekend against Cleveland, Skubal allowed only singles to Freddy Fermin and Nick Loftin, while fanning seven without a walk on 90 pitches in the seven innings he lasted. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner faced just 22 Kansas City hitters.

Neither team placed a runner in scoring position until Loftin doubled off the left-field fence against Beau Brieske (1-2) with one out in the eighth. Pasquantino then lined the ball into left, where Detroit's Riley Greene gloved it with momentum, but was unable to nab Loftin at the plate.

After Kansas City's John Schreiber (2-2) struck out two and allowed a walk in the eighth, Carlos Estevez (16 saves) gave up a two-out single to Keith in the ninth. However, the Royals closer got Greene to ground out to first baseman Salvador Perez for the final out and halt Detroit's five-game winning streak.

The Tigers, who opened this series with a 7-5 victory Friday, averaged 6.7 runs while amid a 12-3 road stretch entering this contest. Detroit also totaled 26 runs while winning four of the first five 2025 meetings with the Royals prior to Saturday's game.

Detroit is 8-4 this season in games started by Skubal, but two of those losses have come against the Royals. Skubal, however, did not take the loss in either meeting.

Kansas City has split its last 12 games.

Dingler and Wenceel Perez each had three hits, while the former drove in three for the Tigers, who have averaged 6.7 runs amid a 12-3 road stretch. Detroit's offense picked up starter Casey Mize, who allowed three runs, eight hits and two walks over just 3 1/3 innings.

Bobby Witt Jr. homered, Maikel Garcia had three hits to extend his hitting streak to 14 games and Drew Waters added two hits with three RBIs for the Royals, who stranded 11 men and went 2-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Kansas City's Seth Lugo (3-5) returned from a two-week-plus stint on the injured list and also lasted 3 1/3 innings, allowing both two-run homers, five hits and two walks.

After retiring the first two batters of the game, Lugo allowed a single to Colt Keith, then Greene sent a drive deep into the right-field seats.

Witt drove a Mize pitch into the left-field fountains in the bottom of the first.

In the second, with a man on, Dingler clubbed a Lugo pitch over the left-field fence into the Tigers' bullpen.

But, the Royals continued to pressure Mize in the third. Walks to Vinnie Pasquantino and Garcia sandwiched Salvador Perez's 300th career double. Waters' two-run single narrowed the deficit to 4-3.

Mize's night ended in the fourth when the Royals loaded the bases, but the Tigers' Brant Hurter (2-0) did not allow any damage.

Detroit got a run back in the fifth via Torkelson's RBI single.

In the bottom of that frame, Perez grounded into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play with two men on. Kansas City did not waste a leadoff triple in the seventh from Garcia, who scored on Mark Canha's sacrifice fly. However, Torkelson cleared the left-center field wall in the eighth and Dingler added an RBI single to add two insurance runs.

Waters added an RBI single in the ninth, when the Royals brought the tying run to the plate. Will Vest allowed the run, but picked up his eighth save.

Cameron (2-1), who hails from nearby St. Joseph, Mo., yielded only a sixth-inning run on six hits and two walks over 6 1/3 innings in his fourth career start. According to MLB, Cameron is just the second pitcher since 1893 to go 6 1/3-plus innings and allow one run or fewer in his first four career starts. The left-hander boasts a 1.05 ERA.

He set the tempo Wednesday for the Royals, who avoided being swept in the three-game set after allowing seven runs in each of the first two contests.

Spencer Steer had three hits and two RBIs, while Tyler Stephenson also recorded three singles for the Reds. Making his second start since missing a little more than two weeks with a right groin strain, Cincinnati's Hunter Greene (4-3) allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk over five innings.

Kansas City's Maikel Garcia extended his hitting streak to 13 games by lining the ball off Greene's calf in the fourth. Then Drew Waters sent a smash just under the glove of Reds second baseman Matt McLain, and Garcia, running on the pitch, scored from first.

Kansas City made it 2-0 in the fifth. John Rave doubled to right for his first big-league hit and eventually scored on Bobby Witt Jr.'s double down the right-field line.

In the sixth, Cameron walked Austin Hays, who exited later with a bruised foot, then yielded back-to-back singles to left field by Stephenson and Steer. The latter brought home the Reds' first run.

Cameron exited with one out and a man on in the seventh. Angel Zerpa then allowed an infield hit to TJ Friedl but got Santiago Espinal to ground into a 5-4-3 double play.

The Royals had runners on second and third with nobody out in the bottom of that frame, but managed only one run via Witt's sacrifice fly.

Cincinnati got within a run in the eighth when Elly De La Cruz doubled then scored on Steer's single.

Tyler Stephenson also went deep and TJ Friedl recorded his fifth straight multi-hit game for the Reds, who have totaled 14 runs while taking the first two of this three-game set. De La Cruz smashed solo shots in the fourth and sixth innings -- measured at a combined 887 feet -- as he posted his second two-homer game of 2025.

Singer (6-3), who spent his first five seasons with the Royals before being traded to Cincinnati in November, allowed just two runs over seven innings. He gave up seven hits and one walk while fanning three. He also retired 12 of 13 batters during one stretch.

Jonathan India, who was swapped by the Reds to get Singer, had two hits with an RBI and Maikel Garcia extended his hitting streak to 12 games for the Royals. However, Kansas City's overall offensive struggles continued. The Royals have averaged 2.7 runs during their 5-11 rut.

Facing Kansas City opener Daniel Lynch IV, Stephenson gave Cincinnati a 1-0 lead in the second when he barely cleared the wall to the right of center field for his second homer of the series.

The Royals, though, quickly erased that deficit in the bottom of the frame. Kansas City rapped out four singles, including two-out RBI hits from Kyle Isbel and India, to lead 2-1.

Lynch lasted 2 2/3 innings before giving way to Jonathan Bowlan, who yielded a tying homer well over the center-field wall to De La Cruz.

The star Reds shortstop broke that 2-2 tie in the sixth, when he sent a pitch from Taylor Clarke (1-1) into the second deck of the right-field fountains.

Cincinnati broke things open with three runs in the eighth. Friedl scored from first on Santiago Espinal's infield single that was exacerbated by pitcher John Schreiber's throwing error. Schreiber also issued a bases-loaded walk to Spencer Steer before De La Cruz, who had been intentionally walked, scored via a fielder's choice.

Espinal added an RBI double in the ninth.

Stephenson came in batting .177 but matched the personal hit total from his previous six games. He had three RBIs for the Reds, who got two hits apiece from TJ Friedl, Santiago Espinal and Garrett Hampson.

Martinez (3-5) yielded six hits without a walk, and all three runs he allowed came in the seventh, including Salvador Perez's two-run homer. Cincinnati has won two of three after losing three straight.

The Reds had their way with Kansas City starter Michael Lorenzen (3-6), who allowed six runs, 11 hits and three walks over five innings. It marked the first time this season a Royals starter allowed more than five runs in a contest.

Cincinnati wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Friedl opened the game with a double that made it to the right field wall and eventually came home on Austin Hays' sacrifice fly.

The Reds added three more runs in the third when they banged out five hits against Lorenzen. Gavin Lux and Stephenson each delivered RBI singles and Will Benson came through with Cincinnati's second sacrifice fly to right field.

Meanwhile, Martinez allowed his first baserunners in the fourth via singles to ex-Red Jonathan India and Vinnie Pasquantino. However, he avoided any damage after Perez grounded into an inning-ending 4-3 double play.

In the fifth, the highlight of Stephenson's big day came when he sent Lorenzen's first-pitch sinker, with a man on, well over the left field wall.

The Royals finally got to Martinez in the seventh. After Pasquantino's second single, Perez clubbed a towering homer to left field for Kansas City's first extra-base hit. Maikel Garcia then doubled and eventually scored on Nick Loftin's sacrifice fly.

Espinal provided some insurance with an RBI double in the eighth.

Kansas City loaded the bags in the ninth but plated only one run via Emilio Pagan's balk. The Royals have totaled 11 runs while losing three of four.