Vinnie Pasquantino led Kansas City with a three-run homer and five RBIs. Bobby Witt Jr. and Jonathan India each had four hits for the Royals, who scored one more run than they did while losing their previous six games overall.

Meanwhile, Royals pitcher Seth Lugo (5-5) allowed four hits and five walks while striking out eight over 5 2/3 scoreless innings. Daniel Lynch IV yielded a solo homer to Freddie Freeman, who had three hits, in the seventh, but the potent Dodgers did not threaten until a four-run ninth.

After going an inning in each of his first two 2025 starts, Ohtani was stretched to two innings Saturday. He allowed a first-inning single to Witt and walked Maikel Garcia but got Pasquantino to hit into a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play. The right-hander then retired the side in the second, completing his 27-pitch performance.

As he had done in Ohtani's first two starts, Ben Casparius (6-2) came on in the third, and the Royals wasted no time getting to the right-hander. He walked Drew Waters, allowed a two-out single to India, followed by Witt's flare double near the right-field line. Then Garcia sent a drive off the top of the left-field wall, just over the glove of a leaping Michael Conforto, for a two-run double.

The Royals broke things open in the fifth against Casparius. Kyle Isbel rapped a one-out hit and advanced to second base on center-fielder Andy Pages' error. He then scored on an India single. After Witt singled and Garcia lined out, Pasquantino found the right-center field fan area for his first homer at home since May 16, giving Kansas City a 6-0 lead.

Pasquantino doubled down the right-field line in the seventh, scoring two more. He then came home on Salvador Perez's two-base hit.

Ohtani went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts at the plate.

The Royals matched a club-record 11-game home losing streak.

Ohtani sent an enticing 1-2 changeup from Noah Cameron (2-4) into the right-field fountains for his 29th homer -- and 12th in 28 games against the Royals.

However, Kansas City led 4-3 entering the fifth, when Ohtani victimized Cameron, again. After Enrique Hernandez walked to open the inning, Ohtani found the right-field gap for a triple that evened the contest. Steven Cruz entered and promptly gave up an RBI single to Mookie Betts -- the Dodgers' fourth and final hit, but enough for their ninth win in 11 games.

The Royals loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against Tanner Scott (18 saves), who got rookie Jac Caglianone to ground into a first-pitch 4-6-3 game-ending double play, capped by Freddie Freeman's stellar pick at first base.

Kansas City is 0-11 at home in June, equaling the team's longest such slide set in 2023. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a two-run homer and Kyle Isbel doubled twice, but the Royals dropped their sixth straight overall.

Down 1-0, Kansas City answered in the bottom of the first. Maikel Garcia roped a two-out double and eventually scored on Salvador Perez's single to left.

The Dodgers regained the lead with their own two-out magic in the second. With a man on, Max Muncy jumped on another Cameron pitch that went over the center-field wall for a 3-1 edge.

The Royals further made Los Angeles starter Dustin May work in the bottom of the second. John Rave walked, stole second, went to third on Freddy Fermin's grounder and scored on Isbel's double that right-fielder Teoscar Hernandez appeared to misread.

Witt followed by clearing the left-center field wall to put Kansas City ahead by one.

Cameron yielded just three hits, but three walks and all five runs over a career-low four-plus innings in his ninth start.

May, meanwhile, lasted four, allowing those four runs and six hits. Lou Trivino (3-0) pitched 1 2/3 innings for the win.

Baz (8-3) gave up a double to the Royals' Jonathan India to begin his outing then retired the next 19 batters he faced as Kansas City's offensive struggles continued.

Baz, who entered Thursday with a 4.79 ERA, allowed three hits and a walk with nine strikeouts to earn his fifth straight win without a loss over his last seven starts.

Kansas City was shut out for the second straight game and saw their losing streak reach five games. The Royals have scored only four total runs during the skid.

India and Vinnie Pasquantino both went 2-for-4 for Kansas City.

Josh Lowe went 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Brandon Lowe extended his hitting streak to 13 games as the Rays won for the fifth time in their last six games.

Royals starter Michael Lorenzen (4-8) allowed just one Rays batter to reach base during the first three innings. Tampa Bay was finally able to put some offense together after Lorenzen retired the first two batters he faced in the fourth.

Jonathan Aranda laced a double to the right-center gap and scored on Jake Mangum's triple to nearly the same location. Josh Lowe followed with a single up the middle to make it 2-0.

Brandon Lowe and Junior Caminero hit back-to-back home runs off Lorenzen to start the sixth. Lowe's homer gave him his second 13-game hitting streak of the season.

Lorenzen went 5 2/3 innings and gave up eight hits to go with the four runs. He struck out four and walked none.

Baz cruised into the seventh inning until Pasquantino's one-out infield single to third base. Maikel Garcia followed with another single, but Baz escaped by getting Nick Loftin to ground into a double play.

India singled off Paul Gervase to start the ninth, and one out later Pasquantino bunted for a single. Pete Fairbanks entered and got Garcia to ground into a double play for his 15th save.

Brandon Lowe, Josh Lowe and Chandler Simpson each had two hits for the Rays, whose 11 hits were all singles. Tampa Bay has won five straight road games and 24 of its past 33 contests overall.

Rasmussen (7-5) yielded two hits and two walks while striking out five over five innings. Kevin Kelly, Garrett Cleavinger, Edwin Uceta and Pete Fairbanks (14th save) further stymied the Royals, who have managed just one run in the first two games of the current three-game set.

Kansas City has been outscored 39-12 while 0-9 at home in June. The Royals are on their longest home losing streak since a 10-game slide in 2023.

Tampa Bay did all its scoring in the second against Michael Wacha (4-7), who yielded three runs on nine hits and one walk while fanning nine in six innings. Bobby Witt Jr. doubled and Maikel Garica and Vinnie Pasquantino singled for the Royals, who are 14-26 since sitting at 24-16 through May 9.

In the decisive second inning, Christopher Morel reached on a one-out infield single, went to third on Josh Lowe's hit to right field and scored via a perfectly placed bunt toward first base by Jose Caballero.

The speedy Simpson then reached when Kansas City shortstop Witt was late on the throw to first of his grounder -- where it appeared he could have tossed to third for a forceout. Lowe then scored on a wild pitch, and Caballero came home via Danny Jansen's sacrifice bunt.

Fairbanks pitched around an error in the ninth inning to seal the victory.

Double-digit-game hitting streaks were extended by Tampa Bay's Yandy Diaz (15 games), Brandon Lowe (12) and Jonathan Aranda (10).

Meanwhile, the Royals were shut out for the fourth time in their past nine home contests.

The Rays have won four of five overall while the Royals have dropped four in a row.

Bradley (5-5) rolled until walking John Rave with one out in the sixth. Then, after a Kyle Isbel flyout, Jonathan India laced a ground-rule double down to right field. However, Bradley retired Bobby Witt Jr. on an inning-ending lineout to left.

The right-hander, who exited after giving up a two-out single to Salvador Perez in the seventh, had allowed 19 runs -- 13 earned -- in his previous three starts. Including six earned over 1 1/3 innings at Baltimore last Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Jansen provided the punch, and Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda each had three hits for the Rays, who are amid a 23-9 stretch.

Kansas City's Kris Bubic (6-5) allowed four runs -- two earned - on eight hits and didn't yield a walk while striking out eight through six innings. The left-hander, who had a 1.43 ERA as recently as June 10, has given up 10 earned runs over 15 2/3 innings in his last three starts.

The Royals, who got a two-out, ninth-inning RBI single from Vinnie Pasquantino to account for their only run, managed four hits and have been outscored 36-12 in eight winless games at home since a 1-0 victory over Detroit on May 31.

Bubic got the first two batters of the second inning, then allowed a single to Jose Caballero. Jansen followed by clearing the left-field fence for a 2-0 Rays lead.

Tampa Bay made it 3-0 in the fourth. Aranda opened with a single, went to third on third baseman Maikel Garcia's throwing error to second base on a double-play attempt off Jake Mangum's grounder, then scored on Jansen's sacrifice fly.

The Rays added on in the fifth via more poor defense by the Royals. Diaz reached on an infield hit, went to second when Curtis Mead singled and eventually scored on Bubic's poor toss to first base off Aranda's short tapper.

Luis Arraez started the winning rally with a leadoff single off Daniel Lynch IV (3-2) and Xander Bogaerts lined a one-out double to left-center to push Arraez to third. Kansas City inserted John Schneider to face Iglesias but he slapped an 0-2 pitch up the middle. Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. gloved it but his off-balance throw home wasn't in time.

Robert Suarez (2-3) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win, getting help from his defense. Freddy Fermin ripped a two-out double to right-center after Drew Waters walked. But Waters was called out at home for running out of the baseline after missing the plate as he dove to avoid the tag of catcher Elias Diaz.

Iglesias pinch-hit in the seventh inning and tied the game on a two-run single to right. That hit no-decisioned both starters after strong outings.

Kansas City's Seth Lugo allowed just two hits and a run in 6 1/3 innings with no walks and seven strikeouts, while San Diego's Randy Vasquez pitched a season-high seven innings, yielding five hits and two runs with two walks and two strikeouts.

The first 6 1/2 innings were dominated completely by pitching, except for a mistake in the top of the sixth by Vasquez. After Vinnie Pasquantino's one-out single, Salvador Perez pounced on a cutter that drifted over the middle. He yanked it an estimated 412 feet over the wall in left-center, his ninth homer.

Lugo mowed down 18 straight hitters after Fernando Tatis Jr. slapped a leadoff single in the first. But the Padres got a leadoff double from Jackson Merrill in the seventh, then tied it against the Royals' bullpen.

Angel Zerpa issued two-out walks to Gavin Sheets and Bogaerts to fill the bases. After Iglesias was announced as a pinch-hitter for Jake Cronenworth, Kansas City lifted Zerpa for Lucas Erceg. But Iglesias poked an 0-2 pitch to right to score Merrill and Sheets, evening the score at 2.

Tatis broke a streak of 101 plate appearances without a homer, dating back to May 27, by lining a Taylor Clarke fastball an estimated 380 feet into the seats in left-center field with two outs. It was his 14th homer of the year, scoring Jose Iglesias and Bryce Johnson, who singled with one out.

Dylan Cease (3-6) picked up the win, allowing just three hits and a run in 6 2/3 innings, with three walks and four strikeouts. Noah Cameron (2-3) absorbed the loss, permitting two runs on five hits and three walks in 5 1/3 innings while whiffing two.

San Diego initiated the scoring in the second. Gavin Sheets led off with a double to the wall in left-center and reached third on Xander Bogaerts' single. Jake Cronenworth then hit into a fielder's choice that scored Sheets.

The Royals tied it in the third when Drew Waters led off with a single and scored on John Rave's double to right-center. But they failed to capitalize on a chance for a bigger inning. Maikel Garcia drew a two-out walk, but Vinnie Pasquantino grounded out to second, stranding men at second and third.

The Padres countered in their half of the third. After Martin Maldonado and Tatis worked one-out walks, Luis Arraez poked a single into center that scored Maldonado, putting them ahead for good.

Kansas City missed on a good opportunity in the fourth when Jac Caglianone was clipped by a pitch with one out and Mark Canha singled. But Waters lined out and Rave flied out, starting a stretch that saw Cease retire 10 of the last 11 men he faced before Jeremiah Estrada relieved him in the seventh.

Bogaerts finished with two hits, giving him 10 hits in his last 12 at-bats dating back to Wednesday night. He was the only player in the game with multiple hits.

Perez's hit knocked in Maikel Garcia, who opened the inning with a single off Jason Adam (5-3) and reached scoring position via Vinnie Pasquantino's walk. Drew Waters tacked on insurance later in the inning with a two-out single that plated pinch runner John Rave.

Reliever Lucas Erceg (2-2) got the win despite allowing a game-tying two-run single by Gavin Sheets in the bottom of the seventh that capped San Diego's rally from a 4-0 deficit. Steven Cruz pitched a scoreless eighth and Carlos Estevez worked the ninth for his MLB-high 22nd save in 25 chances despite giving up a leadoff homer to Manny Machado, his 12th of the year.

Sheets' hit no-decisioned both starters. Kansas City's Michael Lorenzen went the first 5 1/3 innings, allowing five hits and two runs with three walks and four strikeouts. Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta lasted 4 2/3 innings, permitting six hits and four runs while walking two and whiffing three.

Coming off a two-hitter over seven innings Sunday in an 8-2 win at Arizona, Pivetta ran into instant trouble. He hung a curve to Bobby Witt Jr. with one out in the first and Witt blasted it into the seats in left for his 10th homer.

Pivetta was able to keep the Royals in check until the fifth. After walks to Freddy Fermin and Nick Loftin, Kyle Isbel bunted them over. Jonathan India cashed them in by cracking a three-run homer to left-center, his fourth.

Luis Arraez got San Diego on the board in its half of the fifth by stroking a two-out RBI single to right-center that scored Trenton Brooks. Pinch hitter Jose Iglesias made it 4-2 in the sixth by poking a run-scoring single to right that plated Xander Bogaerts.

Bogaerts finished with three hits, giving him eight straight hits, dating back to Wednesday. The streak ended when he popped out in the ninth.

Garcia bagged three hits for Kansas City.

The Royals won all three games of the set, producing their first series sweep since capturing all four games at home against the Chicago White Sox on May 5-8.

Wacha (4-6) went six innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks while striking out five. Wacha worked out of a two-on, no-out jam in the fifth and didn't give up a hit until Wyatt Langford's one-out single in the sixth.

Carlos Estevez pitched the ninth inning for Kansas City to earn his second save of the series and his 21st of the season.

It was a planned bullpen game for the Rangers, who are working with a shortened rotation with both Nathan Eovaldi and Tyler Mahle on the shelf with injuries. Shawn Armstrong (2-2) started for Texas, allowing two runs on Pasquantino's homer in the first before being lifted in place of Jacob Latz.

The Royals set the tone early as Pasquantino ripped a two-out, two-run home run over the right field fence in the first inning to build a 2-0 lead. Much ballyhooed prospect Caglianone added a solo shot off Latz in the second inning for his first career home run, expanding the advantage to 3-0.

Texas culled its deficit to 3-1 when Langford raced home on a two-out double by Marcus Semien in the sixth. Wacha was able to wiggle off the hook by getting Adolis Garcia to fly out to end the frame on his 97th pitch of the game, his second most of the season.

Caglianone added another solo home run in the ninth off Robert Garcia to provide the Royals an insurance run.

The Royals, who carried a six-game losing streak into this three-game set, have taken the first two games to clinch their first series victory since winning two of three May 16-18 in San Francisco.

Kansas City's Kris Bubic (6-4) bounced back from his worst performance of the season by allowing three runs while scattering nine hits. Bubic walked one batter and struck out six before leaving with one out in the sixth.

Carlos Estevez, the fifth Kansas City pitcher, threw a perfect ninth inning to earn his 20th save. Garcia added a single and two runs to pace the Royals' seven-hit attack.

Rangers starter Patrick Corbin (4-6) allowed a season-high four runs on six hits and two walks over five innings while striking out four. The outing snapped his career-high streak of giving up three or fewer runs at 12 starts.

The Rangers, who entered this series on a four-game winning streak, lost despite racking up 12 hits. Sam Haggerty and Wyatt Langford had three hits each and Adolis Garcia added two.

Texas jumped to the front in the first as Haggerty opened the inning with a triple and scored on Langford's double. Langford sprinted home on Adolis Garcia's two-out single to stake Corbin to a 2-0 advantage.

That held up until the Royals leapfrogged in front in the third. Kyle Isbel scored on a single by Jonathan India and Bobby Witt Jr.'s single to left field put runners on the corners. Maikel Garcia then launched a three-run homer to left-center to put Kansas City up 4-2.

The Rangers cut into the margin in the fourth as Josh Jung and Jake Burger stroked back-to-back doubles.

Kansas City added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth off reliever Hoby Milner. Witt opened the inning with a walk, went to second on a passed ball by Kyle Higashioka and scored on Garcia's triple. Garcia scooted home on John Rave's safety squeeze when Higashioka couldn't handle Milner's throw to the plate.

"No surgery," Quatraro told reporters. "No injection. Just rest."

Ragans, who was placed on the 15-day injured list June 11, has not pitched since June 5. If he fulfills the Royals' plan for four weeks of rest since his last outing, then the earliest the 27-year-old left-hander will resume throwing is July 4.

After earning 2024 All-Star Game recognition to highlight his 11-9 season and 3.14 ERA, Ragans has fashioned a 2-3 record with a 5.18 ERA in 10 starts this year.

While those statistics suggest Ragans has struggled, he's averaging 14.1 strikeouts per nine innings, which leads all MLB starters. According to Baseball Savant, Ragans' strong peripheral numbers give him an expected ERA of 2.61 while his Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) is 2.19.

Kansas City amassed just 11 runs over its six-game swoon (all at home) but were aggressive -- and successful -- swingers from the start on Tuesday.

Seth Lugo (4-5) allowed one run on three scattered hits and a walk and two hit batsmen in six innings for the Royals. He struck out a season-high nine, including three in the sixth, when the Rangers threatened.

Texas' Jack Leiter (4-4) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing six runs on eight hits (both matching season worsts) while walking two and striking out four. Leiter is 1-2 over his past six starts.

The Rangers had a four-game winning streak snapped. Texas had five total hits off four Royals pitchers, with Corey Seager leading the way with two hits and a run.

The Royals struck in their first at-bat, building a 3-0 lead. Bobby Witt Jr. started the surge with a one-out double to left field and sprinted home on a high-bouncing single by Maikel Garcia. After a flyout, Perez ripped a two-run home run to right field and put Texas in an early hole.

Kansas City added to its advantage in the fourth as Vinnie Pasquantino walked, stole second and came across on Perez's ringing double to the right-center-field gap.

The Rangers cut into their deficit in the bottom of the fourth when Seager doubled and scored on a two-out single to right field by Alejandro Osuna. Kansas City swung back in its next at-bat, with Witt scorching a two-out solo homer into the third row of stands above left field to push the margin back to four.

Perez led off the sixth off Leiter by smashing a ball into the left field stands, pushing him past Kansas City Hall of Famer George Brett for the team record for games with multiple home runs (18).

The Athletics, who swept the three-game series, also got a home run from Austin Wynns. Kurtz was 2-for-4 and Brent Rooker was 2-for-3.

The Royals lost their sixth straight and have only scored 11 runs in those games, despite a players-only, closed door meeting after Saturday's 4-0 loss. Bobby Witt Jr. and Vinnie Pasquantino were each 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Kurtz, leading off the inning, lined closer Carlos Estevez's 1-2 four-seam fastball over the right-centerfield fence an estimated 411 feet for Kurtz's sixth homer. It was the first home run given up by Estevez in 30 2/3 innings this season. Estevez (2-2) was the loser.

Tyler Ferguson (2-2) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, in which he struck out two. Mason Miller pitched the ninth for his 14th save.

Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs gave up two runs on seven hits in six innings, didn't walk a batter and struck out two.

Kansas City starter Noah Cameron did not allow a run on four hits in five innings, walking one and striking out seven.

Royals reliever Lucas Erceg retired Jacob Wilson on a groundout with runners on first and second to end the top of the seventh.

Wynns' two-run homer in the sixth tied the game 2-2. With one out, he drove reliever John Schreiber's first-pitch sinker an estimated 429 feet over the left-centerfield fence. It was Wynns' fifth home run.

The Royals took a 2-0 lead in the third on an RBI double by Witt Jr. and Pasquantino's run-scoring single.

Cameron's first 1-2-3 inning came in the fourth.

He got out of a two-on, two-out jam in the second by striking out Denzel Clarke.

After Rooker's two-out double in the third, Cameron once again got a strikeout to escape the situation. This time Wynns was the victim.

Lawrence Butler also went deep, and Jacob Wilson recorded two hits to raise his average to .369. The A's took the first two of this set after losing 14 straight on the road. However, the day belonged to Lopez (1-4), who, making his seventh career start over three seasons, yielded two hits to Maikel Garcia, a Salvador Perez single and walked one for his second career quality start.

Having clinched their first winning road series since May 3-5, the A's are in position to sweep their second away set of 2025.

Michael Lorenzen (5-6) also recorded a quality start while lasting six innings, but gave up three runs, three walks and four hits.

The Royals went 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position while being shut out for the eighth time this season and second time in three games. Kansas City, winless on this six-game homestand amid a 10-21 rut while dropping to three games below .500, managed a combined four hits and fanned 12 times versus Lopez, Michael Kelly, and Hogan Harris.

Kansas City has also dropped six consecutive series at home, where it's lost 13 of 16.

The Royals' frustrating trend of failing to drive runners home from scoring position continued in the first. Garcia opened with a double that drew chalk from the right-field line but was stranded.

Then, Lorenzen walked Tyler Soderstrom to open the A's second and Muncy, with four RBIs in the series, followed by lining a slider into his team's bullpen over the left-field fence for a 2-0 lead.

After Kansas City left runners on second and third in third inning, Soderstrom again walked to lead off the fourth. He then stole second and scored on Luis Urias' double that reached the left-field wall.

Butler sent a pitch from Daniel Lynch IV over the right-center field wall in the seventh.

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.