Fermin was hit in the hand in the seventh inning while attempting to bunt but stayed in the game and produced an insurance run with a two-out RBI single in the ninth.

Lorenzen (3-3) allowed just one run on four hits. He fanned four and walked two in his second consecutive quality start as the Royals won for the seventh time in eight games.

Kansas City's Salvador Perez doubled home a run, and Kyle Isbel hit a sacrifice fly. Bobby Witt Jr. singled in the eighth inning to extend his hitting streak to an 20 games, the longest active stretch in the majors. The shortstop also stole his team-leading ninth base.

Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero homered and doubled in a 3-for-4 showing. Yandy Diaz went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk as the Rays had their five-game winning streak end.

Rays starter Taj Bradley (2-2) settled down after allowing single markers in the first and second innings. In seven innings, he yielded two runs on five hits with three walks and two strikeouts.

The Royals jumped on top in the first inning when Perez slashed a two-out double to right-center to bring home Jonathan India, who had singled. Isbel then produced a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead a frame later.

After nearly walking on a 3-0 pitch from Lorenzen in the fourth, Caminero launched his sixth homer off a 3-1 sinker, the blast to center cutting the lead in half.

Kansas City reliever Lucas Erceg got into trouble in the eighth after allowing one-out singles to Brandon Lowe and Caminero, but the right-hander fanned Jonathan Aranda and retired Christopher Morel on a groundout to shut down the threat.

In the ninth, Royals closer Carlos Estevez whiffed Travis Jankowski before allowing Jose Caballero's single. Estevez got a long flyout from Danny Jansen, then got Chandler Simpson on a groundout to move to 8-for-10 in saves.

Simpson went 0-for-5, ending his eight-game, career-opening hitting streak.

Houston's Hunter Brown (4-1) pitched six innings, allowing an earned run on seven hits. He finished with nine strikeouts and one walk.

Jonathan India reached three times, going 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Salvador Perez went 2-for-4 for his third multi-hit game in his last four starts. Kansas City had 11 hits but stranded seven runners.

Kris Bubic (2-2) gave up four runs on five hits and three walks over five innings. He struck out four.

After losing 2-0 on Friday and Saturday, the Astros ended the series on an upswing by pounding out nine hits, including five for extra bases.

McCormick started the Astros' third with a leadoff single. After Pena lined out, Isaac Paredes walked, and Alvarez put Houston up with a three-run home run, his third of the season, that went 436 feet to center field.

In the fifth, McCormick doubled to center to start the fifth and scored on Pena's line drive single to left. An inning later, Pena's two-out double to left off Chris Stratton plated Zach Dezenzo and McCormick.

Yanier Diaz homered for the second time this season on an opposite-field blast to right off Angel Zerpa in the seventh.

Brown saw his Major League-best scoreless innings streak end at 28 when Bobby Witt Jr.'s fifth-inning double to left scored India, who reached on a single, from first. Both hits came with two out. Still, it was vastly better compared to the last time he pitched at Kaufman Stadium. Brown did not get out of the first inning on April 11, 2024, as he allowed nine earned runs on 11 hits in two-thirds of an inning.

India's sacrifice fly off Bryan King in the Royals' seventh drove Cavan Biggio home.

While Kansas City's winning streak snapped at six, Witt's double extended his hitting streak to 19, the longest currently in the majors.

Wacha (1-3) picked up his first win this season, allowing just four hits while striking out six and walking two. Mark Canha had a hit and an RBI for the Royals, who clinched the weekend series and won their sixth straight game. Carlos Estevez threw a perfect ninth for Kansas City, securing his seventh save.

Framber Valdez (1-3) threw an eight-inning complete game, allowing two runs on three hits, striking out five and walking a pair. Isaac Paredes had two of the Astros' six hits as the club dropped its second in a row following a three-game winning streak.

Jonathan India's walk and Bobby Witt's double began Kansas City's offense in the first inning, before Canha drove in the first run with a one-out sacrifice fly.

Valdez then retired the next 11 Royals in order, before Pasquantino's 412-foot solo homer in the fifth doubled Kansas City's lead.

Houston threatened in the sixth with Paredes' one-out single and Jeremy Pena's walk, but Wacha struck out Christian Walker and retired Yainer Diaz on an inning-ending groundout.

Steven Cruz replaced Wacha for the seventh, working a perfect frame. John Schreiber handled the eighth for Kansas City, getting two quick outs before Paredes' double and Pena's single to put runners at second and third. Schreiber then struck out Walker to escape the jam.

Valdez remained in for the eighth, working around a two-out walk to India to preserve Houston's two-run deficit.

Lugo (2-3) ended a three-start losing streak with his best effort in the young season as he struck out a season-best eight. He pitched into the eighth inning for the first time, yielding just one walk and a season-low three hits.

Lugo, last season's runner-up for the American League Cy Young Award, retired the first 11 batters he faced before Isaac Paredes took him to right for an opposite-field double. Lugo dropped his ERA from 3.90 to 3.08.

Hayden Wesneski (1-2) scattered eight hits in five-plus innings. He struck out one, but the Royals got both runs off the right-hander by manufacturing them.

Kansas City's Drew Waters went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, and he scored after the second one. In the fifth inning, he moved to third on Freddy Fermin's sacrifice bunt and scored on Kyle Isbel's sacrifice fly.

Hunter Renfroe's sacrifice fly an inning later scored Vinnie Pasquantino.

Paredes accounted for two of Houston's hits, but the Astros' best chance to get to Lugo came in the sixth.

Cam Smith walked to start the inning and moved to second on Jake Meyers' sacrifice bunt. Smith took third on Jose Altuve's groundout, but he remained there when Yordan Alvarez flew out to right field to end the inning.

Houston catcher Victor Caratini had a lead-off single in the eighth off Lugo, but he was erased when Smith hit into a double play. Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. made a diving stop on the hard-hit grounder to initiate the double play.

Lucas Erceg pitched a perfect ninth to get his first save of the season.

Witt singled three times in four at-bats to extend his hitting streak to 17 games, the best current streak in the majors.

Lorenzen (2-3) allowed just one run on five hits, striking out seven and walking four, as the Royals won their fourth game in a row and swept the three-game series with Colorado. Kansas City took Game 1 7-4 on Thursday afternoon.

Colorado rookie Chase Dollander (1-3) allowed five runs on seven hits across 4 2/3 innings, striking out three and walking a pair. Jordan Beck, who slugged his first home run of the season in the first game of the doubleheader, launched two more solo homers in Game 2 -- accounting for both Colorado runs.

Jacob Stallings and Aaron Schunk also had two hits apiece for the Rockies, who dropped their 11th game in 12 tries and fell to 1-14 away from home this season.

Perez doubled to begin the bottom of the second and scored the game's first run on Michael Massey's sacrifice fly.

In the third, Freddy Fermin led off with a single for Kansas City and Jonathan India walked. Fermin was later picked off by Stallings, but Vinnie Pasquantino's RBI single doubled the Royals' lead.

Dollander got the first two outs of the fifth, but allowed India's double and Bobby Witt Jr.'s run-scoring single. After walking Pasquantino, Dollander surrendered Perez's two-run double, ending his outing.

Jaden Hill replaced the Colorado starter, striking out Massey to end the frame.

The Rockies mustered their first sign of offense in the sixth, with Beck's solo home run pulling Colorado within four runs.

In relief of Lorenzen, John Schreiber threw a perfect seventh. Daniel Lynch IV replaced Schreiber in the eighth, allowing Beck's second homer of the game, a 425-foot solo shot to cut Colorado's deficit to 5-2.

Kansas City tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth, as Drew Waters' groundout plated the Royals' sixth run.

Ragans had trouble getting loose in the bullpen prior to the game and the soreness continued through his 62-pitch outing.

"Cole was not 100 percent," Royals catcher Salvador Perez said after the team's 7-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. "I could tell from the bullpen he was not right."

The 2024 All-Star struggled throughout and gave up four runs on three hits and two walks. He served up two homers and struck out four.

Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said Ragans felt the groin tighten up between the third and fourth innings. The manager then replaced Ragans with lefty Angel Zerpa.

"If he's not comfortable pushing off, you're seeing him cut some stuff off, which makes sense, based on most of those misses," Quatraro said. "Just probably wasn't getting through it."

Ragans is 1-1 with a 4.40 ERA in six starts this season. He has struck out 46 batters in just 30 2/3 innings.

Last season, Ragans went 11-9 with a 3.14 ERA in 32 starts while making his first All-Star Game. He finished second in the American League with 223 strikeouts and finished fourth in AL Cy Young Award balloting.

Drew Waters had two hits and an RBI and Michael Massey also drove in a run for the Royals, who won their third straight game.

Kansas City starter Cole Ragans pitched just three innings, allowing four runs on three hits while striking out four and walking two. Relievers Angel Zerpa (1-0) and Steven Cruz each threw two scoreless innings and Carlos Estevez worked a perfect ninth to earn his sixth save.

German Marquez (0-4) surrendered six runs on eight hits over four innings, issuing three strikeouts and three walks.

Hunter Goodman had a homer and three RBIs for the Rockies, who lost for the 10th time in their last 11 games.

Jordan Beck also went deep among his two hits.

Colorado began the game's scoring in the first inning, as Goodman's RBI single scored Brenton Doyle - who led off with a walk.

Kansas City quickly answered in the home half of the first inning. Maikel Garcia doubled and Bobby Witt Jr. was hit by a slider before Perez drove in both runners with a one-out double.

Beck launched a 419-foot solo homer in the second inning to forge a 2-2 tie.

The Rockies regained the lead in the third inning, with Ryan McMahon's two-out walk followed by Goodman's two-run homer.

Perez laced a one-out double in the third and then came around to score on Massey's single. After Hunter Renfroe's single, Waters tied the game at four apiece on an RBI base hit to center.

Ragans was relieved after three innings for Zerpa, who threw two scoreless innings.

Marquez surrendered walks to Perez and Cavan Biggio to begin the fifth, ending his outing. Reliever Jake Bird entered and loaded the bases with two outs after hitting Waters. From there, Isbel singled on a ball deflected by first baseman Michael Toglia, scoring Perez and Biggio to give the Royals a 6-4 edge.

Kansas City tacked on in the seventh against Jimmy Herget, as Renfroe and Waters' singles were followed by Isbel's RBI bunt single, pushing the lead to 7-4.

The contest was delayed more than two hours and 15 minutes before it was called. The Royals said it was postponed "out of an abundance of caution."

The game will be made up Thursday as part of a doubleheader. The first game is slated to start at 1:10 p.m. CT.

Left-hander Cole Ragans (1-1, 3.58 ERA) will start Game 1 for Kansas City. Right-hander Michael Lorenzen (1-3, 4.57) is slated to start the second game. Lorenzen was Wednesday's scheduled starter.

Colorado right-hander Chase Dollander (1-2, 7.36) is slated to start the first game, while the starter for the second game is undetermined. Right-hander German Marquez (0-3, 8.27) was the scheduled Wednesday starter.

Kansas City won the opener of the three-game series, 4-3 in 11 innings on Tuesday. The loss was Colorado's 11th straight on the road.

Drew Waters went 3-for-4 with a homer and a triple and Kris Bubic pitched seven scoreless innings for the Royals in the opener of a two-game set. The Royals have won two straight games following a six-game losing streak.

Jacob Stallings laced a three-run double to give Colorado the lead in the top of the ninth inning but the Rockies' road losing streak eventually extended to 11 games. Colorado is 1-12 away from home this season and just 4-18 overall.

Mark Canha was the automatic runner in the Kansas City 11th and Bobby Witt Jr. was intentionally walked. Trevor Kinley (0-1) threw a wild pitch on his first delivery home to move the runners up and Colorado then intentionally walked Vinny Pasquantino.

Fermin then hit the single to center to score Canha with the decisive run. The reserve catcher entered the game as a pinch-runner in the bottom of the ninth but had a huge impact as he also picked off Colorado's Mickey Moniak off third in the top of the 10th.

Daniel Lynch IV (3-0) pitched a scoreless top of the 11th for the Royals.

The Rockies were one out away from being blanked in the ninth when Royals closer Carlos Estevez issued walks to Ryan McMahon, Hunter Goodman and Michael Toglia. Stallings then jumped on a 1-2 slider and ripped it into the left-field corner to clear the bases.

Kansas City answered in the bottom of the ninth as Salvador Perez singled to right off Seth Halvorsen and Mikael Garcia followed with a double to left. Michael Massey hit a sacrifice fly to left to score pinch-runner Fermin and tie it.

Bubic outdueled Colorado's Ryan Feltner. He gave up four hits and struck out six without issuing a walk while lowering his ERA to 1.45.

Feltner gave up one run and three hits and struck out four over seven innings. He allowed just one walk and after issuing six in just 2 2/3 innings in his last start against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Waters led off the sixth by smacking a 1-0 changeup from Feltner over the wall in right center for his first home run of the season.

Waters hit the three-bagger to right with one out in the eighth off Jaden Hill. The Royals then executed a safety squeeze with Kyle Isbel bunting toward first and Waters beating the throw home from Toglia.

Mark Canha and Drew Waters each had two hits and an RBI for the Royals. Vinnie Pasquantino drove in the other run and Carlos Estevez (1-0) pitched the last two innings to get the win.

Starter Michael Wacha gave up two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out five and walked none.

Detroit's Tarik Skubal, who didn't give up a run in his previous two starts, allowed two runs and seven hits in five innings. He struck out four and walked one.

Zach McKinstry had three hits and two RBIs and Kerry Carpenter supplied three hits with an RBI for Detroit.

The Royals generated two runs in the second. Maikel Garcia, Hunter Renfroe and Pasquantino rapped consecutive singles to score one run. With two out, Waters knocked in the second run with another single.

Detroit tied it 2-2 in the fifth. Colt Keith and Trey Sweeney had back-to-back singles to put runners on the corners. After Javier Baez struck out and Gleyber Torres popped out, Carpenter singled to right to bring home Keith. McKinstry then singled to center to score Sweeney.

With Daniel Lynch IV on the mound in the seventh, the Tigers gained the lead. Baez led off with a single and Torres hit into a fielder's choice. Carpenter smacked a single before McKinstry knocked in Torres with a single to left. John Schreider replaced Lynch and walked Torkelson to load the bases. Riley Greene grounded into a double play to leave the score 3-2.

The Royals tied it in the eighth against Tommy Kahnle. Witt reached on a two-base error by Baez and scored on Canha's single to center.

Kansas City took a 4-3 lead in the 10th. Waters, the automatic runner, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Witt's sacrifice fly.

Ryan Kreidler, Detroit's automatic runner, moved to third on Torkelson's one-out fly ball. Greene was walked intentionally before Dillon Dingler popped out to end the game.

Torkelson has eight RBIs in the four-game series, which concludes on Sunday.

Mize (3-1) gave up one run and four hits. He struck out three and walked one in his longest outing since the 2021 season. Will Vest notched his first save.

Freddy Fermin homered for the Royals, who have lost six straight. Starter Seth Lugo gave up three runs and five hits with five strikeouts and two walks in 6 2/3 innings.

The Tigers had a threat in the second. Dillon Dingler led off with a double and moved to third on a grounder. Trey Sweeney drew a walk before Dingler was thrown out at home trying to score on Javier Baez's comebacker. Ryan Kreidler then grounded out.

In the top of the fifth, Drew Waters reached on a throwing error by shortstop Sweeney. With two out, Jonathan India singled to put two runners on. Bobby Witt Jr. then lined out to left.

Baez sparked Detroit's three-run fifth with a one-out single. Kerry Carpenter slapped a two-out, opposite field single before Torkelson drilled a 1-2 Lugo offering over the left-field wall.

Torkelson's homer was his team-leading seventh this season.

Mize retired the first two batters in the seventh before Fermin jumped on a first-pitch sinker and lifted it over the left field wall. Fermin's homer was his first of the season.

India led off the eighth against Brenan Hanifee with a double down the left-field line. Witt flied out and Vinnie Pasquantino lined out. Salvador Perez then hit a long fly ball that left fielder Carpenter hauled in against the wall.

Torkelson reached second in the bottom of the inning on a walk and sacrifice. The next two batters popped out.

Waters drew a 10-pitch walk with two out in the ninth and Fermin reached on an infield single. Kyle Isbel then popped out to end the game.

Riley Greene had two hits, scored two runs and knocked in another, while Andy Ibanez hit a solo homer. Tomas Nido added three hits and an RBI.

Right-hander Jackson Jobe (2-0) gave up one run on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings to collect the win. Tommy Kahnle got the last two outs with the bases loaded for his fourth save.

Vinnie Pasquantino drove in two runs and scored the other for Kansas City, which has lost five straight.

Royals starter Cole Ragans (1-1) gave up five runs and six hits in four-plus innings. The left-hander also walked three while recording eight strikeouts. Reliever Lucas Erceg was removed in the seventh after getting hit in the right leg by a comebacker by Greene.

The Royals struck first. Bobby Witt Jr. hit a one-out double to left and scored on Pasquantino's double down the right field line.

The Tigers tied it in the bottom of the second. Torkelson drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a wild pitch. Ragans struck out the next two batters, but Nido's soft single scored Torkelson.

Ibanez put the Tigers on top with his second homer of the season, banging a fastball from Ragans over the left-center field wall.

Detroit extended its lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the fifth. Justyn-Henry Malloy drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on Gleyber Torres' single. Greene then ripped a single to right to knock in Malloy.

John Schreiber replaced Ragans and gave up an RBI single to pinch hitter Trey Sweeney. Greene then scored when Torkelson bounced into a double play.

Two-out singles by Greene and Sweeney preceded Torkelson's two-run, double to left off Angel Zerpa in the seventh.

Kansas City loaded the bases in the eighth on Salvador Perez's double and two walks. John Brebbia escaped that jam with a strikeout and popout.

Pasquantino had an RBI single in the ninth. With the bases loaded, Kahnle walked the first batter he faced to bring in another run before getting a strikeout and a lineout to end the game.

Riley Greene broke out of a slump with three hits and two RBIs, while Kerry Carpenter had three hits and scored twice. Reese Olson (2-1) lasted five innings to get the pitching win and Tommy Kahnle got the last six outs for his third save.

Maikel Garcia drove in the Kansas City run. Michael Lorenzen (1-3) allowed four runs in 4 2/3 innings.

The Royals left two runners stranded in the first. The Tigers followed suit, as Greene popped out with runners on first and second.

Dillon Dingler got all the way to third in the bottom of the second on a single, groundout and Lorenzen wild pitch. Lorenzen rebounded by retiring Ryan Kreidler on a flyout.

Detroit broke through in the next inning. Carpenter reached on a one-out infield single and Zach McKinstry walked. Torkelson smacked a double to left and Greene ended a 1-for-33 slump with a run-scoring single to center.

Kansas City loaded the bases in the fourth on a single, walk and hit by pitch. Olson then struck out Drew Waters before Kyle Isbel flied out to left.

The Tigers made it 4-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning. Carpenter led off with a double and McKinstry drew another walk. After Torkelson grounded into a fielder's choice, Greene ripped his second run-scoring single of the game to right.

Both teams left two runners on base in the sixth.

The Royals got on the board against Beau Brieske in the eighth. Salvador Perez led off with a walk, moved to second on Michael Massey's single and scored on Garcia's hit to center. Kahnle replaced Brieske and induced a double play ball and another groundout to end the threat.

Detroit loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning on two singles and a walk. McKinstry drove in a run with a fielder's choice and Torkelson tacked on a run-scoring single.

The Yankees completed their second sweep of the season and first since scoring 36 runs in three games against the Milwaukee Brewers in their first series of 2025.

Judge homered for the first time since April 4 at Pittsburgh when he hit a flyball on a 1-0 sinker from John Schreiber (1-1) that carried into the New York bullpen beyond the right-center field fence.

Judge's seventh homer of the season was part of a three-hit showing for the Yankee captain, who is hitting .409. He also reached base four times by being intentionally walked for the third time this season.

Judge's first homer in nearly two weeks occurred after New York starter Clarke Schmidt allowed three runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. Schmidt struck out two and walked two in his season debut after missing over a month with rotator cuff tendinitis.

Anthony Volpe ripped a two-run double in the third off Kansas City starter Kris Bubic. Cody Bellinger added an RBI double in the fourth as the Yankees took a 3-1 lead.

Schmidt allowed an RBI single to Salvador Perez in the opening inning before retiring the next 11 batters. Kyle Isbel hit an RBI triple in the fifth and scored the tying run on a groundout by Jonathan India.

Schmidt was lifted after 73 pitches following a walk to Maikel Garcia, who was caught stealing during an at-bat to MJ Melendez with Mark Leiter Jr. (2-1) on the mound. Leiter also struck out two in the seventh and Fernando Cruz pitched two innings for his first career save.

Cruz stranded a runner in the ninth when Bellinger made a diving catch in right field on a sinking liner by Melendez to end the game.

Bubic, who entered second in the AL with an 0.96 ERA, allowed three runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. The left-hander struck out six and walked four.

The Royals lost for the fifth time in six games and were held to 12 hits in the series.

In his 41st career game, Dominguez set a career-high with three RBIs. The switch-hitting outfielder also notched three hits for the second time in his brief career (also Sept. 6, 2023, against the Detroit Tigers).

Kansas City starter Michael Wacha (0-3) cruised through five innings with a 2-0 lead before the Yankees scored four in the sixth. Wacha allowed an infield single to Aaron Judge, then struck out Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt before issuing consecutive walks to Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr. to load the bases.

Left-hander Angel Zerpa, who entered with an opponents' batting average of .368, walked Austin Wells on four pitches to force in two runs.

After getting two singles from the left side of the plate against Wacha, Dominguez batted from the right side of the plate. After fouling off a slider for a 1-2 count, the left fielder ripped a fastball over the leap of third baseman Cavan Biggio and down the left field line to give the Yankees a 4-2 lead.

Max Fried (3-0) followed up seven scoreless innings last week in Detroit by allowing two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings. The left-hander struck out seven and issued both of his walks in the seventh before Luke Weaver recorded the next four outs.

Devin Williams pitched a perfect ninth for his third save. It was the right-hander's first 1-2-3 appearance this season, and he ended it by getting MJ Melendez to whiff on a changeup.

Wacha was charged with three runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander struck out four and issued both of his walks in the pivotal sixth.

Melendez homered into the New York bullpen beyond the right-center-field fence to start the third off Fried, and Kansas City's Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI double with two outs in the third.

The Royals lost for the fifth time in seven games.

Carlos Carrasco (2-1) and four relievers combined on a two-hitter as the Yankees got a strong pitching performance after entering the game with a 4.67 team ERA, including a 5.40 ERA from their starters.

The Yankees hit four homers for the third time this season. The other instances were March 29-30 against the Milwaukee Brewers when they slugged 13 homers and scored 32 runs. New York's power display occurred after it hit three homers in its previous seven contests.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. also homered off Lugo (1-2) in the fourth before the Yankees took the lead.

Grisham snapped a 1-1 tie when he hit a full-count fastball into the right field seats. Grisham homered after fouling off a bunt attempt on the first pitch of the at-bat.

After Lugo retired Oswaldo Cabrera, Rice put the Yankees ahead 3-1 by hitting a high-arcing drive into the right field seats on a 0-1 cutter.

Lugo struck out Aaron Judge for the second out but on the next pitch Wells blasted a fastball down the right field line.

Lugo tied a career high by allowing four homers in 6 2/3 innings. He also allowed two homers in Philadelphia when he was with the New York Mets on Sept. 17, 2020.

Lugo, who entered with a 13-inning road scoreless streak, allowed four runs on seven hits. The right-hander struck out four and walked two.

Carrasco rebounded from a rocky outing last week in Detroit and allowed only Bobby Witt Jr's homer in the third and pitched five innings. The right-hander issued both of his walks in the first and struck out four in a 79-pitch outing.

Carrasco was also aided by several nice plays in left field by Jasson Dominguez, including a running catch on Salvador Perez to open the fourth.

Fernando Cruz followed Carrasco and got three of the next four outs on strikeouts before Tim Hill got the final two outs of the seventh. Luke Weaver pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Devin Williams allowed a single to Witt before stranding two in the ninth for his second save.

It was the third straight game that Ragans struck out 10 or more batters, joining Kevin Appier (1996) as the only pitchers in Royals history to accomplish that feat. Ragans (1-0), who struck out five in a row over the fourth and fifth innings, retired 18 of the last 19 batters he faced and didn't issue a walk.

Carlos Estevez struck out three after yielding a leadoff single to Steven Kwan in the bottom of the ninth to pick up his fifth save.

Maikel Garcia went 3-for-4 with a two-RBI double and Kyle Isbel also had three hits and scored a run for Kansas City, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

Daniel Schneemann doubled and drove in a run for Cleveland, which had a five-game win streak snapped. Ben Lively (0-2) suffered the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits over six innings. He walked two and struck out five.

Cleveland took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Schneemann lined a two-out double to the wall in left-center, driving in Jhonkensy Noel, who had singled. Schneemann also came around to score on the play when Bobby Witt Jr.'s wild relay throw to the plate went to the backstop.

Kansas City tied it 2-2 in the fourth on Perez's second home run of the season, a 394-foot drive to left that scored Vinnie Pasquantino, who had singled.

The Royals took a 4-2 lead in the fifth on a two-run double to the gap in right-center, driving in Freddy Fermin, who had walked, and Isbel, who had doubled.

It was the first loss in six home games for Cleveland.

Acquired from Pittsburgh in December, Ortiz (1-2) entered Saturday with an 8.44 ERA from his first two starts. But the right-hander was stellar in his home debut as he yielded only two walks and one hit -- Vinnie Pasquantino's fourth-inning homer.

Meanwhile, Arias clubbed an opposite-field solo homer in the sixth for his second hit and RBI of the night for the Guardians, who have won five straight to start 5-0 at home for the first time since 2002. Arias has homered three times versus Kansas City in 2025.

Cleveland owns a 4-1 record against the Royals this season while outscoring them 29-13.

Kansas City's Michael Lorenzen (1-2) gave up three runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. Pasquantino had three of the six hits for the Royals, who fanned 15 times Saturday but consoled themselves with two runs off Emmanuel Clase in the ninth.

The Guardians answered in the bottom of the fourth. Carlos Santana reached on a fielder's choice, went to second when Lorenzen walked Kyle Manzardo and advanced to third on Nolan Jones' long fly ball. He finally came home via Arias' infield single.

The Guardians went ahead with a run in the fifth. Bo Naylor lined a single to right, then went to second when Royals first baseman Cavan Biggio didn't cover the bag in time on a bouncer to Lorenzen. After Kansas City failed to turn a 4-6-3 double play on Steven Kwan's grounder, Naylor scored on Jose Ramirez's sacrifice fly to center.

The Guardians added on against Lorenzen when Arias went deep with two outs in the sixth. Angel Martinez's ground-rule double highlighted a three-run Cleveland eighth.

Kansas City left fielder Jonathan India exited in the sixth with right quad tightness.

After going 0-for-14 in his previous four games, Arias showed off his power against Kansas City's Kris Bubic (2-1), who had not allowed an earned run in his first two 2025 starts. Arias provided more than enough offense for the Guardians to win again fresh off a sweep of the Chicago White Sox.

Angel Martinez also had three hits, plus a sacrifice fly, which along with RBI singles from Steven Kwan and Carlos Santana highlighted a four-run eighth inning for Cleveland, which improved to 3-1 against the Royals this season.

The Guardians' Tanner Bibee yielded three hits, walked four and struck out four while lasting just 4 2/3 innings. Cleveland's Tim Herrin (2-0), Cade Smith, Hunter Gaddis and Tristan McKenzie combined to allow two hits, a walk and strike out three.

Bobby Witt Jr. had two hits and walked twice for Kansas City, which won four of five entering the opener of a 10-game road trip, but has been held to five runs over the last four contests and has been shut out twice during that stretch.

Meanwhile, Bubic's run of 15 2/3 innings of not allowing an earned run to open the season ended in the fourth inning Friday.

In the sixth inning, Arias, playing second base Friday, also made a nifty reaching catch of a Michael Massey pop fly to short right field, then quickly threw to first base to double-up runner Salvador Perez.

Bubic was officially charged with two earned runs, plus six hits and two walks, while striking out five over six innings for the Royals, who were coming off a 5-2 homestand.

Witt went 2-for-3 with a double, a stolen base and a run scored for Kansas City, which picked up its third win in the four-game series.

Daniel Lynch IV (2-0) picked up the victory in relief, walking one and striking out two to close out the top of the seventh. Carlos Estevez pitched around a hit batter and a single during a scoreless ninth to pick up his fourth save.

Ty France homered and Willi Castro and Edouard Julien each doubled for Minnesota, which suffered its fourth loss in the last five games. Cole Sands (1-1) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on two hits over 2/3 of an inning. He also hit a batter and struck out one.

The Royals, held to just three hits in a 4-0 loss to Minnesota on Wednesday night, jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning with three consecutive hits. Witt started the rally with a one-out single to left and advanced to second on a bloop single by Vinnie Pasquantino. Witt then scored on a single by Salvador Perez.

Minnesota tied it up at 1-1 in the second inning when France led off with a 411-foot home run to left-center field.

The Twins went on top in the sixth thanks to an RBI single by Ryan Jeffers off reliever John Schreiber, driving in Trevor Larnach, who had walked and advanced to second on a walk by France.

Kansas City, though, responded in the home half of the seventh, plating two runs to jump ahead 3-2 against Sands.

After Freddy Fermin was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on a single by Drew Waters, Jonathan India drove in the first run with a line-drive single to left. Witt followed with a sacrifice fly to deep center to drive in Waters for what proved to be the game-winning RBI.