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C Salvador Perez departed in the sixth inning on Monday after experiencing discomfort in his right hip. With the Astros batting in the bottom of the fifth, Perez slid into the railing of the Houston dugout pursuing a foul ball. He remained in the game...

The Sports Xchange Astros 6, Royals 5 HOUSTON -- Astros closer Jose Veras continued his exceptional pitching of late as Houston sent the Kansas City Royals to their fourth consecutive loss with a 6-5 victory Monday night at Minute Maid Park. Veras, who...

The Sports Xchange By MoiseKapenda Bower, The Sports Xchange Defense, pitching key Houston win over K.C. HOUSTON -- The Houston Astros figured they had something special in third baseman Matt Dominguez, but, as a whole, their infield defense has...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH David Lough is getting a second chance after an injury to center fielder Jarrod Dyson. Dyson went on the disabled list with a high ankle sprain and is expected to be out two-to-four...

The Sports Xchange By Art Spander, The Sports Xchange A's 4, Royals 3 OAKLAND - Yoenis Cespedes' leadoff home run in the eighth Sunday broke a tie and gave the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Kansas City and a sweep of the three-game weekend...

The Oakland A's came off consecutive one-run victories over the Kansas City Royals into game three on Sunday. The A's made it three after defeating the Royals 4-3 and completed their first home sweep of Kansas City in five years. The Royals came out...

A's sweep Royals thanks to Cespedes' homer OAKLAND -- Someone wondered before the first pitch what Oakland Athletics' manager Bob Melvin was going to do about Yoenis Cespedes. The second-year major-leaguer from Cuba was hitting below the dreaded...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH The Royals are more than happy to leave Oakland. The Royals were swept in their three-game series at Oakland after a 4-3 loss on Sunday. The Royals scored a total of five runs in...

Athletics 4, Royals 3: Yoenis Cespedes belted a tiebreaking home run to lead off the eighth inning and host Oakland completed a three-game sweep. Jed Lowrie had an RBI single and Josh Donaldson and Coco Crisp each plated a run with a sacrifice fly as...

The Kansas City Royals have wasted a pair of superb pitching performances and, consequently, are staring at the possibility of a three-game sweep in the series finale against the host Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Luis Mendoza will take the mound for the...

The Sports Xchange A's 2, Royals 1 OAKLAND -- Kansas City Royals starter Ervin Santana was his usual effective self against the Oakland A's on Saturday night, but one night after James Shields had an equally strong outing at the Oakland Coliseum and...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 2, Royals 1 Athletics 2, Royals 1: Brandon Moss tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Oakland notched its second consecutive 2-1 decision over Kansas City. Left-hander Tommy Milone (4-5) allowed...