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Alcides Escobar was not in Kansas City’s lineup Sunday for the first time since 2015.
July 8, 2018
MINNEAPOLIS _Alcides Escobar bounced at first base as fading Minnesota Twins reliever Glen Perkins toed the rubber.
Oct. 2, 2015
MINNEAPOLIS _ Alcides Escobar bounced at first base as fading Twins reliever Glen Perkins toed the rubber.
New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury left Wednesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals because of a concussion and a sprained neck.
May 24, 2017
MINNEAPOLIS _ Yordano Ventura matched a career-high with 11 strikeouts, Alcides Escobar sparked a seventh-inning flurry and the Royals benefited from a series of defensive miscues by the Twins in a 5-1 victory Saturday.tmpplchld In his final start of the regular season, tuning up for the likely assignment of starting Game 1 of the American League Division Series, Ventura mowed down the Twins with ease.
Oct. 3, 2015
Projected lineups P - HOUSTON; AVG.; HR; RBI 2B - Jose Altuve; .313; 15; 66 RF - George Springer; .276; 16; 41 SS - Carlos Correa; .279; 22; 68 LF - Colby Rasmus; .238; 25; 61 DH - Evan Gattis; .246; 27; 88 CF - Carlos Gomez; .255; 12; 56 3B - Luis Valbuena; .224; 25; 56 1B - Chris Carter; .199; 24; 64 C - Jason Castro; .211; 11; 31 P - KANSAS CITY; AVG.; HR; RBI SS - Alcides Escobar; .257; 3; 47 2B - Ben Zobrist; .276; 13; 56 CF - Lorenzo Cain; .307; 16; 72 1B - Eric Hosmer; .297; 18; 93 DH - Kendrys Morales; .290; 22; 106 3B - Mike Moustakas; .284; 22; 82 C - Salvador Perez; .260; 21; 70 LF - Alex Gordon; .271; 13; 48 RF - Alex Rios; .255; 4; 32 Keys to the series Last year’s World Series surprise, the Kansas City Royals, are better this season, thanks in part to the addition of Kendrys Morales, who hit 22 home runs with 106 runs batted in.
Oct. 7, 2015
A look at what’s trending in MLB: THREE UP Iron men: There are two players who have started every game this year — curiously, the one with the highest on-base-plus-slugging percentage and the one with the lowest OPS, among the 86 players with at least 500 at-bats through Friday.
Sept. 23, 2017
Angels, Royals scoreless in fifth
April 6, 2012
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April 12, 2015
Miguel Cabrera hit a solo homer and Rougned Odor had a long run-scoring single during a three-run ninth inning and Venezuela rallied to beat Italy, 4-3, on Monday night in Guadalajara to qualify for the second round of the World Baseball Classic.
March 13, 2017