Kansas City Royals

Fantasy Facts - Alex Gordon is starting to cover the outside of the plate

Since May 5, Alex Gordon has compiled a 1.447 OPS against pitches on the outside-third of the plate, helping to raise his season OPS on such pitches to .906, fifthth in the AL among players who appeared in at least 40 games. Before May 5, Gordon's OPS was .614 on outside pitches.

Kansas City Royals (20-20) at Houston Astros (12-32), 8:10 p.m. (ET)

Bullpen shuffle in KC

Struggling Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera appears to have lost his eighth-inning role after serving up a tie-breaking home run to Oakland’s Yoenis Cespedes on Sunday. Manager Ned Yost said he would "probably" find a different spot for Herrera, who has surrendered an eye-popping eight home runs in just 19.

Another Late-inning Clutch Homer For Cespedes

From Elias: Yoenis Cespedes hit an eighth-inning home run that broke a 3-3 tie in the A's 4-3 win over the Royals. It was the fifth career homer for Cespedes that either tied a game or gave his team a lead in the eighth inning or later. The only other players with as many such homers over the last two seasons as Cespedes are Billy Butler (7), Adam Jones (7) and Hunter Pence (5).

Tornadoes strike several states, devouring homes and killing 1 man

Athletics 4, Royals 3

Athletics 4, Royals 3

Cespedes' homer pushes A's past Royals

Athletics Rally Past Royals

Yoenis Cespedes' eighth home run of the season gave the Athletics a 4-3 win over the Royals.

Céspedes' homer completes A's sweep