Kansas City Royals

Royals outlast Rays behind five-run sixth

Royals rally from 5 runs down to beat Rays

Elliot Johnson homered against his former team and the Kansas City Royals rallied from an early five-run hole, beating the Tampa Rays 9-8 on a cold, blustery Wednesday night.

Royals Battle Back To Edge Rays

The Royals overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Rays 9-8.

Fantasy Facts - Guthrie pounds the zone

Jeremy Guthrie has thrown a pitch in the strike zone 57.2 percent of the time this season, the third-highest rate among pitchers who have made at least 5 starts. As a team, the White Sox have hit .259 in at-bats ending with a pitch in the strike zone, second worst in the league.

Royals rally from 5-run hole to beat Rays 9-8

Thoughts: Pablo Sandoval is just big-boned

Quick thoughts on a Tuesday night that featured a lot of home runs across this great land ... Look, Pablo Sandoval is fat. I'm about 99.7 percent sure if that if he lost 10 or 50 pounds that he'd be a better player.

Shields Bests Rays; Royals Head Into May At 14-10

From Elias: James Shields, who racked up a franchise-record 87 wins for Tampa Bay, earned a victory in his first start against the Rays, picking up a 8-2 decision on Tuesday night that lifted the Royals' record to 14-10. Since 1990, there has been only one other season in which Kansas City headed into May at least four games above the .500 mark; that happened in 2003, when they took a 17-7 mark into May and finished at 83-79.

Fantasy Facts - Santana pounds the zone

Ervin Santana has thrown a pitch in the strike zone 55.2 percent of the time this season, the 11th-highest rate among pitchers who have made at least 5 starts. As a team, the Rays have hit .269 in at-bats ending with a pitch in the strike zone, tied for seventh worst in the league.

Cobb shelled as Rays lose to Royals 8-2