The game today was an interesting one; with both Cole Ragans and Seth Lugo on the IL, the Royals bullpen banded together to get the win before heading back to Minnesota to take on the hottest team in baseball.

Royals first. Maikel Garcia singles to right field. Bobby Witt singles to left field. Maikel Garcia to second. Vinnie Pasquantino singles to center field. Bobby Witt to second. Maikel Garcia

The Royals waited until the last moment to divulge their pitching plans for Wednesday’s series finale against the Giants at Oracle Park. They had plenty of options available to them. They brought Triple-A prospect Luinder Avila along on the taxi squad in case of an emergency — he was stretched out and could’ve started, if needed.

The Kansas City Royals will take on the San Francisco Giants this afternoon in the finale of a rematch of the 2014 World Series. Offense has been difficult to come by in this series as the teams split the first two matchups while combining to score nine total runs.

Hayden Birdsong threw five sharp innings in his first start of the season and the San Francisco Giants beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2.

Its Wednesday, May 21 and the Royals (27-23) are in San Francisco to take on the Giants (29-20). Daniel Lynch is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Logan Webb for San Francisco.

The Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Monday night at Oracle Park, moving to 27-22 on the season. The loss dropped the Giants to 28-20. Kr

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