Anne Rogers wrote about yesterday’s offensive outburst.
Against one of the best pitchers in baseball this season in Cristopher Sánchez, the Royals scored six in the first inning and forced the Phillies’ ace out of the game after 3 1/3 innings, not letting up in their 15-1 rout to earn a series victory. Monday’s 15 runs were more than the 12 the Royals scored total in the first five games of this homestand, which began with a three-game sweep by the Rays. The Royals’ 22 hits and 15 runs were season highs,
and they scored in the first eight innings of a game for just the second time in franchise history (Sept. 14, 1998 vs. the Athletics).
“It’s awesome,” second baseman Nick Loftin said with a smile. “Any time we can score and keep scoring, it definitely helps our pitchers out, but it [also] adds confidence to our lineup that we know we can hang with the best of them.”
There was a little unique flair to the outburst because they scored every inning they batted.
Ryan Young at Yahoo Sports has more on this feat.
The Royals rolled to a dominant 15-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday at Kauffman Stadium, wrapping up their three-game series. The Royals, who entered the game with the second-worst record in the sport, scored a run in every single inning they were at the plate in the victory.
Kansas City put up a season-high 15 runs on 22 hits in the contest. It marked just the second time in franchise history that the Royals scored at least one run in every inning they were at the plate. According to MLB.com’s Sarah Langs, the Royals are the first team in the league to pull off that feat since the 2016 Chicago White Sox did so.
Mike Axisa at CBS Sports also wrote about this topic.
Blair Kerkhoff writes about Kris Bubic’s setback in rehab.
Bubic was moved to the 60-day IR retroactive to May 15 with left elbow soreness. But the setbacks during his recovery center on his left shoulder, which was troubling news. He missed the second half of 2025 with a left rotator cuff strain.
Bubic made two rehab starts in Triple-A Omaha, didn’t feel right after the second one (on June 27) and was scratched from his next start.
“A bit more fatigued, a little more achy the following day,” Bubic said about his second start. “That catch play in between wasn’t where it needed to be. We decided to shut it down again. It’s been frustrating to stop and start, and stop and start.”
David Lesky puts the recent bad stretch of baseball into perspective.
Measuring teams against their best and worst stretches can lead to silly conclusions, but -49 would be the seventh-worst run differential in all of baseball this season. And they did it in 10 games. If it weren’t so sad, it would be amazing. Maybe it’s amazing too. They were at -36 when this stretch started, which was bad, but in line with other underachieving teams, not the worst teams in all of baseball. But that’s what happens when a team’s injuries pile up to the point that they can’t even maintain the pace of simply bad baseball.
The Giants claimed former Royals reliever Eric Cerantola off waivers.
At Royals Keep, Kevin O’Brien writes about possible options at slot 30 in the upcoming MLB Draft.
Yirsandy Rodríguez analyzes Lane Thomas’ season to date.
Caleb Moody at Kings of Kauffman compares the Rangers’ injury issues to those of the Royals.
He also discusses a potential Lane Thomas trade partner.
David Laurila at FanGraphs interviews Will Warren about his success this season.
The A’s released reliever Michael Kelly.
Junior Caminero might be pushing Bobby Witt Jr in the AL MVP race.
The US Men’s National Team absolutely crapped the bed against Belgium yesterday.
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal team was also eliminated from the World Cup yesterday.
Why are players cutting holes in their socks at the World Cup?
Could this be Alex Ovechkin’s last season?
Is binge-watching done?
Your song of the day is Dancing Shoes by Arctic Monkeys.
