Luke Hochevar

The Royals agreed to one-year contracts with pitchers Jonathan Sanchez, Luke Hochevar and Felipe Paulino along with reserve outfielder Mitch Maier on Tuesday, leaving outfielder Alex Gordon as the only remaining player in arbitration.     The Royals...

Brett Lawrie hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, Jose Bautista added his major league-leading 37th homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Wednesday night. Jesse Litsch (5-3) pitched one scoreless inning of...

Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar hit back-to-back homers and the Kansas City Royals beat the first-place Detroit Tigers 9-5 Monday night. Alex Gordon also homered and Johnny Giavotella added a bases-loaded double for the Royals, who came in 18 1/2 games...

Justin Masterson worked seven strong innings, and Asdrubal Cabrera and Jason Donald both homered to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night.     Masterson (11-8) allowed seven hits and four runs as the Indians...

This is exactly what the Kansas City Royals were looking for when they selected Luke Hochevar with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 draft. Hochevar continued his strong second half of the season with eight innings of three-hit ball and the Royals handed...

Suddenly, Kansas City Can't hit.     The Royals, with the fourth best average in the American League at .270, were held to just five hits Thursday night in a 4-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners.   The loss came one day after the Royals were nearly no-hit by...

Mike Moustakas had three hits and drove in two runs and Luke Hochevar pitched six solid innings to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Wednesday. The Royals have won four straight, matching the longest winning streak of the...

Mike Moustakas had three hits and drove in two runs and Luke Hochevar pitched six solid innings to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Wednesday. The Royals have won four straight, matching the longest winning streak of the season,...

Luke Hochevar has made his final start of the season, the third Kansas City Royals starter to be shut down in September. Manager Ned Yost said Thursday that Hochevar - who has thrown a career-high 198 innings, 90 more than last season when he missed 2½...

Luke Hochevar has made his final start of the season, the third Kansas City Royals starter to be shut down in September.     Manager Ned Yost said Thursday that Hochevar -- who has thrown a career-high 198 innings, 90 more than last season when he...

Melky Cabrera had four hits, including a home run, and Billy Butler hit a three-run homer to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.     The loss officially eliminated the White Sox from the playoffs.    ...

Melky Cabrera staked Kansas City to an early lead. His teammates made it stand up. Cabrera homered twice and drove in five runs as the Kansas City Royals tied a team record with 12 extra-base hits and outslugged Carlos Gonzalez and the Colorado Rockies...