Mike Jacobs News

Over the first seven weeks of the season the Chiefs were able to scrape out one win, and that was against a Redskin team that seems to be in the middle of a revolt.

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Flash back to Aug. 21, 2005. It was a hot late summer afternoon at Shea Stadium where the Mets were hosting the Washington Nationals.

Lock and reload for 2010. That's the Royals' mission. There don't appear to be any far-reaching changes coming in the look of the roster.

Right up to Sunday's season finale, the Royals are a factor in the American League Central pennant race.

That one of Monday's more thrilling moments came on a Ramiro Pena home run was no mistake.

It was the type of in-game turnaround that would have served Paul Byrd well on many other nights.

ANSAS CITY, Mo. - One loss to the Royals is not going to stop the Red Sox [ team stats ] from completing their march to the playoffs.

Monday's game was cold, wet and definitely wild.Around the third inning, a light drizzle at Kauffman Stadium had turned into a steady downpour.

Greinke bolstered his Cy Young credentials by holding Boston to two hits in six scoreless innings, leading the Royals to a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.

ANSAS CITY, Mo. - Since the start of the season, the Red Sox [ team stats ] have employed four different starting shortstops, but as the postseason draws closer, the team might have difficulty finding a suitable backup at the position.

Mike Jacobs hit a three-run homer and Alberto Callaspo's two-run double keyed Kansas City's biggest inning in almost a year, rallying the Royals past the Boston Red Sox 12-9 on Monday night.

Consider this a relapse for the Royals. Temporary, perhaps. But Wednesdays 4-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers contained a lot of elements that repeatedly torpedoed the Royals for much of the season.

Billy Butler had three doubles and two RBIs as the Royals beat the Tigers, 5-1, tonight in Kansas City, Mo.

For the first time in 42 days, six long weeks, the Royals know how it feels to win back-to-back games after Tuesdays 7-5 comeback victory over the Detroit Tigers at Kauffman Stadium.

Mike Jacobs isn't sure where he fits or even if he fits in the Royals' future as the off-season approaches.

Butler's three-double game was his club-record fourth of the season, and he also posted his fifth consecutive multihit game.

Kansas City, Mo. -- Cushions come in handy. Teams that lead by more than a handful of games can afford an occasional lapse -- although is it really a lapse when a six-game winning streak doesn't become seven? In any case, the more-than-a-handful Tigers didn't win a game on Tuesday night that they had a decent shot to win.

Billy Butler drove in the game-tying run and Mike Jacobs drove in the game-winner Tuesday in the Kansas City Royals' 7-5 win over Detroit.

Dugout Central: Will the Royals ever be good? OK, leta s be more specific. Will the Royals have a chance at the playoffs while they have Zack Greinke under control? Rob Neyer: Oh gosh no.