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2021 Season Recaps

Royals offense wastes strong debut from Zerpa, fall 6-1

The offense left 22 men on base. Yikes.

Cleveland unleashes flurry of extra base hits to defeat Kowar and the Royals 8-3

Another not great day for Kowar

Tapia can’t stop-ee-a the bleeding, Royals lose 5-1

The Royals waste Jon Heasley’s excellent start.

Royals secure 68th, 69th wins on the season with nice doubleheader sweep of Cleveland

Revenge!

Jackson Kowar struggles again in 7-1 loss to Mariners

The rookie has trouble locating his fastball.

Royals beat Mariners 8-1

That’s not how you draw it up, but a win’s a win.

Salvy homers again, ties all-time single-season catcher HR mark in 7-2 Royals loss

One more homer and he’ll make history

Royals take series from Twins with 5-3 win

Mondesi goes yard and Isbel gives them the lead late.

Twins unleash both barrels; beat Royals 9-2

At least they were (mostly) solo shots!

Benny’s huge night helps Royals top Twins in 6-4 extra inning win

Andrew Benintendi has been red-hot this road trip.

Royals offense starts slow, comes on late in 6-0 shutout win

It’s Nicky Lopez’s world. We’re just visitors.

Benintendi, Perez power comeback against woeful Orioles as Royals win 3-2

It was close, but the Orioles were never going to pull ahead with their performance.

Salvy’s heroics come up short, Royals lose 10-7

Two more bombs and five RBIs from the big catcher weren’t enough

The long-ball sinks Minor and the Royals in 4-2 loss to Cleveland

Thanos would be less destructive to the Royals than Cleveland has been this season

Kansas City Royals defeated by the Cleveland Amed Rosarios 7-2

Meh, flush it and move on.

Royals continue the Grass Creek Massacre of 2021, win 4-2

After last night’s late battle, no one wanted to fight today.

Salvador Perez’s grand slam caps off a come-from-behind 6-4 win over Mariners

Salvy does it again

Just like old times, Greinke tosses gem but loses anyway as Royals win 7-1

Salvador Perez has a night

Bubic owns Chicago, KC wins 4-2

Can you still call it a rain delay if there is no rain?

Salvador Perez leads home run frenzy in 6-2 victory over Cubs

Five home runs!

Royals blow 3-0 lead, spoil Nicky Lopez’s dominance in 6-3 loss.

Nicky Lopez deserves better than this

Royals fight back valiantly to eke back 7-6 win over Astros

It was a good game!

The offense is stifled again, Royals lose 9-4

At least it was competitive until the seventh!

Carlos Santana leaves *nine* men on base as Royals fall in extras, 8-6

It was back and forth, but ultimately a waste of time

KC still can’t figure out strike zone, loses 5-2

Too many walks allowed, not enough walks earned.

Daniel Lynch pitches well and the bullpen holds on in 3-2 Royals win over White Sox

Daniel is starting to throw the ball well

Rookie shuts down Royals, 4-0

Alek Manoah and George Springer very nearly handled the Royals by themselves.

Royals hit some dingers, shut out the White Sox in 5-0 win.

Good pitching + good hitting = three straight series wins

White Sox suffer Cuban missile crisis, Royals win 4-3

It was Jorge Soler’s day, again

Royals outslug Tigers, 9-8

They’ve won four games and two series in a row.

Singer’s pitches are off-key; Orioles parade over the Royals 8-4

On a night where the umpire had a massive strike zone, Singer still struggled to throw quality strikes.

Cleveland stomps all over Royals, 14-6

The good news: Not a walk-off. The bad news: Everything else.