The Latest Breaking News from Brad Keller

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Royals emphatically avoided a three-game sweep at the hands of the Texas Rangers.

SAN FRANCISCO — Speaking in the dugout at Oracle Park ahead of the Royals’ first road game of 2023, interim manager Paul Hoover suggested a change of scenery might do a struggling Kansas City team well.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Everything about this season so far has pointed to the Los Angeles Dodgers being a special team. Well, the Kansas City Royals got an up-close view of just how overwhelming the Dodgers can be when they’re clicking on all cylinders.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The youth-infused Kansas City Royals started their 11-game homestand by taking three of four against the Boston Red Sox, a club that just traded for former Royals star Eric Hosmer a few days ago and that entered the series still holding onto playoff aspirations.

CHICAGO — Kansas City Royals starter and rotation stalwart Brad Keller gave up a season-high for hits and runs on a night when the Chicago White Sox seemed to have a bead on everything he was throwing at them.

General manager Rick Hahn says the Sox have the “makings of a potential championship team should they get to accustomed levels of performance.”

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Manager Kevin Cash was talking a couple of hours before his Rays resumed post-All-Star break play about the “many different ways” they had won games this season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals right-hander Brad Keller squelched the Detroit Tigers offense for the vast majority of seven innings to earn his third consecutive win and start his club off on a high note in the first game of a doubleheader.

DETROIT — There were fireworks at Comerica Park Friday night. But they ignited well after the Tigers fizzled, losing to the Royals, 3-1.