Alcides Escobar

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• Yankees sweep Royals behind solid outing from Hiroki Kuroda

  made it 4-1.Kuroda started the eighth at 82 pitches but allowed a leadoff double to Elliot Johnson , who later scored on Alcides Escobar 's groundout to make it 4-2. After Alex Gordon 's two-out double, Joe Girardi brought on David Robertson , who retired   Read more »

• Gordon sends Royals past Blue Jays with RBI single

  a perfect eighth inning for the Royals, who got eight strong innings from Ervin Santana to remain within striking distance. Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain also drove in runs for Kansas City. Edwin Encarnacion homered and drove in both runs for the Blue Jays,   Read more »

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  worry about it.” The Royals opened the scoring in the third after Chris Getz drew a one-out walk and went to third on Alcides Escobar’s single through the right side. Escobar’s single snapped a zero-for-12 skid. Gordon followed with an RBI single into center   from Kansas.com Read more »

• Alcides Escobar gets three hits

  also stole a base, bringing his total to eight this year. He's hitting .267/.299/.377 in 146 at-bats. Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar continued his recent hot hitting ways Sunday against the White Sox. He went 2 for 5 with an RBI in the 6-5 win. The 26-year-old   from CBS Sports Read more »

• Missouri bill would require annual consent for public employees' union deductions

  attack, which included five from slumping Billy Butler — three singles and two doubles — that accounted for five RBIs. Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Salvy Perez each added three hits. You may not think much about store brands as you shop for groceries,   from KansasCity.com Read more »

• Judging the Royals: Three bad sliders cost Santana the game

  a contact hitter if there’s a runner in scoring position. Jarrod Dyson doubled to lead off the bottom of the inning and Alcides Escobar bunted him over to third. After the game Ned Yost was asked if he had called for the bunt or if Esky had done it on his   from KansasCity.com Read more »

• Royals Q&A: Bad week fuels lots of concerns

  to judge hitting coaches, and I think you can credit Seitzer, at least somewhat, for the career turnarounds by Gordon and Alcides Escobar. But that didn’t happen in 34 games. I think it’s way too early to judge Jack Maloof and assistant Andre David. @Davejulo1:   from KansasCity.com Read more »