The Royals television crew will get a couple of days off this week. The Cleveland Guardians are coming to Kauffman Stadium for a weekend series against the Royals and two of the games will air on national TV.

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Vanderbilt baseball recruit Sean Gamble signed with the Kansas City Royals. Gamble was taken 23rd overall in this year's MLB draft.

Royals second. Maikel Garcia lines out to deep center field to Seiya Suzuki. Salvador Perez flies out to deep right field to Kyle Tucker. Jac Caglianone homers to center field. Nick Loftin

The Kansas City Royals began the second half of the major league season on Friday night with an 8-7 loss against the Miami Marlins, falling in 10 innings. It was a disappointing loss for Kansas City,

“He’s close,” said Carter’s father, Jim Jensen. “We’ve always said, ‘Every level he advances he gets a little closer to home.’ Now, he’s only 2.5 hours north, so it’s an easy drive for us to go.”

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Salvador Perez homered twice and drove in four runs, Jac Caglianone and John Rave added solo shots and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 12-4 on Monday night.