For John Rave, the All-Star break was much more productive than a four-day hiatus from baseball. Instead, the work-focused break seemed to make quite the impact.

What's next: The Royals continue their weekend series at the Marlins. On Saturday, KC right-handed starter Michael Wacha (4-9, 3.74 ERA) will start opposite MLB veteran Cal Quantrill (3-8, 5.62 ERA) at 3:10 p.m. Central Time.

Rave went 2-for-4 with a home run, three total runs and two total RBI in Monday's 12-4 victory over the Cubs.

John Rave hits a solo home run to right field, increasing the Royals' lead with a score of 8-4 in the top of the 7th inning

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The fan who caught the first home run hit by Royals outfielder John Rave traded the ball for a ton of goodies.

Matthew Boyd pitched seven crisp innings for his 11th win, and the Chicago Cubs spoiled Rich Hill's return to the majors with a 6-0 win over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

The Kansas City Royals dropped a game in the American League wild card race on Friday night, suffering a tough extra-innings loss to the Miami Marlins. The 8-7

Rave not only hit his first career home run Friday, a three-run home run to pull the Royals within one, but he hit a second home run that tied the game at five and brought it to extras. It turned out to be in vain,

John Rave belts his second home run of the game to tie the score at 5 in the top of the 9th inning