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Winnipeg Free Press
4 days ago
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
McKinstry scores on wild pitch and MLB-leading Tigers top Royals 1-0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zach McKinstry hit a leadoff triple in the third inning and scored on Kris Bubic's wild pitch to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Sunday. Riley Greene had two of Detroit's five hits as the Tigers bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Kansas City on Saturday that ended their five-game winning streak. They took two of three from their AL Central rivals for their 14th series win this season. Detroit entered June with the best record in the majors for the first time since 2006. Tigers starter Keider Montero permitted seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. Chase Lee (2-0) got four outs for the win, and Will Vest earned his ninth save. Bubic (5-3) tied a career high with nine strikeouts in seven innings, giving up four hits with two walks. The left-hander has fanned nine batters in three of his last four starts. Salvador Perez had three of Kansas City's nine hits, but the Royals stranded eight runners. They have scored four or fewer runs in 50 of 60 games this season. Kansas City infielder Maikel Garcia was scratched from the starting lineup with right thumb soreness. Key moment McKinstry scored when Bubic's sweeper in the dirt deflected off Perez and rolled near the Royals' dugout on the first-base side. Key stats In the last 12 games between the division foes, 10 have been decided by two or fewer runs. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. Up next RHP Jack Flaherty (3-6, 3.94 ERA) starts Monday night when the Tigers continue their seven-game trip against the Chicago White Sox. RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-6, 4.33) pitches Tuesday for the Royals in their series opener at St. Louis. ___ AP MLB:
Fox Sports
4 days ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
McKinstry scores on wild pitch and MLB-leading Tigers top Royals 1-0
Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Zach McKinstry hit a leadoff triple in the third inning and scored on Kris Bubic's wild pitch to lift the Detroit Tigers over the Kansas City Royals 1-0 on Sunday. Riley Greene had two of Detroit's five hits as the Tigers bounced back from a 1-0 loss to Kansas City on Saturday that ended their five-game winning streak. They took two of three from their AL Central rivals for their 14th series win this season. Detroit entered June with the best record in the majors for the first time since 2006. Tigers starter Keider Montero permitted seven hits in 4 2/3 innings. Chase Lee (2-0) got four outs for the win, and Will Vest earned his ninth save. Bubic (5-3) tied a career high with nine strikeouts in seven innings, giving up four hits with two walks. The left-hander has fanned nine batters in three of his last four starts. Salvador Perez had three of Kansas City's nine hits, but the Royals stranded eight runners. They have scored four or fewer runs in 50 of 60 games this season. Kansas City infielder Maikel Garcia was scratched from the starting lineup with right thumb soreness. Key moment McKinstry scored when Bubic's sweeper in the dirt deflected off Perez and rolled near the Royals' dugout on the first-base side. Key stats In the last 12 games between the division foes, 10 have been decided by two or fewer runs. Up next RHP Jack Flaherty (3-6, 3.94 ERA) starts Monday night when the Tigers continue their seven-game trip against the Chicago White Sox. RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-6, 4.33) pitches Tuesday for the Royals in their series opener at St. Louis. ___ AP MLB: recommended
NBC Sports
20-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Kris Bubic loses no-hit bid for Royals on official scoring change but enjoys fantastic homecoming
SAN FRANCISCO — Kris Bubic's no-hit bid for the Kansas City Royals ended with an official scoring change. The left-hander hardly let that bother him. Bubic made a run at a historic homecoming before settling for seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. 'I knew it was happening, but I wasn't nervous about it,' Bubic said. 'I wasn't really thinking about it. In my head I was just thinking, hey, keep attacking guys. Keep getting ahead of guys.' Bubic initially got through six innings without allowing a hit — only to have an error charged to Royals second baseman Michael Massey changed to a single before the start of the seventh. With two outs in the sixth, Wilmer Flores hit a grounder toward second base. Massey moved to his left and was in position to make the play but slipped to the ground at the edge of the grass as the ball rolled past him into the outfield. The play initially was ruled an error by official scorer Michael Duca, and Bubic then struck out Jung Hoo Lee to end the inning. But moments later, after reviewing video, Duca changed his call to a base hit for Flores. Casey Schmitt's clean double down the left-field line with one out in the seventh was the only other hit off Bubic (5-2). He struck out five, walked three and lowered his ERA to 1.47. That's the second-lowest mark for a Royals pitcher through his first 10 starts of a season. Zack Greinke was at 0.84 in 2009, when he won the AL Cy Young Award. Vinnie Pasquantino, who hit a two-run homer off reliever Tyler Rogers (2-2) to break a scoreless tie in the eighth, raved about Bubic. 'Hitters getting to first base, talking about how frustrating it is facing him,' Pasquantino said. 'That's what you're looking for. He was ridiculous again tonight.' In his past four starts, Bubic has permitted one run over 25 1/3 innings. This outing came in the ballpark where Bubic grew up rooting for the Giants. He went to Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose and then to college at Stanford. 'I've probably sat in every area in this ballpark,' he said. The 27-year-old Bubic estimated he had 30-40 family members and friends in attendance. 'You always want to do well in front of them. It makes life a little easier for everybody,' Bubic joked. He referenced the fact that he had made two previous starts at Oracle Park, including when he pitched six scoreless innings in a 3-1 loss on April 9, 2023. Bubic said that experience kept away the jitters. 'I treated this like any other game,' he explained. 'It's cool to be able to pitch in front of friends and family and I'm glad they got to see a win.' Bubic underwent Tommy John surgery in 2023 and was strictly a reliever in 27 appearances last season. He made one start with a longer no-hit bid: On Aug. 21, 2021, Bubic threw six hitless innings against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. After a weather delay, he allowed a walk and then a home run to Patrick Wisdom. Bubic gave up just that one hit over 6 1/3 innings in the Royals' 4-2 win.
Fox Sports
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Last Night in Baseball: The umps spoil another no-hit bid
There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to handle themselves. That's why we're here to help, though, by sifting through the previous days' games, and figuring out what you missed, but shouldn't have. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball: Kris Bubic shines back home in California, but loses a no-hitter For the second time this season, a pitcher lost a no-hit bid due to an official scoring change. The first time, it happened to the starter with the best ERA in the majors (Yankees ace Max Fried). This time, it happened to the starter with the fourth-best ERA, southpaw Kris Bubic, who plays for the team with the third-longest no-hitter drought in baseball (Kansas City Royals). And once again, the ump's decision to undo the original call was, uh, questionable. The 27-year-old Bubic, who grew up in the Bay Area, was pitching on the road against the San Francisco Giants and had a no-hitter going with two outs in the sixth inning. Then Wilmer Flores came to the plate and hit a grounder toward the second base side of the infield. Michael Massey scampered over to make the play and slipped, which allowed the ball to sneak into the outfield. It was initially ruled an error on Massey but then changed to a hit, even though Flores is 33 years old and has six stolen bases in his entire career. There's no way he was beating that out if it had been fielded cleanly. Like with Fried, maybe it wouldn't have mattered because Bubic eventually allowed a no-doubt hit the following inning. And the Royals went on to win 3-1, with Bubic earning his fifth win of the season (one shy of his career high). But come on! Just call them the Ma-RALLY-lins (actually, please don't) The Chicago Cubs were looking to stretch their hot streak into the new week. After going 6-1 and sweeping the crosstown rival White Sox, they traveled to Miami for their second series against the Marlins in as many weeks. Heading into the ninth inning, the Cubs had a 7-6 lead. They had rallied two different times on Monday night, despite Pete Crow-Armstrong and Kyle Tucker combining to go 0-for-9 at the top of the lineup. Matt Shaw, who was just called up again, went 2-for-4 and had the go-ahead RBI in the sixth inning. But the final rally came in the ninth inning courtesy of the home team, who have built a reputation for comeback wins. Their latest gave them six this year, pulling them into a tie with the Giants for the most in MLB this season. Jesús Sánchez delivered the game-winner and became the first player in 12 years with a lead-off home run and walk-off RBI in the same game. RIP (?) pigeon Right now, the longest winning streak in MLB belongs to the Cincinnati Reds, who've reeled off five in a row. It seemed like their Monday night started with a bad omen, though, after an unnamed player accidentally hit a pigeon with a line drive during batting practice. The pigeon was, uh, not in good shape. Whether alive or not, the pigeon did not put a curse on the Reds. They poured it on late to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-1, led by three-hit nights from Austin Hays and TJ Friedl and a two-RBI game from Elly De La Cruz. The Reds might have even had a little "win one for the Gipper" energy. Either that, or the pigeon is biding its time to exact revenge. Tags don't come closer than this one Once you see this tag of Logan O'Hoppe by first baseman Nick Kurtz, you'll understand what we mean. At full speed, it genuinely doesn't look like Kurtz got the glove on any part of O'Hoppe. Upon replay, though, you can see that the glove ever-so-slightly grazed the backstop's jersey as he ran to first, and that counts. After a review, the call of safe was overturned, and the A's were able to log the out. It didn't end up mattering in the end for either side, in that the Angels still won the game 4-3, but still. That was some serious effort by both the shortstop Jason Wilson on the spin and throw to first, and then for Kurtz to somehow make that tag happen by getting his glove on a few fibers of jersey was an appropriate finish. Ope! The Twins have been on fire lately, winners of 13 of their last 14 games. But one way to put out a fire? Water. The rain came down at Target Field on Monday night, delaying the Twins-Guardians game with two outs in the bottom of the second inning. That pause in action came right after Carson McCusker launched one into the outfield. And by "one" we mean his bat, not a baseball. If that had been a ball, it would've been the first hit for McCusker, who made his MLB debut the day before. If you ask us, though, it should count! Following another rain delay after the third inning, the game was suspended before McCusker had another at-bat — and before any of the "dawgs" in the bullpen got a chance to pitch. At least we got to hear Louis Varland demonstrate his excellent bark and share his motto: "When in doubt, just bark it out." Words to live by. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account , and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily! recommended Get more from Major League Baseball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
San Francisco Chronicle
20-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Kris Bubic loses no-hit bid for Royals on official scoring change but enjoys fantastic homecoming
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kris Bubic's no-hit bid for the Kansas City Royals ended with an official scoring change Monday night. The left-hander hardly let that bother him. Bubic made a run at an historic homecoming before settling for seven shutout innings of two-hit ball in a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants. 'I knew it was happening, but I wasn't nervous about it,' Bubic said. 'I wasn't really thinking about it. In my head I was just thinking, hey, keep attacking guys. Keep getting ahead of guys." Bubic initially got through six innings without allowing a hit — only to have an error charged to Royals second baseman Michael Massey changed to a single before the start of the seventh. With two outs in the sixth, Wilmer Flores hit a grounder toward second base. Massey moved to his left and was in position to make the play but slipped to the ground at the edge of the grass as the ball rolled past him into the outfield. The play was initially ruled an error by official scorer Michael Duca, and Bubic then struck out Jung Hoo Lee to end the inning. Casey Schmitt's clean double down the left-field line with one out in the seventh was the only other hit off Bubic (5-2). He struck out five, walked three and lowered his ERA to 1.47. That's the second-lowest mark for a Royals pitcher through his first 10 starts of a season. Zack Greinke was at 0.84 in 2009, when he won the AL Cy Young Award. Vinnie Pasquantino, who hit a two-run homer off reliever Tyler Rogers (2-2) to break a scoreless tie in the eighth, raved about Bubic. 'Hitters getting to first base, talking about how frustrating it is facing him,' Pasquantino said. 'That's what you're looking for. He was ridiculous again tonight.' In his past four starts, Bubic has permitted one run over 25 1/3 innings. This outing came in the ballpark where Bubic grew up rooting for the Giants. He went to Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose and then to college at Stanford. 'I've probably sat in every area in this ballpark,' he said. The 27-year-old Bubic estimated he had 30-40 family members and friends in attendance. 'You always want to do well in front of them. It makes life a little easier for everybody,' Bubic joked. He referenced the fact that he had made two previous starts at Oracle Park, including when he pitched six scoreless innings in a 3-1 loss on April 9, 2023. Bubic said that experience kept away the jitters Monday. 'I treated this like any other game,' he explained. 'It's cool to be able to pitch in front of friends and family and I'm glad they got to see a win.' Bubic underwent Tommy John surgery in 2023 and was strictly a reliever in 27 appearances last season. He made one start with a longer no-hit bid: On Aug. 21, 2021, Bubic threw six hitless innings against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. After a weather delay, he allowed a walk and then a home run to Patrick Wisdom. Bubic gave up just that one hit over 6 1/3 innings in the Royals' 4-2 win. ___
