Latest news with #Loftin
NBC Sports
23-07-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Royals place infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on concussion IL, recall MJ Melendez
CHICAGO — The Kansas City Royals placed infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on the seven-day concussion injured list and recalled outfielder MJ Melendez from Triple-A Omaha before Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Cubs in Chicago. Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker both got the day off to rest sore right knees. The Royals and Cubs have Thursday off, giving the two All-Stars two days to recover. Witt and Tucker were available to pinch-hit Wednesday. Loftin was injured in fifth inning of Kansas City's 6-0 loss at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. He was struck in the head as he tagged out Pete Crow-Armstrong as Crow-Armstrong tried to reach third after lining an RBI double to right. Royals manager Matt Quatraro described Loftin's condition as a 'very mild concussion' that was detected after the game. Loftin is batting .216 with three homers and 13 RBIs in 37 games. The 26-year-old Melendez appeared in 16 games with Kansas City earlier this year after playing in 412 with the Royals over the previous three seasons. He made the opening day roster, but was assigned to Omaha on April 19 after batting .085 with one homer and one RBI. In 72 games with Omaha, Melendez had a .252 batting average with 13 homers and 43 RBIs. Witt apparently exacerbated his nagging knee soreness when he twisted out of the way of Matthew Boyd's inside pitch during a fourth-inning at-bat on Tuesday. Witt was Kansas City's designated hitter and remained in the game. Tucker fouled a pitch off his knee in the first inning on Tuesday. He stayed in the game, playing right field.
San Francisco Chronicle
23-07-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Royals place infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on concussion IL, recall MJ Melendez
CHICAGO (AP) — The Kansas City Royals placed infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on the seven-day concussion injured list and recalled outfielder MJ Melendez from Triple-A Omaha before Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Cubs in Chicago. Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker both got the day off to rest sore right knees. The Royals and Cubs have Thursday off, giving the two All-Stars two days to recover. Witt and Tucker were available to pinch-hit Wednesday. Loftin was injured in fifth inning of Kansas City's 6-0 loss at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. He was struck in the head as he tagged out Pete Crow-Armstrong as Crow-Armstrong tried to reach third after lining an RBI double to right. Royals manager Matt Quatraro described Loftin's condition as a 'very mild concussion" that was detected after the game. Loftin is batting .216 with three homers and 13 RBIs in 37 games. The 26-year-old Melendez appeared in 16 games with Kansas City earlier this year after playing in 412 with the Royals over the previous three seasons. He made the opening day roster, but was assigned to Omaha on April 19 after batting .085 with one homer and one RBI. In 72 games with Omaha, Melendez had a .252 batting average with 13 homers and 43 RBIs. Witt apparently exacerbated his nagging knee soreness when he twisted out of the way of Matthew Boyd's inside pitch during a fourth-inning at-bat on Tuesday. Witt was Kansas City's designated hitter and remained in the game. ___
Winnipeg Free Press
23-07-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Royals place infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on concussion IL, recall MJ Melendez
CHICAGO (AP) — The Kansas City Royals placed infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on the seven-day concussion injured list and recalled outfielder MJ Melendez from Triple-A Omaha before Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Cubs in Chicago. Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker both got the day off to rest sore right knees. The Royals and Cubs have Thursday off, giving the two All-Stars two days to recover. Witt and Tucker were available to pinch-hit Wednesday. Loftin was injured in fifth inning of Kansas City's 6-0 loss at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. He was struck in the head as he tagged out Pete Crow-Armstrong as Crow-Armstrong tried to reach third after lining an RBI double to right. Royals manager Matt Quatraro described Loftin's condition as a 'very mild concussion' that was detected after the game. Loftin is batting .216 with three homers and 13 RBIs in 37 games. The 26-year-old Melendez appeared in 16 games with Kansas City earlier this year after playing in 412 with the Royals over the previous three seasons. He made the opening day roster, but was assigned to Omaha on April 19 after batting .085 with one homer and one RBI. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. In 72 games with Omaha, Melendez had a .252 batting average with 13 homers and 43 RBIs. Witt apparently exacerbated his nagging knee soreness when he twisted out of the way of Matthew Boyd's inside pitch during a fourth-inning at-bat on Tuesday. Witt was Kansas City's designated hitter and remained in the game. Tucker fouled a pitch off his knee in the first inning on Tuesday. He stayed in the game, playing right field. ___ AP MLB:
Fox Sports
23-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Royals place infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on concussion IL, recall MJ Melendez
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Kansas City Royals placed infielder/outfielder Nick Loftin on the seven-day concussion injured list and recalled outfielder MJ Melendez from Triple-A Omaha before Wednesday afternoon's series finale against the Cubs in Chicago. Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and Cubs right fielder Kyle Tucker both got the day off to rest sore right knees. The Royals and Cubs have Thursday off, giving the two All-Stars two days to recover. Witt and Tucker were available to pinch-hit Wednesday. Loftin was injured in fifth inning of Kansas City's 6-0 loss at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. He was struck in the head as he tagged out Pete Crow-Armstrong as Crow-Armstrong tried to reach third after lining an RBI double to right. Royals manager Matt Quatraro described Loftin's condition as a 'very mild concussion" that was detected after the game. Loftin is batting .216 with three homers and 13 RBIs in 37 games. The 26-year-old Melendez appeared in 16 games with Kansas City earlier this year after playing in 412 with the Royals over the previous three seasons. He made the opening day roster, but was assigned to Omaha on April 19 after batting .085 with one homer and one RBI. In 72 games with Omaha, Melendez had a .252 batting average with 13 homers and 43 RBIs. Witt apparently exacerbated his nagging knee soreness when he twisted out of the way of Matthew Boyd's inside pitch during a fourth-inning at-bat on Tuesday. Witt was Kansas City's designated hitter and remained in the game. Tucker fouled a pitch off his knee in the first inning on Tuesday. He stayed in the game, playing right field. ___ AP MLB: recommended Item 1 of 1
Hindustan Times
09-07-2025
- Sport
- Hindustan Times
Nick Loftin hits 2-run homer in 7th, walk-off single in 9th as Royals beat Pirates 4-3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nick Loftin hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning, then won it in the ninth with a one-out RBI single as the Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 on Tuesday night. Nick Loftin hits 2-run homer in 7th, walk-off single in 9th as Royals beat Pirates 4-3 Rookie Jac Caglianone homered for the Royals, a 421-foot drive leading off the second inning that was his first extra-base hit in 14 games at Kauffman Stadium. He had been 5 for 46 at home before Tuesday. Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz tied it in the fourth with a 458-foot shot over the fountains in right field on the day he was announced as a participant in next-week's Home Run Derby. Nick Gonzales put the Pirates ahead with a homer in the top of the seventh before Loftin's drive made it 3-2. Bryan Reynolds tied it with an RBI grounder in the eighth. Maikel Garcia singled leading off the ninth against Dennis Santana and Salvador Perez followed with a base hit. With one out, Isaac Mattson came in and gave up Loftin's game-ending hit on a 1-0 fastball. The Pirates fell to 0-5 to start their nine-game trip ahead of the All-Star Break. Kansas City has won five of six. Carlos Estevez worked a scoreless ninth for Kansas City. The Pirates' Mitch Keller and the Royals' Seth Lugo, both rumored to be trade candidates before the July 31 deadline, were nearly identical through six innings. Each allowed one run on three hits with five strikeouts. The Pirates loaded the bases with one out in the eighth against Lucas Erceg, who gave up Reynolds' tying fielder's-choice grounder and then retired Gonzales on another groundball. The Royals had their second straight multi-homer game after not having done that all season. The teams complete their three-game series Wednesday night with Pittsburgh's Bailey Falter facing Kris Bubic . This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
