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Byron Buxton took two steps backward when the ball left the bat, believing it was hit deep. ''The outfielders, we've got this little thing: Nothing falls but raindrops,'' Buxton said after the Twins beat the Royals 7-1 on Monday to start the season. Continue to Article

April 04, 2017 8:55:pm EST

April 3 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's Major League Baseball games: Mets 6, Braves 0 Noah Syndergaard pitched six sharp innings before exiting with a blister on his right middle finger and the New York Mets scored six runs in the seventh inning of a 6-0 win over the Atlanta Braves. Syndergaard uncorked 92 mph sinkers, 94 mph sliders and 98 mph fastballs while allowing five outs. He struck out seven without issuing a walk and his next start was pushed back a day to Sunday against the Miami Marlins. ... Continue to Article

April 04, 2017 2:30:am EST

Miguel Sano homered and drew the third bases-loaded walk for Minnesota during a dreadful seventh inning for Kansas City's bullpen as the Ervin Santana and the Twins beat the Royals 7-1 on Monday for their first opening victory in nine years. Santana (1-0) gave up just two hits and two walks while striking out three over seven innings, aided by two diving catches of sinking line drives by center fielder Byron Buxton that highlighted a stellar afternoon of defense by the Twins. Mike Moustakas homered leading off the fourth for the Royals, but Sano responded in the bottom of the inning with a tying 425-foot drive into the second deck off Danny Duffy. Continue to Article

April 03, 2017 7:19:pm EST

The Kansas City Royals represented the American League in the World Series in 2014 and 2015, and the Cleveland Indians, another AL Central club, won the league title last year. This season, the Detroit Tigers are determined to be the team that wins the division and chases a World Series title. "There is more of a workmanlike atmosphere this year than other years," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said to the Detroit Free Press. Continue to Article

April 03, 2017 3:00:am EST

A look at what's happening all around the majors today: Continue to Article

April 03, 2017 2:10:am EST