Pineiro near perfect in final Florida start

The Cardinals beat the Marlins 2-1 thanks to a sacrifice fly and an error that led to both St. Louis runs.  That was all they needed as Joel Pineiro continues to look sharp this spring tossing another six scoreless innings. Pineiro gave up just three hits while...

Royals, Cubs tie 8-8

The Royals have hit more spring training home runs than any other team this spring and they continued that trend against the Cubs.  Alex Gordon went deep twice and Mark Teahen hit his 6 th homer, but they tied Chicago 8-8. Billy Butler’s RBI single,...

Greinke not concerned with spring shellings

Zach Greinke called it his second best outing of the spring, telling kcroyals.com, "stupid pitching maybe, but I was locating decent."  Greinke gave up eight runs in two innings, but the Royals beat Seattle 17-12. Greinke, who will start the second game...

Carpenter gives up first earned runs of the spring

It wasn’t as bad as his line score may look and there is no need to panic.  Chris Carpenter will be just fine after yesterday’s 4.2 innings and four runs given up in the Cardinals 5-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Carpenter gave up seven hits and two...

Ponson makes first start with Royals

Sidney Ponson arrived in Royals camp to compete with Brian Bannister, Horacio Ramirez and Luke Hochevar for the two final spots in the starting rotation.  He threw 87 pitches and left with a 7-4 lead, but the Royals fall 10-9 to Seattle. Ponson gave up eight...