The Latest Breaking News from Brady Singer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Yogi Berra was wrong. This one was over before it was over.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals starting pitcher Brady Singer struck out five in the first two innings of Friday night’s game against Atlanta at Kauffman Stadium.

SAN FRANCISCO — The Royals have found something that they like at Oracle Park in San Francisco. In front of a lively crowd of 35,126, Bobby Witt Jr. and Franmil Reyes connected on solo home runs, while Salvador Perez drilled a game-tying three-run shot with two out in the eighth.

In what was once the most hot-blooded, geopolitical-infused hardball rivalry on the planet, the Cuba-USA baseball clash has devolved into a tepid mismatch.

Manager Mark DeRosa hopes to bounce back from the second-worst loss by a U.S team in tournament history, but he is hamstrung by pitching staff constrictions and a lack of star power.

It was the second-worst loss by a U.S. team in WBC history.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The next Kansas City Royals manager will inherit Mike Matheny’s job title, his office and even a large chunk of his coaching staff. Yet the situation the next skipper steps into will be vastly different, almost as if the same job appeared in an alternate reality.

This season, Brady Singer proved he’s capable of being the lead figure in the Kansas City Royals’ pitching rotation. But a season of maturity and strides ended on a sour note as Singer got roughed up by a division rival for a five-run inning in his final start of the…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — New city, new time zone, same stinkin’ struggles for the Seattle Mariners.

Once again, Brady Singer stepped in and righted the ship when the Kansas City Royals were seemingly headed for rocky waters.

Kansas City Royals rookie standout Bobby Witt Jr. made Chicago White Sox veteran pitcher Lance Lynn pay for one of the few mistakes he made Wednesday night. Witt blasted a Lynn fastball an estimated 441 feet for the game’s first run.