There is nothing in baseball that quite approaches the thrill of the lengthy at-bat. When a batter buckles down and starts fouling off pitches, fans know they're about to witness something special ...

MJ Melendez just wouldn ... threw nine cutters to Melendez but left the final one too far over the plate. Melendez didn’t miss it. He hit his first career grand slam to propel the Royals ...

The Kansas City Royals have been one of baseball's pleasant surprises this season and the story continued with a 7-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night. The big blow in this one ...

June 16 - MJ Melendez capped a 12-pitch at-bat with his first career grand slam and Seth Lugo tossed six strong innings as the visiting Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-2 on ...

MJ Melendez hit a grand slam to conclude a ... zone as Melendez drove it over the right-field wall for his first career grand slam and a 5-2 lead. Kansas City had dropped five of six coming ...

MJ Melendez hit a grand slam and guess who won? 25k!?! wow!” It was the 11th time a Royals fan has won the grand prize in the Sonic Slam inning. It was the first time since 2021 when Salvador ...

Kansas City (41-31) plated the game's first run in the fourth inning ... when shortstop MJ Melendez hit a grand slam to turn a 2-1 Dodgers lead into a 5-2 Royals advantage. Lugo went six full ...

On Saturday, Kansas City Royals left fielder MJ Melendez punctuated one such at-bat in the most dramatic way possible: with the first grand slam of his career. Here's what happened. With two outs ...