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Back in lineup as DH India (knee) is serving as the designated hitter and batting out of the leadoff spot against the Giants on Monday.

Impact India was scratched from Sunday's game against the Cardinals due to knee soreness. He won't take the field Monday, but he'll return to the lineup as the Royals' designated hitter while Mark Canha, Kyle Isbel and Hunter Renfroe man the outfield. India has slashed .274/.338/.387 with one home run and seven RBI since the beginning of May.

MAY 19, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Giants host the Royals on home winning streak

The San Francisco Giants host the Kansas City Royals trying to extend a three-game home winning streak

MAY 19, 2025 • Associated Press

Scratched with sore knee India was scratched from the lineup for Sunday's game against St. Louis due to knee soreness, Jaylon T. Thompson of The Kansas City Star reports.

Impact It's unclear when or how exactly India sustained the injury, but he went 1-for-8 across the first two games of the series versus the Cardinals. The 28-year-old was penciled in to start at second base Sunday, but Michael Massey will instead get the nod while Mark Canha takes India's usual place in left field.

MAY 18, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Herrera drives in 4, Pallante works 7 strong innings as Cardinals beat Royals 10-3

Iván Herrera had three hits and four RBIs, Andre Pallante allowed two runs in seven innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 10-3

MAY 17, 2025 • Associated Press

Jeremy Peña's RBI single in 8th inning lifts the Astros to a 4-3 win over Royals

Jeremy Peña had a season-high four hits, capped by a tiebreaking RBI single in the eighth inning, to give the Houston Astros a 4-3 win over Kansas City Royals

MAY 15, 2025 • Associated Press

Isaac Paredes homers in bottom of the 9th inning to lift Astros to 2-1 win over Royals

Isaac Paredes hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the ninth inning to lift the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals Tuesday night

MAY 14, 2025 • Associated Press

Witt and India each drive in 2 runs as the Royals beat the Astros 7-5

Bobby Witt Jr. and Jonathan India each drove in two runs to help Michael Wacha and the Kansas City Royals beat the Houston Astros 7-5

MAY 13, 2025 • Associated Press

Fermin hits a 12th-inning single to give Royals 2-1 win over Red Sox, 16th win in last 18 games

Freddy Fermin hit a line drive RBI single into left center in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 win over the Boston Red So

MAY 10, 2025 • Associated Press

Hitting bench Wednesday India is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the White Sox.

Impact India will receive a routine day off after he had started and batted out of the leadoff spot in each of the Royals' last 12 games. Drew Waters will cover left field for India on Wednesday, while third baseman Maikel Garcia will assume table-setting duties.

MAY 7, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Witt has RBI single in 9th to rally Royals to 4-3 win over White Sox

Bobby Witt singled with the bases loaded to cap a crazy rally in the bottom of the ninth as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3

MAY 7, 2025 • Associated Press

Witt and Ragans lead surging Royals to 3-0 win over White Sox

Bobby Witt Jr. scored the first run and drove in the second to back five overpowering innings and 11 strikeouts from Cole Ragans as the Kansas City Royals stayed hot with a 3-0 vic...

MAY 6, 2025 • Associated Press

Last Night in Baseball: Welcome back to the mound, Lance McCullers Jr.

Lance McCullers started for the first time in 915 days, the Braves FINALLY earned a win over the Dodgers, the Royals of all teams hit seven...

MAY 5, 2025 • FOX SPORTS

Last Night in Baseball: Welcome back to the mound, Lance McCullers Jr.

Hits first homer of season India went 2-for-5 with a home run in Sunday's 11-6 win over Baltimore.

Impact India hit his first home run of the season and first in 38 games. He's had a miserable start to the season by hitting just .212/.328/.265 with just five RBI and 12 runs before Sunday's game despite batting mostly leadoff. Perhaps Sunday's game will finally get his bat going.

MAY 5, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Royals power up with team-record 7 HRs vs Orioles

Taking a break from their usual small-ball style, the Kansas City Royals flexed their muscles during an unprecedented display of power

MAY 4, 2025 • Associated Press

Garcia goes deep twice as Royals hit a club-record 7 HRs in 11-6 win over Orioles

Maikel Garcia hit two of Kansas City’s franchise-record seven home runs, a rare long-ball barrage that enabled the Royals to beat the Baltimore Orioles 11-6

MAY 4, 2025 • Associated Press

Freddy Fermin has 3 hits, Michael Lorenzen pitches 6 strong innings as Royals beat Rays 3-1

Freddy Fermin had three hits and an RBI, Kyle Isbel and Salvador Perez each drove in a run and Michael Lorenzen pitched six strong innings for his 50th career win as the Kansas Cit...

APRIL 30, 2025 • Associated Press

Alvarez's long home run backs Brown's solid start in Astros 7-3 win over Royals

Yordan Alvarez homered and Hunger Brown tossed six strong innings as the Houston Astros salvaged the series finale against the Kansas City Royals with a 7-3 win

APRIL 27, 2025 • Associated Press

Witt's hit streak reaches 16 games, Royals beat Rockies 6-2 to wrap up doubleheader, series sweep

Bobby Witt Jr. extended his hitting streak to a career-best 16 games with an RBI single in the fifth inning as the Royals beat the Rockies 6-2 on Thursday to finish off a doublehea...

APRIL 25, 2025 • Associated Press

Resting for early game India is out of the lineup for the first game of Thursday's doubleheader with the Rockies.

Impact India had been scheduled to sit out Wednesday's matchup with right-hander German Marquez before the game was rained out, so it's not especially surprising that the 28-year-old finds himself on the bench for Game 1 of the twin bill while Marquez takes the hill for the Rockies. Expect India to be back in the lineup for the second game of the day.

APRIL 24, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Not starting Wednesday India is absent from the lineup for Wednesday's game versus the Rockies.

Impact India is in a 6-for-46 slide at the plate to drop his season batting line to .195/.298/.244. Maikel Garcia is at third base and Cavan Biggio is at second base for the Royals on Wednesday as India gets a day to regroup.

APRIL 23, 2025 • ROTOWIRE

Witt hits tiebreaking sacrifice fly in 10th, Royals beat Tigers 4-3 to stop 6-game skid

Bobby Witt Jr. hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 to stop a six-game losing streak

APRIL 20, 2025 • Associated Press

Royals aim to stop road skid, face the Tigers

The Kansas City Royals will attempt to break their four-game road skid in a matchup against the Detroit Tigers

APRIL 18, 2025 • Associated Press

Royals head into matchup against the Tigers on losing streak

The Kansas City Royals are looking to break their three-game slide with a victory against the Detroit Tigers

APRIL 17, 2025 • Associated Press

Judge hits go-ahead homer to end 10-game drought as Yankees edge Royals 4-3 for 3-game sweep

Aaron Judge hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the seventh inning that ended a 10-game drought, and the New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-3 to complete a three-ga...

APRIL 17, 2025 • Associated Press

Yankees aim to sweep 3-game series over the Royals

The New York Yankees will look to sweep a three-game series with a win against the Kansas City Royals

APRIL 16, 2025 • Associated Press

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