The Royals television crew will get a couple of days off this week. The Cleveland Guardians are coming to Kauffman Stadium for a weekend series against the Royals and two of the games will air on national TV.

Salvador Perez homered twice and drove in four runs, Jac Caglianone and John Rave added solo shots Monday night and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 12-4. Ben Brown, recalled earlier in the day from Triple-A Iowa,

St. Joseph native Noah Cameron, amidst his breakout year in the Majors with the Kansas City Royals, took the mound for yet another start in game one against the Cubs in Chicago.

Rich Hill is back in the majors once again, and this time he’s making history. The 45-year-old left-hander has been called up by the Kansas City Royals, marking the 14th team of his two-decade career. That ties him with Edwin Jackson for the most teams played for in MLB history.

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The Royals agreed to deals with first-round selections Sean Gamble and Josh Hammond, reports Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. Kansas City also has deals with second-rounders Michael Lombardi and Justin Lamkin,

“He’s close,” said Carter’s father, Jim Jensen. “We’ve always said, ‘Every level he advances he gets a little closer to home.’ Now, he’s only 2.5 hours north, so it’s an easy drive for us to go.”