NEW YORK (AP) — Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Keller has been suspended for five games by Major League Baseball, which concluded he intentionally threw a pitch that hit Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox this week.

Anderson was suspended one game for his actions after benches cleared, and Chicago manager Rick Renteria was suspended for one game for aggressive actions. Renteria will serve his suspension during Friday night’s game at Detroit. Keller and Anderson may appeal their discipline. All three have been fined.

CHICAGO (AP) — Welington Castillo said everything he wanted to say with one big swing.

Castillo atoned for an error with a two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Monday night.

Castillo’s poor throw on Billy Hamilton’s steal in the seventh helped set up Whit Merrifield’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly. But Castillo came up big after Tim Anderson led off the eighth with a double against Brad Boxberger (0-3), sending an opposite-field drive to right.

“Great moment for him and even better moment for the team,” Anderson said.

It was Castillo’s first homer since he was suspended last May for 80 games by Major League Baseball following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance. He was just 2 for 27 before his first extra-base hit of the season.

Castillo left the clubhouse without talking to the media, but manager Rick Renteria praised the veteran catcher for his work with Ervin Santana and the clutch homer at the end.

“The guys just kept chipping away,” Renteria said.

Kansas City dropped to 4-3 this season when leading after seven innings. It has lost six of its seven one-run games.

Boxberger has allowed at least one run in three of his last four outings.

“I’m unbelievably frustrated,” he said. “I mean, every outing this year has kind of been a different one for me, a lot of feeling around, trying to find out what’s going on.”

The White Sox returned home with a little momentum after taking two of three from the Yankees in New York over the weekend.

Manny Bañuelos (1-0) pitched three hitless innings for his first win since 2015, and Alex Colomé worked the ninth for his fourth save in four chances and No. 100 for his career. Anderson had three hits and scored twice, lifting his average to a major league-leading .453.

Hunter Dozier and Chris Owings homered for Kansas City, which was coming off a three-game sweep of Cleveland, the AL Central favorites.

Dozier put Kansas City in front when he drove Santana’s first pitch of the second over the wall in center for his fourth homer. After Ryan O’Hearn flied out, Lucas Duda worked the first of his three walks and Owings connected for his first homer of the season, giving the Royals a 3-0 lead.

Dozier also doubled in the third for his fifth consecutive multihit game, one day after he singled in the winning run in Kansas City’s 9-8 victory over Cleveland. He is batting .522 (12 for 23) with three homers and five RBIs in his last six games.

Heath Fillmyer cruised into the fifth for Kansas City but came unglued a bit after Chicago had two successful replay challenges. The second one overturned an inning-ending double play and got the White Sox on the board, with Anderson scoring from second on Yolmer Sanchez’s grounder to second.

“If the ball was hit just a little bit harder, we would have turned the double play and got (Fillmyer) out of that inning, and he might have been able to continue to roll,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

Leury Garcia then doubled in Sanchez and Yoán Moncada dumped a tying RBI single into right field. The White Sox had a chance for more after Fillmyer hit José Abreu with a pitch, but Yonder Alonso flied out to end the inning.

The Junction City Junior Baseball Association will hold an additional registration opportunity on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m.

Players can sign up at the Baseball Academy just off West 8th Street.

CHICAGO (AP) — Welington Castillo said everything he wanted to say with one big swing.

Castillo atoned for an error with a two-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Chicago White Sox rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Monday night.

Castillo’s poor throw on Billy Hamilton’s steal in the seventh helped set up Whit Merrifield’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly. But Castillo came up big after Tim Anderson led off the eighth with a double against Brad Boxberger (0-3), sending an opposite-field drive to right.

“Great moment for him and even better moment for the team,” Anderson said.

It was Castillo’s first homer since he was suspended last May for 80 games by Major League Baseball following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance. He was just 2 for 27 before his first extra-base hit of the season.

Castillo left the clubhouse without talking to the media, but manager Rick Renteria praised the veteran catcher for his work with Ervin Santana and the clutch homer at the end.

“The guys just kept chipping away,” Renteria said.

Kansas City dropped to 4-3 this season when leading after seven innings. It has lost six of its seven one-run games.

JCJBA hosted the 2^nd Annual JC Bash last weekend at North Park. A total of 10 teams participated in the three age groups. The Junction City Brigade 8U, 9U, and 11U teams came away as champions. All three teams went undefeated on the day. The 8U and 11U teams went 3-0, while the 9U team went 4-0. The 8U team plays machine pitch, while the other two play kid pitch. Scores are below each roster for the pictures.

 

8U Roster: Cade Snider, Kellen Kemper, Case Proietti, John Keeling Jr. Evan Elliot, Daren Ferrer, Luis Cubero Jr, Zayden Nevill, Joshua Berry, Keith Thompson, Cooper Ricard, Axl Deatherage

Coaches: Chris Ricard, Luis Cubero Sr (head coach), Dennis Proietti

JC Brigade 12 vs Clay Center Tigers 9

JC Brigade 16 vs Abilene Bandits 9

Clay Center Tigers 18 vs Abilene Bandits 12

Clay Center Tigers 16 vs Abilene Bandits 10

JC Brigade 10 vs Clay Center Tigers 5 (Championship Game)

 

9U Roster: Jackson St. John, Braxton Stroda, Brock Nabus, Deegan Leighty, Treyden Morgan, Kolton Czaplicki, Parker Upham, Henry Corn, Riley Rosa, Marcus Boganowski

Coaches: Trey Morgan, Jake Leighty (head coach), Johnny Gibson

JC Brigade 11 vs Chapman Celtic Crew 0

Beloit Bombers 3 vs Manhattan Impact 10

JC Brigade 9 vs Beloit Bombers 3

Chapman Celtic Crew 10 vs Manhattan Impact 15

JC Brigade 14 vs Manhattan Impact 10

Chapman Celtic Crew 2 vs Beloit Bombers 7

JC Brigade 8 vs Manhattan Impact 2 (Championship Game)

 

10U Roster: Owen VandeRiet, Cayden Jones, Blake Proietti, Kingston Timms, Azarion Smith, Memphis Platt, Sean Powell, Jayden Melton, Cameron Buchanan, Hudson Bohanan,

Grady Oentrich, Jamarcus Tyson

Coaches: Dennis Proietti, Alex Tyson, Eli Buchanan, Brad Oentrich (head coach), Derrick Melton

JC Brigade 12 vs Clay Center Tigers 1

JC Brigade 14 vs Southeast Sharks 8

Clay Center Tigers 15 vs Southeast Sharks 8

Clay Center Tigers 6 vs Southeast Sharks 4

JC Brigade 13 vs Clay Center Tigers 5 (Championship Game)

Kenneth Upham

President, Junior Baseball association