Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia didn't need his baseball glove Monday - he was Kansas City's designated hitter against the Atlanta Braves at Kauffman Stadium. But he could've used a pair of boxing gloves as he sparred with a bumblebee at home plate in the third inning.

The Braves scored 10 runs on nine hits and an astounding 14 walks against the Kansas City Royals on Monday night, picking up a 10-7 victory to snap a five-game losing skid.

Atlanta Braves superstar Ronald Acuña Jr. crushes a 468-foot home run vs. Royals, his longest of 2025 and one of MLB’s top blasts of 2025.

Ronald Acuña Jr., Marcell Ozuna and Austin Riley homered as the Atlanta Braves snapped a five-game losing streak with a 10-7 victory over the Kansas City Royals, who equaled a club record by walking 14 batters.

Forty-five-year-old Royals left-handed starter Rich Hill took the loss. He surrendered four runs and six walks in his first start at Kauffman Stadium since 2021. He also allowed two of the Braves' three homers in his four innings of work.

The Atlanta Braves face the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a 3-game set at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City Monday.

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The Braves' entire Opening Day rotation is now on the injured list, as Grant Holmes went on the 15-day IL with right elbow inflammation. In what’s becoming a lost season for the Braves, it’s somewhat fitting that low point came on a Sunday.

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Drew Barrymore, 50, enjoys family vacation in St. Tropez wearing a black one-piece swimsuit while maintaining her commitment to aging naturally without cosmetic procedures. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department said it had been investigating 34-year-old since April.