Yost isn't worried about Royals' lack of homers

KANSAS CITY -- The Royals' next home run will be their first of the season.

They've gone through their first five games without a home run. That's a franchise record for the most games at the start of a season without a blast. And the Royals are the only team in the Majors without a homer.

Among other things, of course, the Royals have had to contend with stellar pitchers the likes of Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer and Chris Sale in three of those five games.

Worried?

"Not a bit," manager Ned Yost said. "We play in a big park. Our goal coming in here against Chicago was to win the series. I would have loved to have swept, but we accomplished our goal by winning the series and now we move on."

Last season, the Royals had the fewest home runs in the American League, 112, exactly 100 less than the Orioles' Major League high of 212.