The Kansas City Royals are focused on hitting better with an eye on a second-half playoff push.

The Royals trail the Detroit Tigers by 6.5 games in the American League Central, but are just 2.5 games back of a Wild Card spot.

"Hit," Ned Yost said when asked what Kansas City needs to work on. "Hit with runners in scoring position. Hit, score more runs. Produce more offense. I think the pitchers have been really good, our bullpen's been fair to good, our defense has been very good. I think with our offense, there's more there. We just have to make it produce."

Kansas City has hit better towards the end of the season in recent years.

"They shouldn't be second-half guys, they should be full-season guys, but they aren't," he said. "The last couple of years, we've been a good second-half team. We're eight games better than we were last year, and I think we've got our best baseball ahead of us."