Moments later, Jarrod Dyson yelled at the team to go outside for a victory celebration with the fans, who stayed almost an hour after the game to have one more glimpse of the American League Central champions. They also noted that the game’s youth movement may have something to do with it, as the systems collectively found larger projection errors among hitters age 24 and younger, but also proposed explanations involving teams’ internal analytical departments doing a better job of identifying underrated players as well as sheer random variance.
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Yost was caught on camera dancing in the dugout.
The three-time MVP and Hall of Famer died Tuesday at 90.
But Wilson Ramos’ homer and Yunel Escobar’s two run-scoring hits helped the Nationals go up 4-3.
Murphy’s two-out triple off left-hander Manny Parra (1-2) started a three-run rally in the seventh.
Kansas City led 2-1 when Paxton departed and had runners on first and second.
Shin-Soo Choo homered as Texas beat Houston for the eighth straight time and extended its A.L. West lead over the Astros to 41/2 games.
YANKEES 3, WHITE SOX 2: Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer off White Sox ace Chris Sale, leading Michael Pineda and New York to a win at home. The Indians are 4-6 in their last 10 games, 39-38 on the road, and they are 4.5 games out in the American League Wildcard race. He was 0-5 in his previous six starts since an August 15 victory.
Even removing the human element from the equation didn’t help much, as the various projection systems didn’t like the Royals either. Cain’s ground-ball single to left scored Alex Gordon, who had walked, and Ben Zobrist.
That gave them a shot at St. Louis in the World Series – the first time the cross-state rivals had faced each other.
Carlos Santana hit a three-run homer and Cleveland damaged Minnesota’s playoff chances by downing the Twins, 6-3.
Cain lined a two-RBI single to left to open a two-run lead.
A Wild Card really hasn’t been in the cards for a while.
Paxton lasted just 1 1/3 innings in his third start after missing three-plus months because of a strained tendon.
In Miami, J.T. Realmuto’s RBI triple in the seventh inning broke a scoreless tie and the Marlins held on. Cleveland is 7-3 in their last 10 games in Kansas City.
Put an improved Cueto into a postseason rotation with Edinson Volquez, Yordano Ventura and Kris Medlin, and back them up with a deep bullpen that has Davis closing instead of the injured Holland, and the Royals look like a team set up for success in October. His fastball velocity has dipped to the upper 80s and lower 90s miles per hour.
“It’s an incredible accomplishment”, general manager Dayton Moore said.
Washington Nationals infielder Danny Espinosa is likely done for the season because of a torn right hamstring. Moustakas had 20 home runs and 73 RBIs in 2012. The playoffs are almost out of reach, but the M’s are finally playing the way many believed they were capable of when the season began back in April.
Ian Kennedy went five innings for San Diego and was charged with four runs and 11 hits.
Redskins returner Rashad Ross brought back a kickoff 101 yards for a TD after Randle’s TD. Cousins couldn’t get the Redskins into the end zone until he threw a four-yard scoring strike to Chris Thompson with 3:40 to play.
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Tomlin is 6-1 in his last seven starts.
