The Royals may be good enough this year that they don’t need their bullpen to carry them, but it no longer feels like the game is over if Kansas City has the lead after the sixth inning. Bryce Harper had three hits, including a double, and scored three times. Giovanny Urshela went 2-for-Four with an RBI and a run scored. That happened in the AL East in 1978 with the Yankees (100-63), Red Sox (99-64) and Brewers (93-69) and in 1983 with the Orioles (98-64), Tigers (92-70) and Yankees (91-71). “He could have played Thursday, too”. Math and the calendar are not their friends at the moment.
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Atlanta starter Julio Teheran had a ideal game before allowing a single to Freddy Galvis to lead off the seventh.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Other unexpected face-turns? Randy Savage? Four driven in by Oo-ee-oo infielder Yunel Escobar and oh-oh-oh three more runs by Tyler Moore.
■Overheard: “Miggy’s starting to heat up again, I think”, Ausmus said. I don’t care bout that. This should have been a prime opportunity for the Royals to reach 100 wins, but that seems like a more and more unlikely case each time they take the field.
Twins 8, Angels 1: Minnesota arrests a five-game losing skid and remains two and a half back of the Astros. Cueto (2-6, 5.12 ERA) was brought in to be the ace of this staff and while he has really struggled since the trade, he still can be the man to lead a rotation in the playoffs. V.Martinez singled to center, Romine scored, Mi.Cabrera to third. Bad news, though: Yadier Molina leaving with a thumb injury. Instead, he has been feeling more confident with each time on the mound. Mostly because, yes, he is still an excellent player.
Yes I know, that statement may sound ridiculous to a lot of people but, I truly believe the Royals have been forgotten about and underrated by people around baseball for the last two months of this regular season.
Mariners 9, Rangers 2: Felix Hernandez won his 18th and Robinson Cano drove in four. “We like Almonte’s stuff and he had been good in the 10th, so we stayed with him”.
Royals: 2B Omar Infante (oblique strain) and SS Alcides Escobar (elbow contusion) both sat out Saturday’s game after sustaining injuries on Friday night.
Giants 5, Diamondbacks 1: Six scoreless for Tim Hudson and a three-run homer for Buster Posey.
Tim Hudson is set to retire at the end of this season, and it looks like he’ll be baseball’s active wins leader when he does.
“If somebody would have told me on September 20 that you”d have an 11-game lead and two games up for home-field advantage, the best record, “Would you take it?” “ Yost said.
The Pirates increased their lead over the Chicago Cubs in the National League’s wild-card race to two games while staying within four games of the first-place St. Louis Cardinals in the National League Central. Wilson got a called strike on Perez before serving up the home run.Gose led off the eighth for Detroit with a double to left-center to chase right-hander Johnny Cueto, who allowed eight hits in his seven-plus innings.Gose stopped at third when second baseman Ian Kinsler lined a sharp single to right.
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Miguel Cabrera: Drilled a two-run opposite field single into right field to put the Tigers up 2-1 in the third inning.
