WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Look, right now, we've got 12-13 games to go. We're not taking any chances. We're going with our best guys and getting after it every single day."
Royals manager Ned Yost, The Kansas City Star
FACT OF THE DAY
The 1985 World Series Royals team included George Brett, who returned to the Royals this year as an interim hitch coach.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
When the Royals last won the World Series, the top grossing film was "Back to the Future."
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THE MORNING BREW Royals fans keep fingers crossed for postseason
Most people reading this article weren't alive the last time the Kansas City Royals appeared in postseason play. The Royals' win on Monday kept their chances alive for the first postseason appearance the team would have since 1985 and, by doing so, ignited hope for fans who have been waiting a very long time.
Yes, you heard that right — 28 long years. Nearly every fan in the Kansas City area has noticed a different energy in Kauffman Stadium and that has a lot to do with how well the Royals are playing (let it be known that the Royals' record is average, but this is considered exceptional in Kansas City). While the thought of October relevancy for the Royals is a foreign concept, on Monday night they inched their way a little closer in the race for one of the American League wild-card spots.
Referred to by fans as the "hunt for blue October," the idea of the Royals entering post-season play is something for Kansas City to
be excited about. However, the Royals have a long way to go and chances are slim. They must close out the set against the Cleveland Indians to continue in the race and play well against the Texas Rangers this weekend.
Since Monday's win, the Royals are 2% games behind Texas for the wild-card spot and are 79-71 on the season. This is the closest the team has come to having a .500 season since they won the World Series in 1985 (the last time they were in the
playoffs). With 12 games left in the regular season, the Royals would need strong performances and win a lot of those games to have a chance at the wild card. The Royals defeated the Indians 7-1 Monday and played again Tuesday night. James Shields, who pitched for Kansas City, struck out 10 batters over six innings. His performance and two sixth-inning triples by Salvy Perez and Lorenzo Cain clenched the win for the Royals.
Yordano Ventura started Tuesday's game against the Indians, his first major league game, replacing Danny Duffy in the rotation. Royals fans have something they haven't had in a very long time: hope. For the first time in a long time, the end of September may not signify the end of the season.
[Editor's note: As of press time, the score of the Royals - Indians game was not known.]
Edited by Emma McEthaney
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Simmons' two-run error lifts Nats over Braves 6-5
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WASHINGTON — Shortstop Andrelton Simmons allowed Denard Span's grounder to bounce through his legs for a game-ending, two-run error, lifting the Washington Nationals over the Atlanta Braves 6-5 Tuesday in the makeup of a series opener postponed by a shooting rampage a day earlier at the nearby Navy Yard. Pinch-hitter Chad Tracy had an RBI grounder against Craig Kimbrell in the three-run ninth as Washington kept Atlanta's magic number at four for clinching the NL East for the first time since the Braves' streak of 11 consecutive division titles from 1995 to 2005. A sweep of the day-
night doubleheader would have sealed the division for Atlanta. Washington closed within $4\frac{1}{2}$ games of Cincinnati for the NL's second wild-card berth with 12 games remaining. Atlanta trailed 3-0 but took a 4-3 lead in the eighth on Evan Gattis' two-run homer off Tyler Clippard on an 0-2 pitch, which stopped an 0-for-18 skid. The Braves added a run in the ninth when Elliot Johnson singled, advanced on a throwing error by left fielder Bryce Harper, stole third and came around as shortstop Ian Desmond allowed Freddie Freeman's four-hop grounder to bounce off the heel of his glove for his 18th error this season. Kimbrel (3-3), who leads the major
leagues with 47 saves, had converted 37 in a row but blew a save chance for just the fourth time this season. Adam LaRoche walked on a full count, Wilson Ramos reached on an infield single and Anthony Rendon walked on a 3-2 pitch. After Tracy's grounder, Atlanta elected to pitch to Span with first base open, and he hit a three-hopper over the mound that rolled past Simmons into center field. Ian Krol (2-1) faced two batters in the ninth, giving Washington its first win in seven home games against Atlanta this year. Before the game, both teams stood in front of their dugouts, heads bowed, and a color guard was stationed behind home plate during a minute of silence to pay
tribute to the people killed Monday and those affected by the shootings. Span's second-inning single extended his hitting streak to 27 games, matching Colorado's Michael Cuddyer for the longest in the major leagues this season. Washington took a 3-0 lead in the first against Mike Minor on Jayson Werth's RBI double, Harper's run-scoring groundout and LaRoche's RBI single. Freddie Freeman's sixth-inning sacrifice fly off Dan Haren made him the first Atlanta player with 100 RBIs in a season since Chipper Jones and Jeff Francoeur in 2007, and pinch-hitter Dan Uggla singled in a run in the seventh.
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Atlanta Braves' Evan Gattis (24) hits a two-run home run during the eighth inning of the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park Tuesday in Washington. The Nationals won 6-5.
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