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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
PAGE 9A
Royals, Chiefs both win Sunday
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Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon celebrate Sunday during their game against the Detroit Tigers. The Royals won 5-2. Kansas City will play the Cleveland Indians on Monday.
Kansas City running back Joe McKnight gets taken down during Sunday's game against the Miami Dolphins. The Chiefs won 34-15 and will face the New England Patriots on Sept. 29.
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ROYALS
Record:
84-70
Playoff odds:
89.1% (espn.com)
Last time out:
Defeated Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Sunday
Next opponent at Cleveland Indians on Monday
Division standing:
2nd place - 1.5 games
behind Detroit Tigers
Wild card standing:
Own second spot - 1.5 games ahead of Seattle Mariners
Trending up:
Alcides Escobar, shortstop — Has 10 hits in his past five games, including a four-hit performance against Detroit Tigers ace Max Scherzer on Saturday
Trending down:
Josh Willingham, designated hitter — Hitless in his past four games played, has also been dealing with a groin injury.
Looking ahead:
The Royals may not win the division, but they have a good shot at claiming one of the two wild-card spots. Kansas City should be able to hold off Seattle, who has a tough schedule ahead with matchups against the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Angels.
CHIEFS
Record:
1-2
Division standing Third place
Last time out:
Defeated Miami Dolphins
34-15 on Sunday
Next opponent:
vs. New England Patriots
(2-1) on Sept. 29
Trending up.
Joe McKnight, running back Recorded six receptions. 64 yards and two touchdowns against Miami leading the Chiefs in each category
Trending down:
Dwayne Bowe, wide receiver - In two games played this season, has a combined six receptions, 72 yards and zero touchdowns
Player to watch:
Jamaal Charles, running back — Despite a high-ankle sprain diagnosis last week, he somehow resumed practice and may be able to play against New England.
Looking ahead:
Seen as a daunting matchup in the preseason, the Patriots struggled against the Oakland Raiders at home Sunday and lost 33-20 to the Miami Dolphins in week one. This is a winnable game for the Chiefs.
Brian Hillix
Aoki, Guthrie, Royals avoid sweep, beat Tigers
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nori Aoki hit a two-run triple, helping Jeremy Guthrie and the Kansas City Royals hold their AL wild-card spot by beating the Detroit Tigers 5-2 Sunday.
Aoki's triple in the fourth scored Omar Infante and Mike
The Royals avoided a three-game sweep and moved within 11/2 games of the AL Central-leading Tigers. Kansas City began the day with a half-game edge over Seattle for the second wild-card spot.
Moustakas to break a 2-all tie and end the day for Rick Porcello.
The Royals' dominant relieving trio of Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland held the Tigers scoreless after Guthrie exited.
Guthrie (12-11) pitched out of a bases loaded jam in the second and was pulled after 81 pitches and 5 1-3 innings, yielding one earned run.
Porcello (15-12) is 0-4 in his past five starts. He yielded four runs on nine hits and two walks in 31-3 innings.
Davis struck out two, bringing
his strikeout total to 103, tying a Royals' record for a reliever. Holland threw a perfect ninth to log his 43rd save in 45 chances, and his first since Sept. 3.
Alex Gordon snapped an 0-for-14 slump with a RBI double in the seventh to pad the Royals' lead.
Ian Kinsler homered, his 16th, to lead off the third for the Tigers.
J. D. Martinez scored in the fourth on an error by Moustakas at third base. Moustakas has committed six errors in the past 12 games.
Alex Smith leads Chiefs past Dolphins 34-15
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. The first victory of the season provided some relief for the injury-ravaged Kansas City Chiefs.
Smith led touchdown drives of 62,76 and 66 yards in a span of four possessions as Kansas City took leads of 14-0 and 21-10. The defense protected the early lead, allowing only four third down conversions and sacking Ryan Tannehill four times.
Alex Smith shook off five sacks to throw three touchdown passes and help the Chiefs beat the Miami Dolphins 34-15 on Sunday.
The Chiefs improved to 1-2 and won for only the third time in their past 11 games, including postseason. The Dolphins fell to 1-2, another wobbly start for a team that hasn't won a postseason game since 2000.
Smith, who ranked 35th and last in the NFL in passing after
The Chiefs were without seven starters, including running back Jamaal Charles, who was inactive because of a high ankle sprain. Knile Davis, subbing for Charles, rushed for a career-high 132 yards on 32 carries, and he scored on a 21-vard run.
two weeks, went 19 for 25 for 186 yards, with three of his incompletes dropped. He threw scoring passes of 11 and 4 yards to Joe McKnight, and 20 yards to Travis Kelce.
The teams appeared evenly matched at the outset. The Dolphins were penalized 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct when an official ran into a coach along the sideline. Two plays later, Kansas City lost 15 yards on a botched exchange on a double reverse.
Kansas City totaled 23 first downs despite shaky pass protection. One sack of Smith resulted in a safety, and another by Jared Odrick forced a fumble that set up Miami's only touchdown.
They wrapped up the victory with a 44-yard touchdown drive following a 47-yard punt return by Frankie Hammond Jr. Smith hit McKnight for the score to make it 27-15 with 4:35 left.
The Chiefs' early highlights were a pair of 64-yard punts by Dustin Colquitt. But the offense got rolling midway through the second quarter, mounting a 62-yard drive capped by Davis' 21-yard touchdown run.
The Chiefs drove 76 yards for another touchdown on their next series to lead 14-0.
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