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8-7 Saturday night.CLEVELAND -- With another win, the Royals stepped
closer to history and a playoff berth.
Theyve got a much bigger goal in mind.
Rookie Yordano Ventura blanked Clevelands punchless offence for seven
innings as Kansas City kept pressure on first-place Detroit in the AL
Central with a 7-1 win over the Indians on Tuesday night.
Following the game, the Royals retreated to their clubhouse to watch the
ninth inning of the Tigers 5-4 win over Chicago. As they ate their
postgame meals, Kansas Citys players roared loudly when the White Sox
scored three runs in the ninth to tie it. It got much quieter when
Miguel Cabrera delivered a game-winning hit to keep the Tigers one game
ahead of Kansas City.
Still, the Royals are stalking.
Manager Ned Yost knows his club almost has a wild-card berth locked up.
However, hes got his sights on a bigger prize.
"Im not really interested in the wild card right now," Yost said. "That
(magic) number doesnt mean much to me. The wild card has always been
Plan B. Were in good shape right now. Our focus is on winning this
division."
The hard-throwing Ventura (14-10) allowed four singles and threw a 100
mph fastball on his 104th pitch.
Salvador Perezs two-out, two-run double off Danny Salazar (6-8) put the
Royals ahead 5-0 in the fifth and they turned their attention to the
left-field scoreboard to monitor the Tigers score. Kansas City remained
one game out of first with five games left.
Its been 29 years since the Royals were in the post-season, and that run
in 1985 ended with their only World Series title.
At 86-71, Kansas City matched its win total from last season. Its the
first time the Royals have had consecutive seasons with at least 86
victories since 1977-78.
The playoffs are within reach, but the Royals arent banking on anything
just yet.
"Weve got to stick to the plan," first baseman Eric Hosmer said. "We
keep saying it over and over again, but its what you have to do as a
team. We went out and took care of our business."
The Indians faint playoff hopes grew dimmer. Cleveland trails Kansas
City by 4 1/2 games in the wild-card chase with four games remaining.
Clevelands offence went into a funk at the worst time possible. The
Indians scored an unearned run in the eighth, ending a string of 19
straight scoreless innings.
Ventura made hiss major league debut against the Indians last September,
a performance Indians manager Terry Francona called "electric. Cheap Len Dawson Jersey. "
"Were not hoping for electric tonight," Francona said beforehand.
Ventura didnt have to be. The Indians are currently powerless.
With a chance to stay in the race in the seasons final week, Cleveland
is collapsing.
"We didnt win, which we set out to do," Francona said. "The only thing
we can do now is play tomorrow and try to win that game."
Omar Infantes two-run double in the fourth gave the Royals a 2-0 lead,
and with the Indians offence sputtering, Ventura had more than enough
cushion to notch his fifth win in six starts and improve to 3-0 with a
1.57 ERA in five career starts against the Indians. Hes 7-1 with a 2.02
ERA in his last eight starts in the division.
"Hes a special guy," Yost said. "He has all the makings of being a
high-level, upper-tier pitcher in the American League."
In the fifth, Salazar, who struck out the side in the first two innings,
got two quick outs before Hosmer doubled and scored on Billy Butlers
double. Alex Gordon was walked intentionally and Perez drove in two with
his shot to left-centre, the ball just clearing lunging left fielder
Michael Brantleys glove.
Salazar was dominant in the early going, getting six strikeouts in the
first two innings with each whiff coming on a wicked change-up that
badly fooled the Royals hitters.
He escaped a threat in the third, but Salazar wasnt so fortunate in the
fourth, when he walked Butler and gave up a single to Gordon before
Infante pulled his double into the left-field corner.
ROAD RAGE
Kansas City has won 16 of its last 23 road games since Aug. 1.
MOST YOST
Yost managed in his 770th game with the Royals, tying him with Dick
Howser for the most in franchise history. Yost has a 370-400 record with
the Royals since being hired in 2010. Yost had 457 wins as Milwaukees
manager (2003-08).
UP NEXT
LHP Jason Vargas (11-10), who has recorded the ALs third-lowest ERA
(2.42) on the road, starts the series finale for the Royals, who oddly
lost as the home team on Monday when they dropped a suspended game.
Trevor Bauer (5-8) goes for the Indians, who have lost each of his past
four starts after winning four in a row and five of six.
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