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Royals play Twins in 1st game since postseason elimination | |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- When the Kansas City Royals take the field Thursday against the Minnesota Twins, for the first time since near the end of the 2013 season, there will be nothing much at stake. The Royals, who have been in the past two World Series and won it all last November, were officially eliminated from the postseason Wednesday night. While they scored three runs with two out in the eighth to pull out a 5-2 triumph over the Twins, they were soon ousted from the wildcard playoff race when the Baltimore Orioles rallied with a two-run ninth to beat the Toronto Blue Jays. "The team hadn't lost the fight at all," said Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, who hit a two-run homer, his 25th, in the third inning Wednesday. "It just didn't work out for us this year. MORE | |
| Leaders | |||||
| AVG: | B. Dozier | .270 | |||
| HR: | B. Dozier | 42 | |||
| RBI: | B. Dozier | 99 | |||
| SB: | B. Dozier | 18 | |||
| W: | H. Santiago | 10 | |||
| ERA: | E. Santana | 3.38 | |||
| Saves: | B. Kintzler | 15 | |||
| K: | E. Santana | 149 | |||
| AL Central | ||||
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB |
| X-Cleveland | 91 | 67 | .576 | - |
| Detroit | 85 | 73 | .538 | 6 |
| Kansas City | 81 | 77 | .513 | 10 |
| Chi White Sox | 77 | 81 | .487 | 14 |
| Minnesota | 56 | 102 | .354 | 35 |
| Full Standings | ||||
| General Batting (Rank) | |||||
| AVG: | .251 (21) | ||||
| Runs: | 700 (17) | ||||
| Hits: | 1376 (17) | ||||
| Home Runs: | 195 (13) | ||||
| Stolen Bases: | 91 (12) | ||||
| OBP: | .316 (22) | ||||
| SLG: | .421 (14) | ||||
| Total Bases: | 2310 (10) | ||||
| General Pitching (Rank) | |||||
| Earned Run Average: | 5.10 (29) | ||||
| Runs Allowed: | 873 (29) | ||||
| Saves: | 24 (30) | ||||
| Strikeouts: | 1153 (26) | ||||
| OpBA: | .283 (30) | ||||
| OBP: | .340 (27) | ||||
| SLG: | .468 (30) | ||||
| Run Support: | 4.47 (17) | ||||
| Transactions | |||||||||
| Date | Player | Transactions | |||||||
| 9/20 | E. Rosario | Placed on 15-Day DL (Fractured left thumb) | |||||||
| 9/12 | T. May | Placed on 15-Day DL (Strained lower back) | |||||||
| 9/9 | T. May | Removed From 15-Day DL (Strained lower back) | |||||||
| 9/9 | T. Milone | Removed From 15-Day DL (Left biceps tendinitis) | |||||||
| 9/9 | T. Plouffe | Placed on 15-Day DL (Strained left oblique) | |||||||
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| Injuries | |||||||||
| Date | Player | Status | |||||||
| 9/18 | E. Rosario | Fractured left thumb (on 15-day DL) | |||||||
| 9/12 | T. May | Strained lower back (on 15-day DL) | |||||||
| 9/7 | T. Plouffe | Strained left oblique (on 15-day DL) | |||||||
| 8/29 | D. Santana | Sprained left shoulder - out for season (on 60-day DL) | |||||||
| 8/12 | T. Milone | off 15-day DL | |||||||
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