{"id":109857,"date":"2024-10-03T09:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T02:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109857"},"modified":"2024-10-03T09:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T02:15:55","slug":"royals-sweep-orioles-in-al-wild-card-series-to-reach-alds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=109857","title":{"rendered":"Royals sweep Orioles in AL Wild Card Series to reach ALDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BALTIMORE &#8212; <a data-player-guid=\"953a1c30-3f92-3387-bc26-c4ad94124e87\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42403\/bobby-witt-jr\">Bobby Witt Jr.<\/a> beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"11a5df00-0945-35a5-66fe-a3a107975558\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-royals\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> into the American League Division Series with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/boxscore\/_\/gameId\/401701026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2-1 victory<\/a> over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"9ca473b8-e73e-a33d-8ea0-b4d160be4be7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/bal\/baltimore-orioles\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a> on Wednesday for a two-game sweep of their AL Wild Card Series.<\/p>\n<p>With two outs and runners at the corners in the sixth inning, Witt hit a grounder to the edge of the dirt behind second base, where <a data-player-guid=\"c255b4c2-f678-3676-9909-d621a9bfc986\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4298641\/jordan-westburg\">Jordan Westburg<\/a> made a diving stop and throw to first. Witt was already there after zooming 90 feet in 4.14 seconds, allowing <a data-player-guid=\"4e4c54e1-e108-e630-0685-a813caf38e12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41263\/kyle-isbel\">Kyle Isbel<\/a> to score from third.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just had to try to run,&#8221; Witt said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It was the second consecutive game in which the AL batting champion provided the decisive hit. Witt&#8217;s RBI single in Tuesday&#8217;s series opener plated the only run in a 1-0 victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You never know when this opportunity ever is going to happen again, so got to make the most of it while you have it,&#8221; Witt said. &#8220;That&#8217;s the fun part of this game. This is why we do it, these situations here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Witt is the second player age 24 or younger to have the game-winning RBI in each of his team&#8217;s first two games of a postseason since RBI became an official statistic in 1920, joining Jimmie Foxx in 1929.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City, which endured two seven-game losing streaks over the final month of the season, advanced to face the AL East champion <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"2b9cedf3-ce60-0bcf-fafe-8cd055255685\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/nyy\/new-york-yankees\">New York Yankees<\/a>. Game 1 is Saturday in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"17b3c50b-a649-3114-a474-3f678d75563a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/35578\/cedric-mullins\">Cedric Mullins<\/a> homered for the Orioles, who fell to 0-5 during two quick playoff exits the past two years. Baltimore has dropped its past 10 postseason games.<\/p>\n<p>The new-look Royals lost 106 games last season but used a 30-win improvement to get back to October for the first time since winning the 2015 World Series.<\/p>\n<p>Second baseman <a data-player-guid=\"a5440d78-cac3-3ab3-abf2-5c38b24a596c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4109223\/michael-massey\">Michael Massey<\/a>, who led off the game with a double and scored on a single by <a data-player-guid=\"1504857a-3703-3a40-95e4-f56bcf111a37\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4109109\/vinnie-pasquantino\">Vinnie Pasquantino<\/a>, said the front office bringing in experienced veterans with playoff experience like <a data-player-guid=\"d5904cdd-0191-3a6e-c7d7-4c54fd59e572\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/31208\/tommy-pham\">Tommy Pham<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"b3e28dd2-8400-fe63-083c-b3c3ef6aae27\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36006\/yuli-gurriel\">Yuli Gurriel<\/a>, <a data-player-guid=\"a6551440-b17b-3fc1-60b7-5dbce0a5bda7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32640\/michael-wacha\">Michael Wacha<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"3a8bceb7-f069-7c95-cf1b-76ec00d214b9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/38309\/will-smith\">Will Smith<\/a> made this possible.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo float-l\">\n<figure><picture><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F1003%2Fr1395293_400x600_2%2D3.jpg&amp;w=267, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F1003%2Fr1395293_400x600_2%2D3.jpg&amp;w=534&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F1003%2Fr1395293_400x600_2%2D3.jpg&amp;w=375, https:\/\/a1.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F1003%2Fr1395293_400x600_2%2D3.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;cquality=40&amp;format=jpg 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"400\" width=\"267\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Bobby Witt Jr. celebrates after the final out that put the Royals in the American League Division Series, where they will take on the Yankees.\u00a0<cite>Greg Fiume\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve been there before, they&#8217;ve done it, so I think it&#8217;s helped a lot of guys,&#8221; Massey said. &#8220;It&#8217;s helped us, for sure me, to be around those guys and just watch them, more than anything, and see how they go about their business, has been &#8212; I think that&#8217;s helped us stay even keel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Royals left 12 runners on base and got through another close game with a razor-thin margin for error thanks to some masterful managing by Matt Quatraro, himself a postseason rookie like Witt, Game 1 winner <a data-player-guid=\"5b245474-0b1d-854e-10eb-1f70b7902e6e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41054\/cole-ragans\">Cole Ragans<\/a> and so many others.<\/p>\n<p>Quatraro let starter <a data-player-guid=\"701f498a-81c2-4742-4511-0c17889754e4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/34873\/seth-lugo\">Seth Lugo<\/a> get an out after loading the bases with nobody out in the fifth before spinning up bullpen roulette, starting with winning pitcher <a data-player-guid=\"f0f5ec27-997d-3bf9-803c-277ae80e1a96\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4705673\/angel-zerpa\">Angel Zerpa<\/a>, who got K.C. out of that jam and then got the first out of the sixth. <a data-player-guid=\"a96eade2-613f-ad71-7380-76568c067f1c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39949\/john-schreiber\">John Schreiber<\/a> got three more outs, <a data-player-guid=\"17305eb1-3bbc-d6ca-4820-e1b2691bb960\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/42262\/sam-long\">Sam Long<\/a> two, <a data-player-guid=\"115397d1-d7cb-90d6-43dd-36f2df479e17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/41201\/kris-bubic\">Kris Bubic<\/a> three and <a data-player-guid=\"2f2681ee-988a-0fc1-c607-3ef310d5e4a0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36618\/lucas-erceg\">Lucas Erceg<\/a> the final three to earn his second save of the series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so impressive that they believe in themselves and they trust their stuff and they just come after some of the best hitters in the world,&#8221; Quatraro said.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"eef1d525-4950-37e5-1bf0-793a3c15e20f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/36089\/cionel-perez\">Cionel Perez<\/a> took the loss.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-with-table float-r\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-text-contract=\"-\" data-text-expand=\"+\" data-fix-cols=\"0\" data-behavior=\"responsive_table\" class=\"inline-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Year<\/th>\n<th>Series*<\/th>\n<th>Winner<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>1980<\/td>\n<td>ALCS<\/td>\n<td>Royals, 3-0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>1978<\/td>\n<td>ALCS<\/td>\n<td>Yankees, 3-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>1977<\/td>\n<td>ALCS<\/td>\n<td>Yankees, 3-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>1976<\/td>\n<td>ALCS<\/td>\n<td>Yankees, 3-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">*LCS was best-of-5 from 1969-84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><i>&#8212; ESPN Research<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Orioles were swept in their only playoff series for a second consecutive year, going 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position this time and 5-for-32 combined. They face numerous offseason questions, from the future of manager Brandon Hyde to the possibility of losing pending free agent starter <a data-player-guid=\"801e1ea7-15e4-fcbc-982c-9efc9d6050df\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/39878\/corbin-burnes\">Corbin Burnes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Especially when you lose like this, there&#8217;s frustration, there&#8217;s anger, there&#8217;s disappointment because you felt like there was opportunities there in those couple games to change the score, and it didn&#8217;t happen,&#8221; Hyde said.<\/p>\n<p>Orioles left fielder <a data-player-guid=\"86480ee6-05d1-3134-b4fa-6a56cf2494d3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4416990\/colton-cowser\">Colton Cowser<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/story\/_\/id\/41577420\/orioles-colton-cowser-suffers-fractured-hand-hit-pitch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">broke his left hand<\/a> when it was hit by the ball as he struck out swinging in the fifth. He exited after six innings.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals face Yankees ace <a data-player-guid=\"af61347b-c222-7604-92c0-be4da7756430\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/32081\/gerrit-cole\">Gerrit Cole<\/a> in the opener of their ALDS, with any starter but Ragans or Lugo rested and ready to go. 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