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- Updated: September 18, 2016
KANSAS CITY — Jason Vargas had waited 14 months to step back onto a Major League mound and that made Saturday’s start against the White Sox, a 3-2 Royals win, something special.
After recovering from Tommy John surgery, Vargas held his own in a three-inning, 52-pitch stint that launched his comeback in satisfying fashion. Vargas surrendered a run in the first, but a dazzling play by second baseman Whit Merrifield to end the inning helped boost Vargas in the right direction. He breezed through a nine-pitch second inning and gave up only a two-out walk in the third before calling …
