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Five things we learned Sunday: Royals move into first
- Updated: May 30, 2016
11:12 PM ET
The Yankees won even though they only got one hit (a Starlin Castro two-run home run in the seventh that broke up Jake Odorizzi’s no-hit bid), the Cubs have won five in a row after sweeping the Phillies, Johnny Cueto pitched another gem and Carlos Correa came off the bench to deliver a 13th-inning home run for the Astros. What we learned on Sunday:
Lorenzo Cain is doused with water by Drew Butera Sunday as the Royals celebrate a 5-4 win over the White Sox. Ed Zurga/Getty Images
1. The Kansas City Royals had a great weekend. With Mike Moustakas out for the season, Alex Gordon on the DL and Salvador Perez out for a week or so with a quad contusion, the Royals have been forced into a makeshift lineup featuring the likes of Whit Merrifield, Brett Eibner, Cheslor Cuthbert and Drew Butera. All they did was sweep the White Sox, with three come-from-behind wins. They won 7-5 on Friday after trailing 5-1 entering the bottom of the sixth; won 8-7 on Saturday with the miracle seven-run rally in the ninth; and then won 5-4 on Sunday, after trailing Chris Sale 4-2 through seven innings. They didn’t beat Sale, but they did force him out after he threw 118 pitches in seven innings. They hit 24 foul balls, including 14 with two strikes, as Sale ran up his highest pitch count of the season.
Against Nate Jones, Lorenzo Cain homered with one out, and with the bases loaded, the no-namers delivered: Eibner walked to tie the game and Cuthbert’s infield single against Matt Albers scored the go-ahead run. The Royals had a reputation as a come-from-behind team in 2015, but that was really only true in the postseason. In the regular season they were 8-57 when trailing after six innings, a .123 winning percentage nearly identical to the MLB average of .118. Sunday’s win was already their fifth when trailing after six.
Oh, the Royals are in first place. The tumbling White Sox peaked at 23-10, but have gone 4-14 since.
Royals: won 3 straight games after trailing by multiple runs in the 7th inning or …
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