Moylan spot on with relief work against Jays

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KANSAS CITY — Danger lurked when reliever Peter Moylan entered the Royals’ 4-2 win over the Blue Jays on Saturday night with two out in the seventh inning and his team clinging to a two-run lead.

Moylan, who came into the game with a 4.02 ERA and having not been in many high-leverage situations, had to face Devon Travis, who already had homered three times in the series and driven in another run with a single.

No problem. Moylan calmly struck out Travis with a sweeping slider. And that was key in the series-evening win.

“He’s a beast,” Moylan said of Travis. “I don’t know what he’s been eating the last few days. But he’s a beast. I just tried to do what I always do: Keep the …

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