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Fresh ‘pen allows for KC’s success in extras
- Updated: August 20, 2016
KANSAS CITY — The Royals’ showdown with the Twins on Friday, a 5-4 win, was uncommon, for a number of reasons.
The game went 11 innings, giving the Royals three extra-inning games in one month since September 2015. The final out was recorded at 2:15 a.m. CT, the latest that manager Ned Yost remembers a game at Kauffman Stadium finishing. It was the Royals’ eighth walk-off win of the season, tying them with the Astros for the most in the Majors, and it was the team’s sixth straight win, another season high. It also marked the fourth straight year the Royals won for Yost’s birthday, as the team notched its 62nd victory in a game that started on his 62nd birthday.
But there was one more thing that made the game unique. It was the first time in nearly a week that a Royals pitcher didn’t make a quality start and just the second time since Aug. 3 that the starter worked fewer than six innings.
“[It helps] a lot, and it’s going to be important tonight, too,” Yost said of his starters’ ability to go deep into games. “They’ve done a good job of balancing it out. Nobody’s …
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