Magical Mystery Tour: KC Royals Win ALDS Over Angels

They don't have a "Big Budget" operation and until this season had not been in the Major League Baseball playoffs in almost 30-years.

But this year you can call them playoff winners.

The Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-3 Sunday night to finish their sweep of a team with a payroll nearly double of what theirs is.

6 Strong innings thrown by top starter James Shields, homers by Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer were enough to do the trick as 40,000 plus screaming Kansas City fans had cause celebre...

Kansas City moves on to face another surprise team in the American League Championship series, the Baltimore Orioles in a series that we might actually watch.

The final out, a rather fast fastball by Royals closer Greg Holland courtesy MLB.com:

Royals, Extras, No Problem...

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The HQ thinks that if the Kansas City Royals are allowed to hang around long enough, they'll come back and get you when you least expect it.

It happened for the second game in a row, but this time it was in the first game of the American League Division Series in Anaheim against the Angels in Anaheim.

Mike Moustakas did the damage in the 11th inning last night.


But to say it was just the Moustakas homer is a bit of a short sell to the defense of Lorenzo Cain and Nori Aoki
Four times in the game they saved Jason Vargas and Mark Davis


Four games on Friday getting in all their efforts before college football goes center stage- and the Angels have to be concerned about the possibility of having more than one game stolen from them.

What Is It About Elimination Games With Tampa...???

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There is no interest in leaving the season until they're ready to...

This time, it was Jose Lobaton with the walk-off to keep the series alive with Boston...


Game 4 is Tuesday night, with Jake Peavy starting for the Red Sox against Jeremy Hellickson.
Tampa Bay took a win-or-go-home game for the fourth time in nine days.

A's Rookie's Team Up To Down Detroit

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For those of us on the east coast, it's tough, even on a Saturday night to stay up and watch west coast sporting events.

And it appears for those of us sleepyheads, we missed a lot.

The Oakland A's evened up their best of 5 ALDS series with the Detroit Tigers late Saturday night after rookie Stephen Vogt's single in the bottom of the 9th off Rick Porcello scored Seth Smith.

The hit sort of overshadowed an amazing pitching performance by the Tigers Justin Verlander and A's rookie Sonny Gray. Verlander did what he does, only giving up 4 hits, striking out 11 in 7 innings.

But Gray was better, 8 innings, 4 hits before giving way to Grant Balfour to finish the 9th inning.

Your game winner from Vogt (thanks MLB.com):