The Kansas City Royals improved to 80-77 on the season. They sit 5.0 games behind the Orioles for the second AL wild card with five games remaining in the season. However, not only does Baltimore need to lose their next five games, KC also trails Detroit by four games, Houston and Seattle by two games, and the Yankees by 0.5 games.
Yeah, the Royals playoff chances are slim and none.
Kansas City fell behind 2-0 with the Twins scoring single runs in the second and fourth innings. The KC Royals struck back in the bottom of the fourth for two scores on Eric Hosmer‘s RBI single and Kendrys Morales grounding into a double play with the bases loaded.