The Kansas City Royals improved to 72-66 with their 6-3 victory on Tuesday night. They gained a game on Cleveland to pull within 7.5 games of the AL Central leaders. Detroit also lost, which allowed KC to close to 3.0 games behind second place. Kansas City remains 4.0 games behind the Orioles for the AL’s second wild card. The Twins fell to 51-88 and remain in last place in the AL Central.
Kendrys Morales staked the KC Royals to a 2-0 lead with a two-out, home run (24) in the first inning.