Playoff Pinch Hits: Kansas City Royals' Streak May End In World Series
The Royals reach their first World Series since 1985 with 8 straight American League playoff wins, beating the Athletics, Angels and Orioles.
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The Royals reach their first World Series since 1985 with 8 straight American League playoff wins, beating the Athletics, Angels and Orioles.
With another tight win over the Orioles, the Royals captured their first the AL championship since 1985. That was also the last time that they were in the playoffs.
The Royals lead the Orioles 2-0. The Cardinals and Giants are tied at one game. What's the chance of each possible World Series matchup?
Nail-biting tension. Extra-inning excitement. Game-changing home runs. Baseball's postseason has offered up a lot of drama, if you can stay awake long enough to see it.
The Royals have a six-game winning streak in the 2014 MLB postseason. And now they head back to Kansas City with a 2-0 lead over the Orioles in the ALCS.
The Royals have the smallest payroll of the remaining MLB playoff teams. The Cardinals, Giants and Orioles all started the season with payrolls exceeding $100 million.
The Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals are both in the ALCS, with unlikely sweeps in their respective ALDS matchups.
The Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels each find themselves in an 0-2 hole. Can either team recover?
All four League Division Series are well underway now in the 2014 MLB Playoffs, and as usual, there are plenty of surprises.
It's down to the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels in the American League as the Division Series begin.
Orioles slugger Chris Davis was suspended 25 games without pay on Friday for using amphetamines, a punishment that will extend into the postseason.
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After a nearly one-hour wait at the start of the evening, the rain stopped and the Orioles completed a four-game sweep of the Rangers with a 5-2 victory on Thursday night.
The Baltimore Orioles continued their drubbing of the Texas Rangers in a 6-4 win Wednesday night in Baltimore.
Nelson Cruz hit his 26th home run, and Steve Pearce and Caleb Joseph also went deep against Nick Martinez as the Baltimore Orioles cruised past the Rangers for an 8-3 victory
It seems as if the Baltimore Orioles have been playing short-handed all season, so there wasn't a great deal of concern when it came time to face the Texas Rangers without Manny Machado.
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Rougned Odor had a single in the seventh inning and scored the tiebreaking run after errors by J.J. Hardy, as the Rangers beat the Orioles by a score of 8-6 on Thursday night.
Before the game, Mac Engel caught up with Davis to talk about the truth of his career ... and by truth ... we mean Mac got EVERYTHING wrong!
Nick Markakis hit a home run and the go-ahead single, Chris Davis homered against his former team, and the Orioles beat the Rangers by a score of 6-5 on Wednesday night.
Nelson Cruz hit a towering three-run homer in his return to Texas, capping a six-run outburst for the Orioles in their 8-3 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night.
Former Texas Ranger Nelson Cruz was branded a cheater and punished accordingly. As he waited to be introduced on his first opening day in Baltimore, the former All-Star wondered how Orioles fans would react in the aftermath of the 50-game suspension
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Henry Urrutia, who defected from Cuba last year, will likely platoon at DH for the Orioles.
Outfielder Nelson Cruz and the Baltimore Orioles have finalized an $8 million, one-year contract, a deal that puts him on track to become the team's regular designated hitter.
