导出博客文章KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The World Series champions have failed to make the
postseason for the fourth year in a row.Kendrys Morales and Alex Gordon keyed an
eighth-inning rally and Kansas City beat the Minnesota Twins 5-2 on Wednesday
night, but the Royals were still knocked out of playoff contention.The defending
World Series champs were eliminated when Baltimore beat Toronto 3-2 earlier
Wednesday.Obviously wed like to be playing a lot more baseball, but the reality
of it is were not, said Eric Hosmer, who hit a two-run homer in the
third.Morales ground-rule double to right scored Jarrod Dyson, who had doubled
and stole third. Gordons single scored Whit Merrifield and pinch-runner Billy
Burns.Dyson said he would not be watching postseason games.Its kind of sad and
tough to watch postseason when youre not in it, Dyson said.The Twins, who have
lost 10 of 11, have dropped 102 games, tying the 1982 team for its highest total
since moving to Minnesota for the 1961 season. The Washington Senators lost a
franchise-worst 113 games in 1904.Were trying to win games, but its becoming
difficult, Twins right-hander Ervin Santana said. But, I think we just try to do
too much and we forgot about the little things. Its a game. You just have to
prepare to be better for the next year.Taylor Rogers (3-1), the fourth of five
Twins pitchers, took the loss after allowing three runs, three hits and two
walks while retiring only one of the six batters he faced.Joakim Soria (5-8)
worked a scoreless eighth to pick up the victory. Wade Davis got his 27th save
in 30 chances.Royals left-hander Jason Vargas tossed five shutout innings,
allowing four hits, striking out six and walking one. He threw 53 strikes in 87
pitches, leaving with a 2-0 lead in his third start since having Tommy John
surgery in 2015. Vargas finishes with a 2.25 ERA, allowing three runs and eight
hits while striking out 11 and walking three in 12 innings.It was nice to have a
reward as far as having some success once I was able to step underneath the
lights and really get out there for real, Vargas said. Going into the offseason,
I was just hoping for health as far as being able to have the normal offseason.
So to have a nice outing like this before is a nice comfortable feeling.Rookie
Kevin McCarthy, however, did not hold the lead for long. McCarthy yielded a
two-run two-out home run to Kennys Vargas in the sixth. After McCarthy walked
the next two batters, Peter Moylan was summoned to face John Ryan Murphy,
retiring him on a comebacker.The Vargas homer snapped a Twins streak of 106
innings without more than one run. According to Elias, it is the longest such
streak in the majors since the Philadelphia Phillies went 109 innings in 1942
without scoring multiple runs.We just kind of stagnated from there, Twins
manager Paul Molitor said.Hosmer hit a two-run homer, his 25th, off Santana in
the third. The Royals did not get another hit until Dysons one-out double in the
eighth.NO REPEATThe Royals follow the San Francisco Giants (in 2013 and 15) and
Boston Red Sox (in 2014) in failing to reach the playoffs after winning the
World Series.ATTENDANCE DECLINEThe Wednesday attendance of 23,437 pushed the
Royals season total to 2,445,361 after 77 home dates. After 77 Kauffman Stadium
dates last year, the Royals had pulled 2,564,750 through the turnstiles, a
decline of 119,389.ZERO AT KCThe Twins dropped to 0-9 at Kauffman Stadium. They
have never finished a season winless at Kansas City.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: 1B Joe
Mauer (hamstring injury) was not in the lineup, but Molitor said he was
available to pinch hit.Royals: OF Lorenzo Cain, who has played only one game in
September because of left wrist inflammation, will not play again this season.
There is no need to push him, Royals manager Ned Yost said.UP NEXTTwins: RHP
Kyle Gibson, who went to the University of Missouri, will make his 11th career
start against the Royals.Royals: LHP Danny Duffy is 1-0 with a 1.93 ERA in three
outings against the Twins this season.
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before the fifth inning was an unusual move. "Im looking up at the board and hes
got two hits given up and one run, and Im taking him out after the fourth
inning," Roenicke said. MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Louisville coach Jeff Walz got a
victory, and he hopes Middle Tennessee gave his fifth-ranked Cardinals a lesson
in listening to the scouting report.Mariya Moore scored 27 points, and
Louisville Cardinals never trailed beating Middle Tennessee 91-72 Wednesday
night despite giving up a career-high 27 points and 11 assists to Blue Raiders
guard Ty Petty.I hope our kids believe now that shes really good, Walz said. We
tried to tell them that, but I think there were a few times we decided not to
guard her just to see is she really good. After 27 points, Im hoping they
realized that, and then Im hoping theyll believe us from now on when we tell
them someone is good. She was phenomenal.This was Louisvilles first visit to
Middle Tennessee since 2008, and the Cardinals had little trouble improving to
5-1 in this series despite letting Petty knock down 10 of her 17 shots.Ciera
Johnson opened with a layup for the Cardinals (3-0), and Alex Johnson hit a
short jumper to tie it up at 2. That was as close as Middle Tennessee (0-2) from
Conference USA would get as Louisville shot 67 percent taking a 22-9 lead after
the first quarter.Asia Durr also had 22 points, and Myisha Hines-Allen added 17
for Louisville.Alex Johnson had 13 for the Blue Raiders.We hope we grow up,
Middle Tennessee coach Rick Insell said of his young team with Petty the only
senior.Petty pulled the Blue Raiders within 26-21 capping a 12-2 run with a 3
with 4:39 left. That woke the Cardinals up, and they answered with 15 straight
points and led 41-24 at halftime.The Cardinals pushed their lead to as much as
24 a couple times in the fourth quarter, the first on a 3 by Hines-Allen.BIG
PICTURELouisville: The Cardinals continued their run through an easy opening
portion of the schedule before playing fourth-ranked Souuth Carolina on
Nov.dddddddddddd 27th. This was the Cardinals third straight game against a team
from Tennessee but not against the states only ranked team, No. 13
Tennessee.Middle Tennessee: This was the highest-ranked team to visit since No.
4 Tennessee in 2013, helping the Blue Raiders bring in some star power for their
home opener. They dropped to 5-1 all-time against Louisville, but its part of
Insells toughening up his Blue Raiders during nonconference play for March.
Arizona State and Georgia Tech also visit in December.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe
Cardinals did little to hurt themselves with an easy victory. This is their
second road game and second against an NCAA Tournament team last March. It gives
us more confidence to know were doing so well against great teams, so just lets
us know where we are so far, Moore said. All teams get better throughout the
season. Its good to know were starting off pretty well.HEIGHT ADVANTAGEWalz
played five Cardinals who are 6-foot-2 or taller against a team with only
Rebecca Reuter taller than 6 foot. The Cardinals outrebounded Middle Tennessee
44-30 and had a huge edge at the free throw line (21 of 27) compared to the Blue
Raiders (3 of 6). The Cardinals even affected shots they werent around as the
Blue Raiders missed some wide-open shots.We probably missed seven chip shots,
Insell said. Well thats 14 points thats uncontested shots that we usually knock
down that because of their size we were looking for them and we didnt follow
through. We hit those seven chip shots, you look at the game its a little bit
different.UP NEXTLouisville hosts Bowling Green on Saturday afternoon.Middle
Tennessee visits Tennessee Tech on Saturday.
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