Royals win 6th straight postseason game, lead ALCS 2-0

The Kansas City Royals are hot. They are so smokin’ hot that they won their sixth straight postseason game and have a two games to nothing lead over the Baltimore Orioles in the 2014 American League Championship Series.

The Royals have not lost a game since the second to last game of the regular season. So technically speaking they are on a seven-game winning streak. That’s not bad and now they are headed home to the loud and crazy Kauffman Stadium.

At first Saturday’s game was gritty, in fact it almost appeared as if it may go into extra innings which would have given the Royals a chance to break their own record of winning four extra inning postseason games. The scoring was back and forth from the beginning.

Oct 11, 2014; Baltimore, MD, USA; Kansas City Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain (6) celebrates with teammates after scoring in the third inning against the Baltimore Orioles in game two of the 2014 ALCS game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

The Royals scored two runs in the top of the first. Nori Aoki singled, followed by a double from the game’s star Lorenzo Cain. Aoki and Cain were driven in on a two-RBI single by Eric Hosmer.

The Orioles answered back with a run in the second on a bases loaded, two-out sacrifice fly off the bat of catcher Caleb Joseph scoring Steve Pearce.

Both teams got runs in the third. Cain got his second hit of the night and was plated on an RBI double by Billy Butler.

In the bottom of the inning the Orioles managed to tie the game on a two-run home run by Adam Jones. The game wouldn’t stay tied for long, however. Mike Moustakas answered Jones right back with a solo shot in the top of the fourth putting the Royals up 4-3.

Baltimore tied the game with a run in the fifth and the next three innings passed by without incident.

Saturday it appeared the Royals were just sick and tired of extra inning games. They scored two runs in the top of the ninth to break the tie and gain an always comforting insurance run.

Omar Infante singled off of righty Darren O’Day, so Orioles manager Buck Showalter went straight to his closer Zach Britton with the game on the line. Terrance Gore came in to run for Infante and Moustakas moved Gore to second with a sacrifice bunt right back to Britton.

Alcides Escobar then plated Gore with a double to right. Jarrod Dyson reached on a fielding error by Baltimore third baseman Ryan Flaherty. Lorenzo Cain then got his fourth hit of the night, a single to left that scored Escobar making the score 6-4 in favor of Kansas City. Britton was then able to get out of the inning but the damage had been done.