The Royals just won in extra innings. Again.
They have a two-games-to-none lead on the Anaheim Angels and they’re heading to Kansas City for Game 3 Sunday night.
Let's cut to the chase. Bottom of the eighth inning. Score tied at one. Angels have a runner on second base.
Chris Iannetta hits a line drive to center field. Jarrod Dyson catches it and launches a throw to Mike Moustakas who tags Collin Cowgill sliding into third.
That play saved the game. ... and wow.
This freaking defense, man. Dyson did that cold.
— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) October 4, 2014
And once again things were getting interesting. ...The sarcasm was out in full force
on Twitter.
Officers on radio discussing how ridiculously slow tonight is. @Royals seem to be great crime prevention.
— Kansas City Police (@kcpolice) October 4, 2014The Royals have played 31 innings of postseason ball. The score has been within one run at the end of 29 of them.
— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) October 4, 2014In the bottom of the ninth inning, Billy Butler got to first on a force play. Terrance Gore came in to pinch run, of course. And he stole second base, of course.
Terrance Gore is amazing, but that steal was AMAZING. He was WAITING ON THE BAG by the time the ball got there.
— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) October 4, 2014Gore steals second *yawn*.
— Royals Review (@royalsreview) October 4, 2014This is the Royals most boring game of this postseason.
— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) October 4, 2014The suspense in these games is becoming excruciating. While Salvador Perez was batting with Gore and Alex Gordon on in the top of the ninth, I wished I could fast forward just a little bit to see what was coming.
This #Royals bandwagon is a happy, welcoming place. Fun to be aboard. Though seriously, I am TIRED.
— SuzanneTobias (@SuzanneTobias) October 4, 2014But what fun would tonight have been if we didn’t go to extra innings for the third consecutive game?
#Royals first team to play three consecutive extra-inning postseason games since 1980 (Houston-Philadelphia in NLCS)
— Chris Fickett (@ChrisFickett) October 4, 2014Royals fans are still waiting for their first nine-inning playoff game in a generation.
— Sam Mellinger (@mellinger) October 4, 2014Sabermetrically, this team is sub-optimal. Aesthetically? They're perfect.
— Rany Jazayerli (@jazayerli) October 4, 201412:06 a.m. Lorenzo Cain had just beaten an infield single by a hair, and Eric Hosmer comes to the plate. He launched a pitch to right field. My arms shot in the air and I let out a squelched YEAH! … Because, of course, everyone else in the house is asleep.
To quote Ernie Johnson on TBS, “Hosmer ambushed it.” There was no doubt about where it was going.
Did we all just dream that?! #sleeplessinkc #angels #royals #KCvsLAA
— KCTV5 - Kansas City (@KCTV5) October 4, 2014Alex Gordon got on in the inning, too. And then stole second base and headed to third when the throw skipped into the outfield. Gordon scored a couple pitches later on an infield base hit by Perez.
In the Royals' three postseason games: Kansas City steals -- 11. Opponents -- 0.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) October 4, 2014
It's almost more awesome when people count us out cuz then we go drop shiz like this on them and they don't know what to do with themselves.
— Jessica Lutz (@CutezieLutzie) October 4, 2014The Angels went down in the bottom of the 11th inning. Royals win. Good night, and see ya Sunday night in Kansas City.
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