2014 Kansas City Royals season

Major League Baseball team season

2014 Kansas City Royals

American League Champions
American League Wild Card Winners

Royals home game vs. Giants on August 10, 2014. Two months later the Giants would be their World Series opponent.

League| American League
Division| Central
Ballpark| Kauffman Stadium
City| Kansas City, Missouri
Record| 89–73 (.549)
Divisional place| 2nd
Owners| David Glass
General managers| Dayton Moore
Managers| Ned Yost
Television| Fox Sports Kansas City
(Ryan Lefebvre, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler, Steve Physioc)
Radio| KCSP 610 AM
(Denny Matthews, Steve Stewart, Ryan Lefebvre, Steve Physioc)
| <- 2013 | Seasons | 2015 ->

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The Kansas City Royals' season of 2014 was the 46th for the Royals franchise. On September 26, 2014, the Royals clinched a playoff berth for the first time since 1985.[1] They began the post-season by defeating the Oakland Athletics in the ALWC Game and sweeping both the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the ALDS and the Baltimore Orioles in the ALCS, becoming the first team in Major League history to win their first 8 postseason games in a row. They lost to the San Francisco Giants in seven games in the 2014 World Series.

To date, the 2014 Royals are the most recent MLB team to hit fewer than 100 home runs in a season.

## Regular season

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### 4-run trend

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After the first 29 games of the 2014 regular season, the Royals had a record of 14–15. In all of their 14 wins, the Royals had scored at least 4 runs. In all of their 15 losses, the Royals had scored 3 runs or less. In the 30th game of the regular season, the Royals were playing the Tigers at home and the Tigers were winning 9–3 going into the bottom of the ninth inning. Mike Moustakas walked to lead off the bottom half of the inning, Alcides Escobar struck out, and Jarrod Dyson grounded out, but advanced Moustakas to second. With two outs and a runner on second in the bottom of the ninth inning, with his team down 6 runs, Nori Aoki hit a single to center field that would score Moustakas, making the score 9–4 Tigers. After Omar Infante singled and advanced Aoki to second, Eric Hosmer recorded the final out of the game with his team at 4 runs by popping out to the catcher, becoming the first Royal in the 2014 regular season to hit into the final out with the Royals at 4 runs or more. The Royals would then become 14–1 when scoring at least 4 runs. After 30 games, however, the trend of always losing when scoring 3 or less was still in place, with the Royals being 0–15 in these games. Finally, on the 32nd game of the regular season, the Royals had a record of 14–17 heading into the game. They beat the Padres in San Diego 3–1 in 11 innings to end the winless streak of games where they scored 3 runs or less.

### 10-game winning streak

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The Royals went on a 10-game winning streak in June, beating the Yankees twice at home, the Indians twice at home, the White Sox three times on the road, and the Tigers three times on the road. At the end of the streak, the Royals were in first place in the AL Central. This was the first time since 2003 that they were leading their division that late in the season.

### Midseason slump

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From June 1–18, the Royals posted a 13–3 record with one rainout, followed by a 9–17 record from June 19 to July 20. The last three games of this slump, which immediately followed the All-Star break, was a three-game sweep by the Boston Red Sox. After the July 20 game, first base coach Rusty Kuntz entered the team's clubhouse and found many of the players intently playing the computer game Clash of Clans on their smart phones. The team lost a fourth game to the Chicago White Sox on July 21. Before the July 22 game Raúl Ibañez, who joined the team only three weeks earlier after being released by the Los Angeles Angels, called a players-only team meeting to discuss the priorities of the team.[2] After that meeting, the team went 25–9 between then and August 27.[3]

### Postseason clinch

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On Friday, September 26, 2014, the Royals won a game in Chicago against the White Sox 3–1, which would clinch a postseason berth for the Royals for the first time since 1985.[4]

## Season standings

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### American League Central

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Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72  | .556  | —  | 45‍–‍36  | 45‍–‍36
Kansas City Royals | 89 | 73  | .549  | 1  | 42‍–‍39  | 47‍–‍34
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 77  | .525  | 5  | 48‍–‍33  | 37‍–‍44
Chicago White Sox | 73 | 89  | .451  | 17  | 40‍–‍41  | 33‍–‍48
Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92  | .432  | 20  | 35‍–‍46  | 35‍–‍46

### American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders  Team  | W | L | Pct.

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 98 | 64  | .605
Baltimore Orioles | 96 | 66  | .593
Detroit Tigers | 90 | 72  | .556

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB

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Kansas City Royals | 89 | 73  | .549  | +1
Oakland Athletics | 88 | 74  | .543  | —
Seattle Mariners | 87 | 75  | .537  | 1
Cleveland Indians | 85 | 77  | .525  | 3
New York Yankees | 84 | 78  | .519  | 4
Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79  | .512  | 5
Tampa Bay Rays | 77 | 85  | .475  | 11
Chicago White Sox | 73 | 89  | .451  | 15
Boston Red Sox | 71 | 91  | .438  | 17
Houston Astros | 70 | 92  | .432  | 18
Minnesota Twins | 70 | 92  | .432  | 18
Texas Rangers | 67 | 95  | .414  | 21

### Record vs. opponents

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2014 American League record

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Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2014

Team  | BAL  | BOS  | CWS  | CLE  | DET  | HOU  | KC  | LAA  | MIN  | NYY  | OAK  | SEA  | TB  | TEX  | TOR  | NL
Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 12–8
Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–3 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 9–11
Chicago | 1–5 | 3–4 | — | 9–10 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 11–9
Cleveland | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 2–4 | 10–10
Detroit | 5–1 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | — | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 12–8
Houston | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 8–11 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–15
Kansas City | 4–3 | 1–6 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 6–13 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 15–5
Los Angeles | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 3–3 | — | 7–0 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–8
Minnesota | 3–4 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 0–7 | — | 3–4 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 9–11
New York | 6–13 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 13–7
Oakland | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 9–10 | 6–1 | 4–2 | — | 9–10 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 13–7
Seattle | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 10–9 | — | 4–3 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 9–11
Tampa Bay | 7–12 | 10–9 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 11–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | — | 5–2 | 8–11 | 10–10
Texas | 1–6 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 5–14 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 2–5 | — | 2–4 | 10–10
Toronto | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 4–2 | — | 13–7

### Detailed records

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(updated through September 28)

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Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. | Runs scored | Runs allowed
AL East
Toronto Blue Jays | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 | .571 | 33 | 39
New York Yankees | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | .571 | 18 | 23
Baltimore Orioles | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | .571 | 26 | 18
Boston Red Sox | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–6 | .143 | 17 | 32
Tampa Bay Rays | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | .667 | 25 | 14
| 8–6 | 8–8 | 16–14 | .519 | 119 | 126
AL Central
Kansas City Royals | - | - | - | - | - | \-
Detroit Tigers | 2–8 | 4–5 | 6–13 | .316 | 66 | 100
Chicago White Sox | 5–4 | 8–2 | 13–6 | .684 | 93 | 64
Minnesota Twins | 6–3 | 5–5 | 11–8 | .579 | 78 | 83
Cleveland Indians | 5–4 | 4–6 | 9–10 | .474 | 76 | 74
| 18–19 | 21–18 | 39–37 | .513 | 313 | 321
AL West
Oakland Athletics | 3–1 | 2–1 | 5–2 | .714 | 24 | 26
Los Angeles Angels | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | .500 | 26 | 30
Texas Rangers | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | .833 | 23 | 14
Seattle Mariners | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–5 | .286 | 23 | 23
Houston Astros | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–3 | .500 | 20 | 28
| 8–8 | 10–6 | 18–14 | .563 | 116 | 121

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Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. | Runs scored | Runs allowed
San Diego Padres | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | .667 | 16 | 7
Colorado Rockies | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | .750 | 17 | 12
St. Louis Cardinals | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | .750 | 19 | 14
Los Angeles Dodgers | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | .333 | 9 | 10
Arizona Diamondbacks | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 22 | 7
San Francisco Giants | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1.000 | 16 | 6
| 7–3 | 8–2 | 15–5 | .750 | 99 | 56

## Game log

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Legend

Royals Win  | Royals Loss  | Game Postponed
2014 Kansas City Royals Game Log

March/April (14–12)

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1 | March 31 | @ Tigers | 3–4 | Nathan (1–0) | Davis (0–1) | — | 45,068 | 0–1
2 | April 2 | @ Tigers | 1–2 (10) | Alburquerque (1–0) | Collins (0–1) | — | 26,906 | 0–2
\-- | April 3 | @ Tigers |  | Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to June 19.
3 | April 4 | White Sox | 7–5 | Guthrie (1–0) | Johnson (0–1) | Holland (1) | 40,103 | 1–2
4 | April 5 | White Sox | 4–3 | Davis (1–1) | Downs (0–1) | Holland (2) | 21,463 | 2–2
5 | April 6 | White Sox | 1–5 | Sale (2–0) | Shields (0–1) |  | 29,760 | 2–3
6 | April 7 | Rays | 4–2 | Vargas (1–0) | Moore (0–2) | Holland (3) | 12,087 | 3–3
7 | April 8 | Rays | 0–1 | Peralta (1–1) | Holland (0–1) | Balfour (2) | 13,905 | 3–4
8 | April 9 | Rays | 7–3 | Guthrie (2–0) | Odorizzi (1–1) |  | 13,612 | 4–4
9 | April 11 | @ Twins | 1–10 | Gibson (2–0) | Chen (0–1) |  | 24,338 | 4–5
10 | April 12 | @ Twins | 1–7 | Nolasco (1–1) | Shields (0–2) |  | 23,963 | 4–6
11 | April 13 | @ Twins | 3–4 | Fien (1–0) | Crow (0–1) | Perkins (3) | 20,878 | 4–7
12 | April 15 | @ Astros | 4–2 | Ventura (1–0) | Harrell (0–3) | Holland (4) | 29,778 | 5–7
13 | April 16 | @ Astros | 6–4 (11) | Duffy (1–0) | Williams (0–1) | Holland (5) | 23,043 | 6–7
14 | April 17 | @ Astros | 5–1 | Shields (1–2) | Feldman (2–1) |  | 26,333 | 7–7
15 | April 18 | Twins | 5–0 | Vargas (2–0) | Nolasco (1–2) |  | 21,192 | 8–7
16 | April 19 | Twins | 5–4 | Chen (1–1) | Correia (0–2) | Holland (6) | 24,291 | 9–7
17 | April 20 | Twins | 3–8 | Hughes (1–1) | Ventura (1–1) |  | 17,710 | 9–8
18 | April 21 | @ Indians | 3–4 | McAllister (3–0) | Guthrie (2–1) | Axford (7) | 10,789 | 9–9
19 | April 22 | @ Indians | 8–2 | Shields (2–2) | Salazar (0–3) |  | 8,848 | 10–9
20 | April 23 | @ Indians | 3–5 | Shaw (1–0) | Herrera (0–1) | Axford (8) | 9,311 | 10–10
21 | April 24 | @ Indians | 1–5 | Kluber (2–2) | Chen (1–2) |  | 10,440 | 10–11
22 | April 25 | @ Orioles | 5–0 | Ventura (2–1) | Jiménez (0–4) |  | 22,478 | 11–11
23 | April 26 | @ Orioles | 2–3 (10) | Britton (3–0) | Duffy (1–1) |  | 34,941 | 11–12
24 | April 27 | @ Orioles | 9–3 | Shields (3–2) | González (1–2) |  | 38,368 | 12–12
25 | April 29 | Blue Jays | 10–7 | Crow (1–1) | Cecil (0–2) |  | 10,705 | 13–12
26 | April 30 | Blue Jays | 4–2 | Herrera (1–1) | Hutchison (1–2) | Holland (7) | 11,715 | 14–12

May (12–17)

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27 | May 1 | Blue Jays | 3–7 | Buehrle (5–1) | Guthrie (2–2) | Loup (1) | 11,207 | 14–13
28 | May 2 | Tigers | 2–8 | Porcello (4–1) | Shields (3–3) |  | 28,021 | 14–14
29 | May 3 | Tigers | 2–9 | Smyly (2–1) | Duffy (1–2) |  | 29,200 | 14–15
30 | May 4 | Tigers | 4–9 | Verlander (4–1) | Vargas (2–1) |  | 22,504 | 14–16
31 | May 5 | @ Padres | 5–6 (12) | Stauffer (1–0) | Collins (0–2) |  | 14,089 | 14–17
32 | May 6 | @ Padres | 3–1 (11) | Davis (2–1) | Vincent (0–1) | Holland (8) | 16,542 | 15–17
33 | May 7 | @ Padres | 8–0 | Shields (4–3) | Cashner (2–5) |  | 18,228 | 16–17
34 | May 8 | @ Mariners | 0–1 | Iwakuma (2–0) | Duffy (1–3) | Rodney (10) | 12,577 | 16–18
35 | May 9 | @ Mariners | 6–1 | Vargas (3–1) | Maurer (1–1) |  | 20,858 | 17–18
36 | May 10 | @ Mariners | 1–3 | Young (3–0) | Ventura (2–2) | Rodney (11) | 29,359 | 17–19
37 | May 11 | @ Mariners | 9–7 | Coleman (1–0) | Farquhar (1–1) | Holland (9) | 30,447 | 18–19
38 | May 13 | Rockies | 5–1 | Shields (5–3) | Morales (3–3) |  | 15,914 | 19–19
39 | May 14 | Rockies | 3–2 | Vargas (4–1) | Chacín (0–2) | Holland (10) | 27,323 | 20–19
40 | May 15 | Orioles | 1–2 | Chen (5–2) | Ventura (2–3) | Britton (1) | 12,455 | 20–20
41 | May 16 | Orioles | 0–4 | Tillman (4–2) | Guthrie (2–3) |  | 25,985 | 20–21
42 | May 17 | Orioles | 1–0 | Duffy (2–3) | Norris (2–4) | Holland (11) | 24,064 | 21–21
43 | May 18 | Orioles | 8–6 | Shields (6–3) | Jiménez (2–5) | Holland (12) | 22,692 | 22–21
44 | May 19 | White Sox | 6–7 | Putnam (2–0) | Vargas (4–2) | Petricka (1) | 16,462 | 22–22
45 | May 20 | White Sox | 6–7 | Rienzo (4–0) | Ventura (2–4) | Belisario (1) | 14,900 | 22–23
46 | May 21 | White Sox | 3–1 | Davis (3–1) | Quintana (2–4) | Holland (13) | 17,576 | 23–23
47 | May 23 | @ Angels | 1–6 | Wilson (6–3) | Duffy (2–4) |  | 35,082 | 23–24
48 | May 24 | @ Angels | 7–4 (13) | Crow (2–1) | Morin (0–1) | Holland (14) | 42,140 | 24–24
49 | May 25 | @ Angels | 3–4 | Kohn (2–1) | Collins (0–3) | Frieri (6) | 36,114 | 24–25
50 | May 26 | Astros | 2–9 | Feldman (3–2) | Ventura (2–5) |  | 32,070 | 24–26
51 | May 27 | Astros | 0–3 | McHugh (3–3) | Guthrie (2–4) |  | 17,826 | 24–27
52 | May 28 | Astros | 3–9 | Cosart (4–4) | Duffy (2–5) |  | 16,220 | 24–28
53 | May 29 | @ Blue Jays | 8–6 (10) | Davis (4–1) | Redmond (0–4) |  | 17,978 | 25–28
54 | May 30 | @ Blue Jays | 6–1 | Vargas (5–2) | Happ (4–2) |  | 21,543 | 26–28
55 | May 31 | @ Blue Jays | 2–12 | Stroman (2–0) | Brooks (0–1) | Redmond (1) | 31,652 | 26–29

June (17–10)

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56 | June 1 | @ Blue Jays | 0–4 | Buehrle (10–1) | Guthrie (2–5) |  | 38,008 | 26–30
57 | June 2 | @ Cardinals | 6–0 | Duffy (3–5) | Miller (6–5) |  | 41,239 | 27–30
58 | June 3 | @ Cardinals | 8–7 | Davis (5–1) | Rosenthal (0–3) | Holland (16) | 41,192 | 28–30
59 | June 4 | Cardinals | 2–5 (11) | Freeman (1–0) | Herrera (1–2) | Neshek (1) | 22,126 | 28–31
60 | June 5 | Cardinals | 3–2 | Ventura (3–5) | Wacha (4–4) | Holland (17) | 24,438 | 29–31
61 | June 6 | Yankees | 2–4 | Whitley (1–0) | Guthrie (2–6) | Robertson (14) | 23,418 | 29–32
62 | June 7 | Yankees | 8–6 | Crow (3–1) | Phelps (1–4) |  | 26,991 | 30–32
63 | June 8 | Yankees | 2–1 | Shields (7–3) | Kuroda (4–4) | Holland (18) | 24,614 | 31–32
– | June 9 | Yankees | Postponed (rain). Rescheduled to August 25.
64 | June 10 | Indians | 9–5 | Vargas (6–2) | Kluber (6–2) | Crow (1) | 25,540 | 32–32
65 | June 11 | Indians | 4–1 | Ventura (4–5) | Bauer (1–3) | Holland (19) | 19,938 | 33–32
66 | June 13 | @ White Sox | 7–2 | Guthrie (3–6) | Quintana (3–7) |  | 22,773 | 34–32
67 | June 14 | @ White Sox | 9–1 | Duffy (4–5) | Noesí (2–5) |  | 24,527 | 35–32
68 | June 15 | @ White Sox | 6–3 | Shields (8–3) | Rienzo (4–4) | Holland (20) | 29,152 | 36–32
69 | June 16 | @ Tigers | 11–8 | Vargas (7–2) | Verlander (6–7) |  | 31,774 | 37–32
70 | June 17 | @ Tigers | 11–4 | Ventura (5–5) | Scherzer (8–3) |  | 34,328 | 38–32
71 | June 18 | @ Tigers | 2–1 | Guthrie (4–6) | Smyly (3–6) | Holland (21) | 37,209 | 39–32
72 | June 19 | @ Tigers | 1–2 | Sánchez (4–2) | Duffy (4–6) | Nathan (14) | 35,715 | 39–33
73 | June 20 | Mariners | 5–7 | Furbush (1–4) | Holland (0–2) | Rodney (19) | 38,475 | 39–34
74 | June 21 | Mariners | 1–2 | Medina (4–1) | Vargas (7–3) | Rodney (20) | 21,640 | 39–35
75 | June 22 | Mariners | 1–2 | Elías (7–5) | Ventura (5–6) | Rodney (21) | 23,278 | 39–36
76 | June 23 | Dodgers | 5–3 | Guthrie (5–6) | Greinke (9–4) | Holland (22) | 21,615 | 40–36
77 | June 24 | Dodgers | 0–2 | Kershaw (8–2) | Duffy (4–7) | Jansen (23) | 28,302 | 40–37
78 | June 25 | Dodgers | 4–5 | Wright (3–2) | Davis (5–2) | Wilson (1) | 19,776 | 40–38
79 | June 27 | Angels | 8–6 | Mariot (1–0) | Shoemaker (5–2) | Holland (23) | 35,461 | 41–38
80 | June 28 | Angels | 2–6 | Morin (2–1) | Ventura (5–7) |  | 21,093 | 41–39
81 | June 29 | Angels | 5–4 | Holland (1–2) | Grilli (0–3) |  | 27,803 | 42–39
82 | June 30 | @ Twins | 6–1 | Duffy (5–7) | Pino (0–2) |  | 28,533 | 43–39

July (12–13)

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83 | July 1 | @ Twins | 2–10 | Nolasco (5–6) | Shields (8–4) |  | 23,383 | 43–40
84 | July 2 | @ Twins | 4–0 | Vargas (8–3) | Correia (4–10) |  | 28,860 | 44–40
85 | July 4 | @ Indians | 7–1 | Ventura (6–7) | Tomlin (5–6) |  | 39,020 | 45–40
86 | July 5 | @ Indians | 3–7 | House (1–2) | Guthrie (5–7) |  | 24,481 | 45–41
87 | July 6 | @ Indians | 1–4 | Kluber (8–6) | Duffy (5–8) | Allen (9) | 16,991 | 45–42
88 | July 7 | @ Rays | 6–0 | Shields (9–4) | Odorizzi (4–8) |  | 13,406 | 46–42
89 | July 8 | @ Rays | 3–4 | Boxberger (2–1) | Vargas (8–4) | McGee (6) | 12,818 | 46–43
90 | July 9 | @ Rays | 5–4 | Crow (4–1) | Yates (0–1) |  | 12,150 | 47–43
91 | July 10 | Tigers | 4–16 | Smyly (5–8) | Guthrie (5–8) |  | 21,775 | 47–44
92 | July 11 | Tigers | 1–2 | Sánchez (6–3) | Duffy (5–9) | Nathan (19) | 31,581 | 47–45
93 | July 12 | Tigers | 1–5 | Porcello (12–5) | Shields (9–5) |  | 33,849 | 47–46
94 | July 13 | Tigers | 5–2 | Ventura (7–7) | Verlander (8–8) | Holland (25) | 23,424 | 48–46
95 | July 18 | @ Red Sox | 4–5 | Buchholz (5–5) | Downs (0–3) | Uehara (19) | 37,743 | 48–47
96 | July 19 | @ Red Sox | 1–2 | De La Rosa (3–2) | Duffy (5–10) | Uehara (20) | 37,878 | 48–48
97 | July 20 | @ Red Sox | 0–6 | Lester (10–7) | Ventura (6–7) |  | 37,439 | 48–49
98 | July 21 | @ White Sox | 1–3 | Sale (9–1) | Guthrie (5–9) | Petricka (4) | 18,888 | 48–50
99 | July 22 | @ White Sox | 7–1 | Chen (2–2) | Carroll (4–6) |  | 20,428 | 49–50
100 | July 23 | @ White Sox | 2–1 | Wade (6–2) | Putnam (3–2) | Holland (26) | 23,811 | 50–50
101 | July 24 | Indians | 2–1 (14) | Crow (5–1) | Rzepczynski (0–3) |  | 22,120 | 51–50
102 | July 25 | Indians | 6–4 | Herrera (2–2) | Carrasco (3–4) | Crow (2) | 33,460 | 52–50
103 | July 26 | Indians | 7–5 | Guthrie (6–9) | McAllister (3–6) | Holland (27) | 29,567 | 53–50
104 | July 27 | Indians | 3–10 | Salazar (3–4) | Chen (2–3) |  | 23,409 | 53–51
105 | July 29 | Twins | 1–2 | Gibson (9–8) | Shields (9–6) | Perkins (26) | 30,686 | 53–52
106 | July 30 | Twins | 3–2 | Frasor (2–1) | Hughes (10–8) | Holland (28) | 20,747 | 54–52
107 | July 31 | Twins | 6–3 | Ventura (8–8) | Thielbar (2–1) | Holland (29) | 24,127 | 55–52

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108 | August 1 | @ Athletics | 1–0 | Guthrie (7–9) | Gray (12–4) | Holland (30) | 35,067 | 56–52
109 | August 2 | @ Athletics | 3–8 | Lester (11–7) | Vargas (8–5) |  | 30,097 | 56–53
110 | August 3 | @ Athletics | 4–2 | Shields (10–6) | Kazmir (12–4) | Holland (31) | 22,612 | 57–53
111 | August 5 | @ Diamondbacks | 12–2 | Duffy (6–10) | Miley (7–8) |  | 16,677 | 58–53
112 | August 6 | @ Diamondbacks | 4–3 | Ventura (9–8) | Collmenter (8–6) | Holland (32) | 16,157 | 59–53
113 | August 7 | @ Diamondbacks | 6–2 | Guthrie (8–9) | Nuño (2–8) |  | 17,809 | 60–53
114 | August 8 | Giants | 4–2 | Frasor (3–1) | Bumgarner (13–9) | Holland (33) | 28,307 | 61–53
115 | August 9 | Giants | 5–0 | Shields (11–6) | Hudson (8–9) |  | 35,114 | 62–53
116 | August 10 | Giants | 7–4 | Duffy (7–10) | Lincecum (9–8) | Holland (34) | 27,359 | 63–53
117 | August 11 | Athletics | 3–2 | Herrera (3–2) | Gray (12–6) | Holland (35) | 21,479 | 64–53
118 | August 12 | Athletics | 3–11 | Lester (3–0) | Guthrie (8–10) |  | 27,161 | 64–54
119 | August 13 | Athletics | 3–0 | Vargas (9–5) | Kazmir (13–5) |  | 21,099 | 65–54
120 | August 14 | Athletics | 7–3 | Crow (6–1) | Samardzija (3–2) | Holland (36) | 20,569 | 66–54
121 | August 15 | @ Twins | 6–5 | Duffy (8–10) | Nolasco (5–8) | Holland (37) | 32,013 | 67–54
122 | August 16 | @ Twins | 1–4 | Hughes (13–8) | Ventura (9–9) | Perkins (31) | 35,575 | 67–55
123 | August 17 | @ Twins | 12–6 | Guthrie (9–10) | Milone (6–4) |  | 31,455 | 68–55
124 | August 18 | @ Twins | 6–4 | Vargas (10–5) | May (0–2) | Holland (38) | 25,559 | 69–55
125 | August 19 | @ Rockies | 7–4 | Shields (12–6) | Matzek (2–9) | Holland (39) | 30,394 | 70–55
126 | August 20 | @ Rockies | 2–5 | De la Rosa (13–8) | Duffy (8–11) | Hawkins (19) | 28,834 | 70–56
127 | August 22 | @ Rangers | 6–3 | Ventura (10–9) | Lewis (8–11) | Holland (40) | 26,991 | 71–56
128 | August 23 | @ Rangers | 6–3 | Guthrie (10–10) | Tepesch (4–8) |  | 27,400 | 72–56
129 | August 24 | @ Rangers | 1–3 | Baker (2–3) | Vargas (10–6) | Feliz (6) | 30,049 | 72–57
130 | August 25 | Yankees | 1–8 | Pineda (3–2) | Shields (12–7) |  | 31,758 | 72–58
131 | August 26 | Twins | 2–1 | Davis (7–2) | Perkins (3–1) |  | 13,847 | 73–58
132 | August 27 | Twins | 6–1 | Davis (8–2) | Hughes (14–9) |  | 17,668 | 74–58
133 | August 28 | Twins | 5–11 (10) | Swarzak (3–1) | Chen (2–4) |  | 17,219 | 74–59
134 | August 29 | Indians | 1–6 | Salazar (5–6) | Vargas (10–7) |  | 31,341 | 74–60
135 | August 30 | Indians | 2–3 (11) | Tomlin (6–8) | Downs (0–4) |  | 35,089 | 74–61
136 | August 31* | Indians | 3–4 (10) | Allen (6–4) | Holland (1–3) |  | 39,009 | 74–62
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137 | September 1 | Rangers | 4–3 | Ventura (11–9) | Lewis (9–12) | Holland (41) | 21,536 | 75–62
138 | September 2 | Rangers | 2–1 | Frasor (4–1) | Kirkman (4–1) | Crow (3) | 19,435 | 76–62
139 | September 3 | Rangers | 4–1 | Vargas (11–7) | Tepesch (4–9) | Holland (42) | 15,771 | 77–62
140 | September 5 | @ Yankees | 1–0 | Shields (13–7) | Pineda (3–4) | Davis (1) | 36,284 | 78–62
141 | September 6 | @ Yankees | 2–6 | McCarthy (9–14) | Hendriks (1–1) |  | 45,262 | 78–63
142 | September 7 | @ Yankees | 2–0 | Ventura (12–9) | Greene (4–3) | Davis (2) | 48,110 | 79–63
143 | September 8 | @ Tigers | 5–9 | Verlander (13–12) | Guthrie (10–11) |  | 30,758 | 79–64
144 | September 9 | @ Tigers | 2–4 | Scherzer (16–5) | Vargas (11–8) | Nathan (30) | 32,603 | 79–65
145 | September 10 | @ Tigers | 3–0 | Shields (14–7) | Porcello (15–11) | Davis (3) | 29,751 | 80–65
146 | September 11 | Red Sox | 3–6 | Buchholz (8–8) | Hendriks (1–2) | Mujica (5) | 28,673 | 80–66
147 | September 12 | Red Sox | 2–4 | Webster (4–3) | Ventura (12–10) | Mujica (6) | 19,191 | 80–67
148 | September 13 | Red Sox | 7–1 | Guthrie (11–11) | De La Rosa (4–7) |  | 26,627 | 81–67
149 | September 14 | Red Sox | 4–8 | Kelly (4–4) | Vargas (11–9) |  | 19,065 | 81–68
150 | September 15 | White Sox | 4–3 | Davis (9–2) | Petricka (1–5) |  | 21,390 | 82–68
151 | September 16 | White Sox | 5–7 | Herrera (3–3) | Surkamp (2–0) |  | 28,904 | 82–69
152 | September 17 | White Sox | 6–2 | Ventura (13–10) | Sale (12–4) |  | 26,425 | 83–69
153 | September 19 | Tigers | 1–10 | Verlander (14–12) | Vargas (11–10) |  | 37,945 | 83–70
154 | September 20 | Tigers | 2–3 | Scherzer (17–5) | Shields (14–8) | Nathan (33) | 37,074 | 83–71
155 | September 21 | Tigers | 5–2 | Guthrie (12–11) | Porcello (15–12) | Holland (43) | 37,212 | 84–71
156 | September 22 | @ Indians | 2–0 | Duffy (9–11) | Carrasco (8–6) | Holland (44) | 10,458 | 85–71
157 | September 23 | @ Indians | 7–1 | Ventura (14–10) | Salazar (6–8) |  | 11,735 | 86–71
158 | September 24 | @ Indians | 4–6 | McAllister (4–7) | Finnegan (0–1) | Allen (23) | 13,796 | 86–72
159 | September 25 | @ White Sox | 6–3 | Herrera (4–3) | Quintana (9–11) | Holland (45) | 19,587 | 87–72
160 | September 26 | @ White Sox | 3–1 | Guthrie (13–11) | Noesí (8–12) | Holland (46) | 27,416 | 88–72
161 | September 27 | @ White Sox | 4–5 | Danks (11–11) | Duffy (9–12) | Guerra (1) | 38,160 | 88–73
162 | September 28 | @ White Sox | 6–4 | Coleman (1–0) | Webb (6–5) | Coleman (1) | 32,266 | 89–73

## Roster

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2014 Kansas City Royals

Roster
Pitchers

* 62 Aaron Brooks
* 67 Francisley Bueno
* 52 Bruce Chen
* 25 Casey Coleman
* 31 Louis Coleman
* 55 Tim Collins
* 43 Aaron Crow
* 17 Wade Davis
* 37 Scott Downs
* 41 Danny Duffy
* 27 Brandon Finnegan
* 54 Jason Frasor
* 11 Jeremy Guthrie
* 39 Liam Hendriks
* 40 Kelvin Herrera
* 56 Greg Holland
* 49 Donnie Joseph
* 48 Michael Mariot
* 46 Justin Marks
* 68 Wilking Rodríguez
* 33 James Shields
* 51 Jason Vargas
* 30 Yordano Ventura

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* 12 Brett Hayes
* 19 Erik Kratz
* 26 Francisco Peña
* 13 Salvador Pérez

Infielders

* 16 Billy Butler
* 37 Pedro Ciriaco
* 24 Christian Colón
* 2 Alcides Escobar
* 9 Johnny Giavotella
* 35 Eric Hosmer
* 14 Omar Infante
* 8 Mike Moustakas
* 12 Jayson Nix
* 32 Jimmy Paredes
* 19 Danny Valencia

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Outfielders

* 45 Lane Adams
* 23 Nori Aoki
* 6 Lorenzo Cain
* 1 Jarrod Dyson
* 4 Alex Gordon
* 0 Terrance Gore
* 18 Raúl Ibañez
* 27 Justin Maxwell
* 34 Carlos Peguero
* 7 Josh Willingham

|  | Manager

* 3 Ned Yost

Coaches

* 58 Dave Eiland (pitching)
* 28 Pedro Grifol (catching instructor)
* 57 Doug Henry (bullpen)
* 59 Mike Jirschele (third base)
* 15 Rusty Kuntz (first base)
* 21 Dale Sveum (hitting)
* 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench)

## Player stats

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### Batting

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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

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Alcides Escobar | 162 | 579 | 74 | 165 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 31 | 23 | .285 | .377
Salvador Pérez | 150 | 578 | 57 | 150 | 28 | 2 | 17 | 70 | 1 | 22 | .260 | .403
Alex Gordon | 156 | 563 | 87 | 150 | 34 | 1 | 19 | 74 | 12 | 65 | .266 | .432
Billy Butler | 151 | 549 | 57 | 149 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 66 | 0 | 41 | .271 | .379
Omar Infante | 135 | 528 | 50 | 133 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 9 | 33 | .252 | .337
Eric Hosmer | 131 | 503 | 54 | 136 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 58 | 4 | 35 | .270 | .398
Nori Aoki | 132 | 491 | 63 | 140 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 17 | 43 | .285 | .360
Lorenzo Cain | 133 | 471 | 55 | 142 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 28 | 24 | .301 | .412
Mike Moustakas | 140 | 457 | 45 | 97 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 54 | 1 | 35 | .212 | .361
Jarrod Dyson | 120 | 260 | 33 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 36 | 22 | .269 | .327
Danny Valencia | 36 | 110 | 8 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | .282 | .382
Raúl Ibañez | 33 | 80 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | .188 | .325
Josh Willingham | 24 | 73 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | .233 | .384
Brett Hayes | 27 | 52 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .135 | .212
Pedro Ciriaco | 25 | 47 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .213 | .255
Christian Colón | 21 | 45 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .333 | .489
Justin Maxwell | 20 | 40 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .150 | .175
Johnny Giavotella | 12 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .216 | .324
Eric Kratz | 13 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .276 | .517
Jimmy Paredes | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .200
Carlos Peguero | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .333
Jayson Nix | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000
Lane Adams | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000
Terrance Gore | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .000 | .000
Francisco Peña | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .
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Pitcher Totals | 162 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .136 | .182
Team Totals | 162 | 5545 | 651 | 1456 | 286 | 29 | 95 | 604 | 153 | 380 | .263 | .376

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### Pitching

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James Shields | 14 | 8 | 3.21 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 227.0 | 224 | 95 | 81 | 44 | 80
Jeremy Guthrie | 13 | 11 | 4.13 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 202.2 | 215 | 100 | 93 | 49 | 124
Jason Vargas | 11 | 10 | 3.71 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 187.0 | 197 | 82 | 77 | 41 | 128
Yordano Ventura | 14 | 10 | 3.20 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 183.0 | 168 | 70 | 65 | 69 | 159
Danny Duffy | 9 | 12 | 2.53 | 31 | 25 | 0 | 149.1 | 113 | 52 | 42 | 53 | 113
Wade Davis | 9 | 2 | 1.00 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 109
Kelvin Herrera | 4 | 3 | 1.41 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 54 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 59
Greg Holland | 1 | 3 | 1.44 | 65 | 0 | 46 | 62.1 | 37 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 90
Aaron Crow | 6 | 1 | 4.12 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 59.0 | 52 | 32 | 27 | 24 | 34
Bruce Chen | 2 | 4 | 7.45 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 48.1 | 69 | 40 | 40 | 16 | 36
Louis Coleman | 1 | 0 | 5.56 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 39 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 24
Francisley Bueno | 0 | 0 | 4.18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 32.1 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 20
Michael Mariot | 1 | 0 | 6.48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 31 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 21
Tim Collins | 0 | 3 | 3.86 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 15
Liam Hendriks | 0 | 2 | 4.66 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19.1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 15
Jason Frasor | 3 | 0 | 1.53 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16
Scott Downs | 0 | 2 | 3.14 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3
Casey Coleman | 1 | 0 | 5.25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5
Brandon Finnegan | 0 | 1 | 1.29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10
Aaron Brooks | 0 | 1 | 43.88 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.2 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2
Justin Marks | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2
Wilking Rodríguez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Donnie Joseph | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2
Team Totals | 89 | 73 | 3.51 | 162 | 162 | 53 | 1450.2 | 1386 | 624 | 565 | 440 | 1168

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## Post-season

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### Wild Card Game, September 30

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Main article: 2014 American League Wild Card Game

7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

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Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 0
WP: Jason Frasor (1–0)  LP: Dan Otero (0–1)
Home runs:
OAK: Brandon Moss 2 (2)
KC: None

The one-game playoff was touted as a duel between the Royals' James Shields and the Athletics' Jon Lester, but neither starting pitcher would earn a decision in the game. Oakland's Brandon Moss homered early off of Shields with Coco Crisp on base, giving the Athletics a 2–0 advantage; Kansas City halved the lead in the bottom of the first when Billy Butler singled to score Nori Aoki. Lorenzo Cain and Eric Hosmer had RBI hits for the Royals in the third inning, vaulting Kansas City to a 3–2 lead. The fourth and fifth innings were scoreless, and Oakland proceeded to stitch together five runs in the top of the sixth as Moss homered a second time, scoring himself, Sam Fuld, and Josh Donaldson. Derek Norris and Crisp singled in two additional runs.

Both Oakland and Kansas City batted fruitlessly in the seventh inning, and Royals relief pitcher Kelvin Herrera recorded three straight outs in the top of the eighth. In the bottom of the eighth, with Kansas City six outs away from having their season ended, the Royals manufactured a productive inning of their own. Alcides Escobar singled, and then stole second base with Nori Aoki at the plate. Lorenzo Cain singled, scoring Escobar. Cain stole second base himself with Eric Hosmer batting; Hosmer was then walked, at which point starting pitcher Jon Lester was relieved by Luke Gregerson. Nerves seemed to get the better of Gregerson, who allowed Billy Butler to single and score Cain, and then allowed Hosmer to score from third base on a wild pitch. Gregerson struck out the next two batters to preserve the Athletics' lead, but the Royals had crept to within one run.

Closer Greg Holland took the mound for Kansas City and was somewhat shaky, walking three batters, but mustered the three required outs without major damage, and Kansas City took their one-run deficit to the bottom of the ninth.

Oakland's closer, Sean Doolittle, pitched in relief of Gregerson. Pinch-hitter Josh Willingham singled and was replaced by pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson. Dyson moved to second base on a successful bunt from Alcides Escobar, and then stole third with Aoki at bat. Aoki hit a deep sacrifice fly to right field for the second out of the inning, but Dyson was able to jog home, tying the game at 7–7 and completing the Royals' four-run comeback. Cain lined out to end the inning for Kansas City.

Brandon Finnegan began a strong inning of work in the tenth, replacing Greg Holland and recording three outs in quick succession. The Royals advanced Eric Hosmer to third base with two outs in the bottom of the tenth, but Salvador Pérez grounded out, putting a Royals victory on hold.

Finnegan again pitched well in the top of the eleventh, allowing only one hit and striking out Brandon Moss, who had already hit two home runs. Kansas City's offense produced in the bottom of the eleventh a situation identical to that of the tenth; the winning run stood 90 feet away with two outs, but Jayson Nix struck out to end the inning. Finnegan began the twelfth inning by walking Josh Reddick, who advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Jed Lowrie. Finnegan was then relieved by Jason Frasor. Pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo of Oakland took a wild pitch from Frasor, allowing Reddick to go to third base. Callaspo then hit a line drive to left field, scoring Reddick. The new pitcher Frasor quickly stopped the bleeding by retiring Derek Norris and Nick Punto, but the Athletics had retaken the lead, 8–7.

Lorenzo Cain failed to start the bottom of the twelfth in a promising fashion, grounding out. The Oakland Athletics were two outs away from advancing to the ALDS. However, Hosmer nursed a lengthy at-bat into a deep left field hit that was poorly fielded, allowing him to reach third base. Christian Colon then singled to tie the game again, scoring Hosmer. Oakland pitcher Dan Otero was replaced by Fernando Abad, who threw to only one batter, Alex Gordon, who popped out. Abad was then relieved by Jason Hammel. Christian Colon, still on first base, stole second with Pérez at the plate. Pérez then singled to left field, scoring Colon and ending the marathon game with a Royals victory and a ticket to the ALDS against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

### Division series

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Main article: 2014 American League Division Series

#### Game 1, October 2

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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0
WP: Danny Duffy (1–0)  LP: Fernando Salas (0–1)  Sv: Holland (1)
Home runs:
KC: Mike Moustakas (1)
LAA: Chris Iannetta (1), David Freese (1)

Mike Moustakas' solo home run in the top of the eleventh inning off of Angels pitcher Fernando Salas proved to be the difference for Kansas City, as the Royals surprised the favored Angels by winning a low-scoring Game 1. Moustakas also scored one of the Royals' other two runs, running home from first base on a double by Alcides Escobar in the third inning, giving Kansas City a 1–0. The Angels battled back quickly, though, as catcher Chris Iannetta homered with the bases empty off Jason Vargas for a 1–1 tie. The two teams traded runs again in the fifth—Alex Gordon scoring from second on an Omar Infante sac fly for the Royals, David Freese hitting a solo line drive home run for the Angels—before engaging in a scoreless battle for five innings until Moustakas' game-winner. Royals starter Vargas was replaced after six innings by a battery of relievers that included Kelvin Herrera, Brandon Finnegan, Wade Davis, Tim Collins, Jason Frasor, Danny Duffy, and Greg Holland. Herrera, however, left Game 1 with tightness in his right forearm, and the exit of the effective relief pitcher put a slight damper on the Royals' opening victory.

#### Game 2, October 3

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Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2
WP: Brandon Finnegan (1–0)  LP: Kevin Jepsen (0–1)  Sv: Greg Holland (2)
Home runs:
KC: Eric Hosmer (1)
LAA: None

The eleventh inning was again a magical time for the Royals, as Eric Hosmer's two-run home run to right field broke a 1–1 tie and vaulted Kansas City over the Angels. Lorenzo Cain scored from first base on Hosmer's blast. The Royals added a third run when Alex Gordon walked, stole second and advanced to third on an Angels fielding error with Salvador Pérez at the plate, and then scored on a single by Perez. The Royals led 4–1 heading into the bottom of the eleventh inning, and closer Greg Holland retired three out of four batters faced to rack up his second postseason save and to send the Royals home to Kansas City with an opportunity to sweep the Angels in Game 3.

The Royals' one run prior to the eleventh came in the second inning, as Hosmer scored from second base on a Gordon single.

The Angels' lone run of the game came during the sixth inning. Kole Calhoun singled, Mike Trout walked, advancing Calhoun to second, and Calhoun scored from second courtesy of an Albert Pujols single.

The Angels very nearly broke the 1–1 tie and took the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning, but astute defensive play by the Royals kept the stalemate intact. Jarrod Dyson came into center field as the result of a defensive substitution. With Wade Davis on the mound, C. J. Cron doubled and was replaced by pinch-runner Collin Cowgill. Angels catcher Chris Iannetta hit the ball deep to center field, but Dyson made a difficult catch and then launched a laserlike throw to the third baseman Moustakas, who tagged out Cowgill, attempting to tag up from second, to complete a double play.

The Royals received a scare in the fifth inning when Los Angeles' Josh Hamilton hit catcher Salvador Pérez on the head with his bat on the follow-through of a swing. Perez underwent a brief concussion test while still on the field and remained in the game.[5]

The Royals' victory also made them the first team in the history of Major League Baseball to win three straight extra inning games in the postseason.

#### Game 3, October 5

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Kansas City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 9 | 0
WP: James Shields (1–0)  LP: C. J. Wilson (0–1)
Home runs:
LAA: Mike Trout (1), Albert Pujols (1)
KC: Eric Hosmer (2), Mike Moustakas (2)

Royals starter James Shields gave up a home run to slugger Mike Trout to give the Angels an early 1–0 lead. However, back to back singles by Aoki and Cain and a walk to Billy Butler loaded the bases with one out. Alex Gordon came up and smacked the ball for a bases clearing double to put the Royals up 3–1. Angels starter C. J. Wilson didn't last more than two-thirds of one inning and was replaced by Vinnie Pestano after Gordon's hit.

Kansas City's offense struck again in the third inning as Eric Hosmer homered to center field with Nori Aoki on base, giving the Royals a capacious 5–1 lead. The Angels inched closer in the top of the fourth inning with a solo home run by Albert Pujols, but still trailed 5–2. In the bottom half of the inning, Mike Moustakas crushed a long ball of his own, such that Moustakas and Hosmer, who hit game-winning home runs in the top of the eleventh inning in Games 1 and 2, respectively, both homered again in Game 3. Alcides Escobar singled, found second base on a wild pitch from the Angels' Morin, took third on a single by Aoki, and scored on a Lorenzo Cain sacrifice fly, capping a 2-run fourth for Kansas City and putting the floundering Angels in a 7–2 hole.

The Royals' final run of the game was delivered in the sixth inning. Omar Infante walked, went to second base on an Escobar single, and scored from second on an Aoki single. Trailing 8–2, the Angels scrounged together one more run with Wade Davis pitching (Howie Kendrick doubled, to third on an Erick Aybar single, scoring on a Josh Hamilton ground out), but closer Greg Holland's effort was superb, racking three straight outs, two on strikeouts. The Royals advanced to the ALCS, and the Angels' highly anticipated season ended, with star center fielder Mike Trout striking out swinging.

The Baltimore Orioles had defeated the Detroit Tigers earlier in the day, securing their ticket to the ALCS. With the Royals having last reached the World Series in 1985 and the Orioles having last reached the World Series in 1983, the 2014 World Series is guaranteed to have a participant that has been absent from it for at least the last twenty-nine years.

### American League Championship Series

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Main article: 2014 American League Championship Series

#### Game 1, October 10

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8:07 p.m. EDT at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland

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Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1
WP: Wade Davis LP: Darren O'Day Sv: Greg Holland
Home runs:
KC: Alcides Escobar (1), Alex Gordon (1), Mike Moustakas (3)
BAL: None

For the fourth time in five games, the Royals broke an extra-innings tie, and for the third time in four games did so via longballs. Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas both crushed respective solo and two-run home runs to combine for a three-run top of the tenth for Kansas City. The twin home runs came off of Orioles pitchers Brian Matusz and Darren O'Day. Salvador Pérez was on first base during Moustakas' home run, which proved to be the difference as the Orioles did manage to score one run in the bottom of the tenth before closer Greg Holland composed himself to record the final out. The Royals' offensive explosion in the tenth saved them from a potentially devastating situation in the ninth inning, when they failed to score a run despite having the bases loaded with no outs.

Kansas City had been aided previously in the game by an Alcides Escobar solo home run and an Alex Gordon 3-RBI double, both in the third inning. They added a run in the fifth when Billy Butler hit a sacrifice fly to score Lorenzo Cain, who had doubled. The Royals' bats then remained quiet until their game-winning performance in the tenth.

Baltimore struck for one run in the third inning (Nick Markakis scoring from third on an Adam Jones line drive) and for three runs in the fifth inning (Alejandro De Aza scored from second on a Nelson Cruz double, Cruz and Jones scored from second and third on a Ryan Flaherty line drive). The Orioles tied the score at 5–5 in the bottom of the sixth inning, as reliever Brandon Finnegan suffered some shakiness, walking Jonathan Schoop and surrendering a Nick Markakis line drive. Both stole bases with De Aza at the plate to advance to second and third base, and Schoop came home on a sacrifice fly by De Aza.

No scoring occurred in the seventh, eighth, or ninth innings. Wade Davis earned the win for the Royals, striking out the side in the bottom of the ninth, paving the way for Kansas City's three-run tenth.

#### Game 2, October 11

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Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1
WP: Wade Davis (2–0)  LP: Darren O'Day (0–2)  Sv: Greg Holland (2)
Home runs:
KC: Mike Moustakas (4)
BAL: Adam Jones (1)

The Royals won only their second nine-inning game of the postseason, but still had to resort to late-game heroics to do so. With the score tied in the top of the ninth and with Darren O'Day pitching for the Orioles, Kansas City's Omar Infante hit a single toward third base. Infante was replaced by pinch runner Terrance Gore, and O'Day was relieved by Zach Britton. Mike Moustakas, with three home runs in the postseason, played small ball instead of long ball, laying down a sacrifice bunt to advance Gore to second. Alcides Escobar then doubled to right field to score Gore and give the Royals a 5–4 lead. Kansas City added insurance when Escobar reached third on a fielding error and then strolled home on a single by Dyson. Britton recovered to strike out both Eric Hosmer and Billy Butler, but the Royals' damage had yet again been done, and closer Greg Holland was effective for the second straight game in quelling an Orioles rally attempt.

The Royals had struck first at Camden Yards on this Saturday afternoon, with Hosmer driving in Nori Aoki and Lorenzo Cain in the top of the first inning. The O's halved the lead in the bottom of the second, milking one run out of a succession of walks and a sacrifice fly from starter Yordano Ventura, although Ventura composed himself sufficiently to ward off further Baltimore offense. Kansas City added a third run in the top of the third inning, as Cain singled, advanced to third base on a Hosmer line drive, and scored on a Butler double.

Baltimore roared back in the bottom of the third, however, as Adam Jones hit a line drive home run with Alejandro De Aza on base, pulling the Orioles even with the Royals.

With the score tied 3–3, each team scored one more run before a 4–4 stalemate that held until Kansas City's two-run ninth. In the top of the fourth inning, Mike Moustakas crushed his fourth home run of the playoffs off of Oriole starter Bud Norris. Baltimore pulled even again in the bottom of the fifth inning, as De Aza singled, advanced to third base on a Jones single, and made it to home plate during a force out at second base.

Neither starter lasted beyond the sixth inning, Ventura being pulled after 5.2 innings and Norris after only 4.1. Both recorded three strikeouts. The winning and losing pitchers, Wade Davis for Kansas City and Darren O'Day for Baltimore, were the same as in Game 1.

#### Game 3, October 14

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Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 7 | 0
WP: Jason Frasor (1-0)  LP: Wei-Yin Chen (0-1)  Sv: Greg Holland (3)

Kansas City's Jeremy Guthrie pitched five solid innings and the Royals' bullpen was lights out during a 2–1 Game 3 victory that was less eventful and lower scoring than any of the Royals' previous postseason games. The Orioles struck first in the second inning, when Steve Pearce doubled and was then batted in by J. J. Hardy, but that was all the offense Baltimore would demonstrate. The Royals tied the score in the bottom of the fourth, as Lorenzo Cain scored from third base on an Alex Gordon ground ball. Kansas City then took the lead in the sixth, as Jarrod Dyson, pinch running for Nori Aoki, who had singled, moved from first to third base on a hit by Eric Hosmer, and then came to home plate on a sacrifice fly from Billy Butler. Royals closer Greg Holland was again effective in silencing any Orioles comeback attempts, retiring three straight batters in the top of the ninth to bring Kansas City within one win of the Fall Classic.

This third game of the series had been originally slated for Monday, but was postponed to Tuesday due to inclement weather. Game 4, which had been slated for Tuesday, was subsequently moved to Wednesday.

#### Game 4, October 15

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Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0
WP: Jason Vargas  LP: Miguel González  Sv: Greg Holland
Home runs:
BAL: Ryan Flaherty
KC: None

The Royals would need only two first-inning runs and solid pitching from Jason Vargas to propel themselves into the World Series with an 8–0 postseason record and complete the sweep of Baltimore. Kansas City's lone offensive rally began with Alcides Escobar reaching first base and Nori Aoki being hit by a pitch to move Escobar to second. Following a ground ball by Eric Hosmer, a missed catch error by the Orioles' Caleb Joseph enabled both Escobar and Aoki to score and Hosmer to reach second base. The Orioles' lone run came via a Ryan Flaherty solo home run. Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis again proved unhittable in relief, and closer Greg Holland recorded his fourth straight save.

### World Series

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Main article: 2014 World Series

The Royals faced the San Francisco Giants. The Royals were granted home-field advantage in the World Series after the American League won the All-Star Game.

#### Game 1, October 21

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7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

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San Francisco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 1
Kansas City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0
WP: Madison Bumgarner (1–0)  LP: James Shields (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: Hunter Pence
KC: Salvador Pérez

San Francisco starter Madison Bumgarner was brilliant through seven innings of work, surrendering only one RBI—a Salvador Pérez home run—and getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning, and Hunter Pence delivered three RBIs, including a two-run home run, as the Giants handed the Royals their first postseason loss since Game 4 of the 1985 World Series. Kansas City's previously potent bats fell flat against Bumgarner. Trailing 4–0, they threatened briefly in the third inning when Lorenzo Cain came back from an 0–2 count to walk and load the bases with two outs, Omar Infante and Mike Moustakas having reached base previously. But Eric Hosmer grounded out with the bases loaded to preserve Bumgarner's shutout, broken up by only Perez's solo long ball.

#### Game 2, October 22

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7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

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Kansas City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 0
WP: Kelvin Herrera (1–0)  LP: Jake Peavy (0–1)
Home runs:
SF: Gregor Blanco
KC: Omar Infante

The Royals and Giants battled to a 2–2 stalemate through five innings, until Kansas City's offense ignited–and San Francisco's pitching melted–in the sixth. The Giants used five pitchers in one inning as Lorenzo Cain scored from second base on a hit by Billy Butler, Salvador Pérez hit a 2RBI double scoring Eric Hosmer and Terrance Gore, and Omar Infante blasted a home run to left field, scoring himself and Perez. The Giants went limp offensively after the Royals' five-run inning, and never closed the 7–2 gap. Kansas City's Kelvin Herrera–Wade Davis–Greg Holland relief lineup again kept the lead intact.

The Royals' victory evens the World Series at one game apiece and thus forces a Game 5 on Sunday, October 26.

#### Game 3, October 24

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5:07 p.m. PDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

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Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0
San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0
WP: Jeremy Guthrie LP: Tim Hudson Sv: Greg Holland

The Royals took a 2–1 series lead in the first tilt of the Fall Classic that was a closely contested pitchers' duel instead of a lopsided hitting spree, as Games 1 and 2 had been. Kansas City hung one run on the Giants in the top of the first inning (Alcides Escobar doubling, and then advancing to third and scoring on two ground outs). However, the majority of offense came in the sixth. Still holding onto a 1–0 cushion, the Royals began a two-run inning as Escobar singled. Alex Gordon doubled, scoring Escobar. Following a Lorenzo Cain ground out, San Francisco starter Tim Hudson, who had pitched 5 2/3 innings, was relieved by Javier López, but López could not completely shut down the Royals' offense, allowing Eric Hosmer to single to center field, scoring Gordon, before he struck out Mike Moustakas to end the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Giants gave Kansas City some pitching hiccups of their own. Brandon Crawford scored from first base on a Michael Morse double. Kelvin Herrera was then summoned to replace starter Jeremy Guthrie. Again, as with López in the top of the inning, the presence of the new pitcher Herrera did not immediately stop the bleeding for Kansas City, as Morse advanced to third base and then scored on respective Joe Panik and Buster Posey ground outs. Herrera kept San Francisco to a two-run inning as heavy hitting Pablo Sandoval grounded out.

The Royals' bullpen, this time adding Brandon Finnegan to the usual late-inning Herrera–Wade Davis–Greg Holland lineup, kept the Giants at bay for the remaining three innings. Kansas City never recorded an insurance run to pad their 3–2 lead, but the closer Holland racked up three straight outs to secure a Royals victory without further rebut.

#### Game 4, October 25

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5:07 p.m. PDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

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San Francisco | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0
WP: Yusmeiro Petit LP: Brandon Finnegan

The World Series was forced to at least a sixth game back in Kansas City following a definitive and conclusive victory by the Giants in which they attacked the Royals' bullpen in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings, especially rookie Brandon Finnegan, who surrendered five earned runs. Hunter Pence, Pablo Sandoval, and Joe Panik all had multi-RBI games for San Francisco. Eric Hosmer, Mike Moustakas, Omar Infante, and Salvador Pérez had combined for a four-run fourth inning for the Royals, who held a 4–2 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth, when the Giants tied the game with Pence and Juan Pérez RBIs, one with Jason Frasor pitching, the other with Danny Duffy on the mound. Finnegan then replaced Duffy prior to San Francisco's three-run sixth, which included a 2-RBI line drive from Sandoval and a Brandon Belt RBI single. The Giants added further insult to injury with a four-run seventh.

The Royals never scored in the game outside of their four-run third inning, and this time it was the Giants who used an effective lineup of seventh, eighth, and ninth-inning relievers to quell any further Kansas City threat.

#### Game 5, October 26

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5:07 p.m. PDT at AT&T Park in San Francisco, California

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San Francisco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 5 | 12 | 0
WP: Madison Bumgarner LP: James Shields

Madison Bumgarner was the only pitcher the Giants required to take a 3–2 lead in the World Series over the Royals, again puzzling Kansas City hitters as he had in Game 1. Kansas City starter James Shields was more effective than four games earlier, only surrendering two runs across seven innings of work, but the Giants added three runs insurance off Royals relievers Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis. San Francisco's five runs were delivered by only two batters: Juan Pérez, who batted in two, and Brandon Crawford, who drove in three.

This was the fourth postseason shutout suffered by the Royals in franchise history, following Game 1 of the 1981 American League Division Series, Game 4 of the 1984 American League Championship Series, and Game 4 of the 1985 World Series.

#### Game 6, October 28

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7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

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Kansas City | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |  | 10 | 9 | 0
WP: Yordano Ventura LP: Jake Peavy
Home runs:
SF: None
KC: Mike Moustakas

Lorenzo Cain drove in three runs, and Mike Moustakas batted in two as the Royals forced a decisive seventh game in domineering fashion, saddling Giants starter Jake Peavy for five earned runs as part of a seven-run second inning. Peavy's struggles came on the heels of a 7–2 Royals victory in Game 2 for which he was also charged with the loss. Contrarily, Kansas City's Yordano Ventura pitched seven innings and only surrendered three hits. Ventura honored St. Louis Cardinals outfielder and fellow Dominican Republic countryman Oscar Taveras, who had died two days earlier in a car crash, with the message "R.I.P. O.T. #18" scrawled onto his cap.[6] When Kansas City turned to its bullpen, it appeared to save Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis, and Greg Holland for Game 7, using Jason Frasor and Tim Collins instead.

#### Game 7, October 29

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7:07 p.m. CDT at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri

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Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0
WP: Jeremy Affeldt (1-0)  LP: Jeremy Guthrie (1-1)  Sv: Madison Bumgarner (1)

The Royals were 90 feet away from tying the decisive seventh game at three runs apiece in the bottom of the ninth, having trailed by a run for the previous five innings. Left fielder Alex Gordon hit a controversial two out single, which was dramatically followed up with two fielding errors by San Francisco's center fielder Gregor Blanco and left fielder Juan Perez, allowing Gordon to reach third standing up. Unfortunately for Kansas City, Salvador Pérez, the next batter, popped a ball up into foul territory on a 2–2 count, which was easily caught by Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval to give San Francisco their third World Series victory in five seasons and crush Kansas City's Cinderella run through the postseason. Madison Bumgarner worked on short rest for San Francisco; although he did not start the game, he came into relieve Jeremy Affeldt (who had himself relieved starter Tim Hudson) in the fifth inning and pitched five innings in a masterful performance that prevented the Royals' offense from igniting. Bumgarner was awarded a save; the win went to Affeldt. No scoring occurred after the fourth inning, when Pablo Sandoval came home from third on a one-out hit to right field by Michael Morse. This would prove to be the World Series-winning run for the Giants. Prior to the fourth inning, both teams scored two runs each in the second inning.[7] Alex Gordon and Omar Infante batted in the Royals' only runs.[8]

### Postseason game log

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2014 Kansas City Royals Postseason Game Log (11–4)

AL Wild Card Game vs. Oakland Athletics

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1 | September 30 | Athletics | 9–8 (12) | Frasor (1–0) | Otero (0–1) |  | 40,502 | 1–0

AL Division Series vs. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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1 | October 2 | @ Angels | 3–2 (11) | Duffy (1–0) | Salas (0–1) | Holland (1) | 45,321 | 1–0
2 | October 3 | @ Angels | 4–1 (11) | Finnegan (1–0) | Jepsen (0–1) | Holland (2) | 45,361 | 2–0
3 | October 5 | Angels | 8–3 | Shields (1–0) | Wilson (0–1) |  | 40,657 | 3–0

AL Championship Series vs. Baltimore Orioles

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1 | October 10 | @ Orioles | 8–6 (10) | Davis (1–0) | O'Day (0–1) | Holland (1) | 47,124 | 1–0
2 | October 11 | @ Orioles | 6–4 | Davis (2–0) | O'Day (0–2) | Holland (2) | 46,912 | 2–0
3 | October 14 | Orioles | 2–1 | Frasor (1–0) | Chen (0–1) | Holland (3) | 40,183 | 3–0
4 | October 15 | Orioles | 2–1 | Vargas (1–0) | González (0–1) | Holland (4) | 40,468 | 4–0

World Series vs. San Francisco Giants

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1 | October 21 | Giants | 1–7 | Bumgarner (1–0) | Shields (0–1) |  | 40,459 | 0–1
2 | October 22 | Giants | 7–2 | Herrera (1–0) | Peavy (0–1) |  | 40,446 | 1–1
3 | October 24 | @ Giants | 3–2 | Guthrie (1–0) | Hudson (0–1) | Holland (1) | 43,020 | 2–1
4 | October 25 | @ Giants | 4–11 | Petit (1–0) | Finnegan (0–1) |  | 43,066 | 2–2
5 | October 26 | @ Giants | 0–5 | Bumgarner (2–0) | Shields (0–2) |  | 43,087 | 2–3
6 | October 28 | Giants | 10–0 | Ventura (1–0) | Peavy (0–2) |  | 40,372 | 3–3
7 | October 29 | Giants | 2–3 | Affeldt (1–0) | Guthrie (1–1) | Bumgarner (1) | 40,535 | 3–4

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

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AAA | Omaha Storm Chasers | Pacific Coast League | Brian Poldberg
AA | Northwest Arkansas Naturals | Texas League | Vance Wilson
A | Wilmington Blue Rocks | Carolina League | Darryl Kennedy
A | Lexington Legends | South Atlantic League | Brian Buchanan
Rookie | Burlington Royals | Appalachian League | Tommy Shields
Rookie | Idaho Falls Chukars | Pioneer League | Omar Ramírez

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Omaha[9]

## References

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* Kansas City Royals: Official web site

1. ^ Royals Clinch First Postseason Berth Since 1985, New York Times
2. ^ "Royals' Raul Ibanez gives teammates goosebumps". USA Today.
3. ^ Andy McCullogh (October 20, 2014). "As focus faded and losses picked up in late July, Royals changed their game". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
4. ^ "Royals Clinch Playoff Spot with Win over White Sox". September 26, 2014.
5. ^ Rustin Dodd (October 3, 2014). "Royals catcher Salvador Pérez survives head injury in Game 2". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
6. ^ "Kansas City Royals' Yordano Ventura pays homage to Dominican friend Oscar Taveras". The Toronto Sun. Reuters. October 28, 2014. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
7. ^ "San Francisco Giants beat Kansas City Royals: 2014 World Series result". Guardian. October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
8. ^ "Madison Bumgarner, Giants hold off Royals to win World Series". ESPN. October 30, 2014. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
9. ^ Leventhal, Josh, ed. (2014). Baseball America 2015 Almanac. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-1-932391-54-1.

## External links

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* 2014 Kansas City Royals Schedule and Statistics at MLB.com
* 2014 Kansas City Royals Schedule and Statistics at ESPN.com
* 2014 Kansas City Royals at Baseball-Reference.com

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* 2008: Tampa Bay Rays
* 2009: New York Yankees

2010s|

* 2010: Texas Rangers
* 2011: Texas Rangers
* 2012: Detroit Tigers
* 2013: Boston Red Sox
* 2014: Kansas City Royals
* 2015: Kansas City Royals
* 2016: Cleveland Indians
* 2017: Houston Astros
* 2018: Boston Red Sox
* 2019: Houston Astros

2020s|

* 2020: Tampa Bay Rays
* 2021: Houston Astros
* 2022: Houston Astros
* 2023: Texas Rangers
* 2024: New York Yankees

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American League Wild Card teams

1990s|

* 1995: New York Yankees
* 1996: Baltimore Orioles
* 1997: New York Yankees
* 1998: Boston Red Sox
* 1999: Boston Red Sox

2000s|

* 2000: Seattle Mariners
* 2001: Oakland Athletics
* 2002: Anaheim Angels
* 2003: Boston Red Sox
* 2004: Boston Red Sox
* 2005: Boston Red Sox
* 2006: Detroit Tigers
* 2007: New York Yankees
* 2008: Boston Red Sox
* 2009: Boston Red Sox

2010s|

* 2010: New York Yankees
* 2011: Tampa Bay Rays
* 2012: Baltimore Orioles & Texas Rangers
* 2013: Cleveland Indians & Tampa Bay Rays
* 2014: Kansas City Royals & Oakland Athletics
* 2015: Houston Astros & New York Yankees
* 2016: Baltimore Orioles & Toronto Blue Jays
* 2017: Minnesota Twins & New York Yankees
* 2018: New York Yankees & Oakland Athletics
* 2019: Oakland Athletics & Tampa Bay Rays

2020s|

* 2020: Chicago White Sox & Toronto Blue Jays
* 2021: Boston Red Sox & New York Yankees
* 2022: Seattle Mariners, Tampa Bay Rays & Toronto Blue Jays
* 2023: Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers & Toronto Blue Jays
* 2024: Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers & Kansas City Royals

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2014 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* New York
* Tampa Bay
* Toronto

|

AL Central|

* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Minnesota

AL West|

* Houston
* Los Angeles
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Miami
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Washington

|

NL Central|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

NL West|

* Arizona
* Colorado
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 2014 MLB draft
* 2014 All-Star Game
* 2014 World Series
* 2014 MLB–Japan series

* v
* t
* e

2014 Major League Baseball postseason

World Series

* American League Championship Series
* National League Championship Series

* American League Division Series
* National League Division Series

* American League Wild Card Game
* National League Wild Card Game

American League teams|

* Baltimore Orioles
* Detroit Tigers
* Kansas City Royals
* Los Angeles Angels
* Oakland Athletics

National League teams|

* Los Angeles Dodgers
* Pittsburgh Pirates
* San Francisco Giants
* St. Louis Cardinals
* Washington Nationals

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Kansas City Royals

* Established in 1969
* Based in Kansas City, Missouri

Franchise|

* History
* Expansion and draft
* Seasons
* Current roster
* Owners and executives
* Managers
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* All-time roster
* First-round draft picks
* Records
* No-hitters
* Awards and league leaders
* Broadcasters
* Royals Academy
* Bally Sports Kansas City
* Royals Sports Television Network

Ballparks|

Municipal Stadium
Kauffman Stadium
New Royals Stadium (proposed)
Spring training
Terry Park
Baseball City Stadium
Surprise Stadium

Culture|

* Sluggerrr
* Denny Matthews
* Ryan Lefebvre
* George Toma
* American Royal
* "Royals" (song)

Lore|

* Pine Tar Incident
* The Call
* 2014 AL Wild Card Game
* MLB in Omaha
* A drive into deep left field by Castellanos
* Bo Knows

Team Hall of Fame|

* Steve Busby
* Amos Otis
* Dick Howser
* Cookie Rojas
* Paul Splittorff
* Dennis Leonard
* Hal McRae
* Joe Burke
* Larry Gura
* Freddie Patek
* Ewing Kauffman
* George Brett
* Frank White
* Muriel Kauffman
* John Mayberry
* Dan Quisenberry
* Whitey Herzog
* Willie Wilson
* Jeff Montgomery
* Denny Matthews
* Bret Saberhagen
* Mark Gubicza
* Art Stewart
* Kevin Appier
* Mike Sweeney
* Ned Yost

Minor league
affiliates|

Triple-A
Omaha Storm Chasers
Double-A
Northwest Arkansas Naturals
High-A
Quad Cities River Bandits
Single-A
Columbia Fireflies
Rookie
ACL Royals
DSL Royals Fortuna
DSL Royals Ventura

Key personnel|

* Owner: John Sherman
* President of Baseball Operations & General Manager: J. J. Picollo
* Manager: Matt Quatraro

World Series
championships (2)|

* 1985
* 2015

American League
pennants (4)|

* 1980
* 1985
* 2014
* 2015

Division titles|

West
1976
1977
1978
1980
1981 (second half)
1984
1985
Central
2015
Wild Card
2014
2024

Seasons (57)

1960s|

* 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 ·  1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

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