| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014: Royals Defeat Nationals
It was Kansas City and Washington challenging one other in the 2014 Major League Baseball Dreams World Series this season. On paper, there wasn't much difference between the two strong ballclubs, but on the field, the verdict went to the Royals.
It was the 1st for the new league champions. They defeated the Nationals 4-3 in the series, winning the last game today by a 3-2 score.
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 | Sunday, September 28th, 2014: Sanchez Tosses Shutout
Humberto Sanchez of the Detroit Tigers gave the Royals a steady diet of fine pitches and he walked off the mound with a complete game shutout. He blanked them 5-0 on 2 hits with a total of 12 strikeouts and 2 walks.
The Detroit manager said, "Sanchez was on quite a roll. He gets great late movement and he doesn't give in to the hitters."
On his 2014 stats sheet Sanchez shows a 14-13 record, 32 starts, 220.1 innings, 214 strikeouts and a 4.98 ERA.
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 | Friday, September 19th, 2014: Gonzalez 5-5 for Royals
5 hits in 5 at-bats. It doesn't happen every day, and when it does, it's exciting. Today Xa Gonzalez of the Kansas City Royals had a sensational 5-5 game against Minnesota at Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium. He rifled base hits all over the ballpark in his team's 16-12 shellacking of the Twins.
In the postgame press conference he joked, "Heck, that's a week's worth of hitting for me and I did it all in one day. I guess I can take the rest of the week off...Right, skipper?"
X. Gonzalez hit a solo-shot off A. Swarzak in the 2nd, hit a three-run double in the 3rd, singled in the 6th, doubled in the 7th and singled in the 8th.
This season-to-date Gonzalez has 3 home runs and a .277 batting average.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 89-73, .549 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 47-34, .580 PCT | | Record on the road | 42-39, .519 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-14, .300 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 21-29, .420 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 26-15, .634 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 63-58, .521 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in March | 1-0, 1.000 PCT | | Record in April | 14-13, .519 PCT | | Record in May | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in June | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in July | 15-9, .625 PCT | | Record in August | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in September | 14-12, .538 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .271 - 4th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .353 - 3rd in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .428 - 5th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .781 - 3rd in AL | | Runs Scored | 829 - 7th in AL | | Hits | 1533 - 6th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 513 - 3rd in AL | | Home Runs | 169 - 8th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 674 - 5th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1346 - 5th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 83 - 5th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.87 - 2nd in AL | | Starters' ERA | 3.49 - 2nd in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.42 - 4th in AL | | Runs allowed | 700 - 2nd in AL | | Hits allowed | 1425 - 2nd in AL | | Opponents AVG | .252 - 2nd in AL | | BABIP | .322 - 6th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 122 - 1st in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 548 - 4th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1489 - 3rd in AL |
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