Nearly 30 years have passed since the last time the Royals made the playoffs, but our long national nightmare is over after a 3-0 win against the Chicago White Sox.
Ending the longest playoff drought in the majors -- a stunning 28 seasons -- the Kansas City Royals finally find themselves with at least a wild card berth following a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in Chicago.
The Royals (88-72) still have sights set on the American League Central, just one game back of the Tigers (89-71) with two to play.
After an Norichika Aoki triple sparked a three-run outburst to begin the game, the Royals' Jeremy Guthrie simply shut down the White Sox, averaging a strike out an inning for the first five innings and scattering a handful of hits in seven innings of work.
With ace "Big Game" James Shields in the last year of his contract, reaching the postseason was even more critical for a team which has spent much of the last three decades in one rebuilding plan or another.
With just two games left, and if the Royals aren't able to catch the Tigers, chances look good that they'll be able to play the Wild Card Game in the friendly confines of Kauffman Stadium. A game up on the A's, Kansas City control its own destiny regarding getting a playoff game for the first time since the 1985 World Series.
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