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A sweep of Baltimore, certainly achievable for the KC Royals when this week began, didn’t happen. The Orioles, baseball’s worst team on Monday, ruined whatever plans the Royals had to go 4-0 on their only visit to Baltimore this season when they beat Kansas City Tuesday and Wednesday. And despite losing Monday and Thursday, the Orioles no longer bring up the major league rear—instead, their 45-94 record is slightly better than Arizona’s 45-95.
The Royals, however, are back in a fight they don’t want.
With just three weeks left in this roller-coaster ride of a season, the Royals are battling Minnesota to avoid finishing last in the American League Central.