{"id":1982423,"date":"2025-08-27T12:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982423"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:59:17","slug":"royals-may-have-saved-season-with-biggest-comeback-since-1997","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-may-have-saved-season-with-biggest-comeback-since-1997\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals May Have Saved Season With Biggest Comeback Since 1997"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"style_hfl21i-o_O-style_uhlm2\"\/>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_c2ue9rb7l\">The Kansas City Royals looked down and out on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mocmv1pjp\">Trailing 4-0 through seven innings, the Royals were in danger of dropping a series against the last-place Chicago White Sox, which would have put a serious dent in their playoff push. Instead, they conjured their best rally of the year when they needed it most. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9wcx8mn05\">With two runs in the top of the eighth and three in the ninth, the Royals stormed to a 5-4 win over Chicago. Later in the evening, as the Seattle Mariners fell against the San Diego Padres, they gained a game in the American League wild card race.<\/p>\n<div data-mm-id=\"_m67n1lroy\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"style_120ff32\">\n<figure data-id=\"_m67n1lroy\" class=\"base_1ruub6q\" data-mm-type=\"image\"><canvas class=\"style_1e28o3x-o_O-initial_9vayoh\"\/><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\"><source\/><source\/><source\/><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Kyle Isbel\" title=\"Kyle Isbel\"\/><\/picture><noscript><picture class=\"base_1emrqjj\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_620,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 1x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 2x, https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6335,h_3563,x_0,y_83\/c_fill,w_1240,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2Finside_the_royals%2F01k3ns6z07w9g6ykawf4.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\"\/><\/picture><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p><figcaption class=\"tagStyle_1ulimm5-o_O-text_1j8vahs\">Aug 26, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Kansas City Royals outfielder Kyle Isbel (28) claps after hitting an RBI single during the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-Imagn Images \/ Matt Marton-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ln72iu4ff\">If you were a Royals fan watching on Tuesday night, you might have thought, &#8220;Wow, it feels like it&#8217;s been forever since they came back from a deficit like that.&#8221; Turns out, you&#8217;d be entirely correct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_4tk94pwhh\">According to Nick Kappel, the Royals&#8217; director of media relations, Kansas City <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NickKappel\/status\/1960534591741084104\" target=\"_blank\">hadn&#8217;t come back<\/a> from a deficit that big, that late, in over 28 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_96uo0f2o0\">&#8220;Tonight was the first time the (Royals) won a road game in which they trailed by at least 4 runs after the 7th inning since July 19, 1997 at Seattle,&#8221; Kappel wrote on X. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_mk1abtm6b\">A big two-run single from Maikel Garcia in the eighth got the Royals within striking distance. Then, after three more singles loaded the bases, Michael Massey drove home a pair with a liner that dunked into right field, and Kyle Isbel provided the eventual dagger with a low liner up the middle. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_er6srex10\">The moment was especially big for Massey, who picked up his first hit after a two-month stint on the injured list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_g39d2epo5\">The Royals now trail the Mariners by three games for the final wild card spot, with the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox 4 1\/2 and five games clear of Kansas City, respectively. ESPN gives them a 14.3% chance of making it to October &#8212; but it would have been a lot lower than that had they failed to come back on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_yfouod5ka\"><em><strong>More MLB: <\/strong><\/em><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_1gn6yjz\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/royals\/news\/braves-58m-waiver-candidate-could-be-ideal-last-minute-royals-pickup-jackson3\"><em><strong>Braves $58M Waiver Candidate Could Be Ideal Last-Minute Royals Pickup<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.si.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals looked down and out on Tuesday night. Trailing 4-0 through seven innings, the Royals were in danger of dropping a series against the last-place Chicago White Sox, which would have put a serious dent in their playoff push. Instead, they conjured their best rally of the year when they needed it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1982424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1982423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Royals-May-Have-Saved-Season-With-Biggest-Comeback-Since-1997.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}