The Kansas City Royals only needed 2 games to advance to the American League Division Series as swept the Baltimore Orioles in the 2024 playoffs.
Both games had a combined 4 total runs scored with the Royals winning game 1 by a score of 1-0 and game 2 by a score of 2-1.
Cole Ragans started game 1 for the Royals while Seth Lugo followed him up and started game 2.
The decision to start these 2 pitchers worked out well for the Royals as they both provided solid outings.
According to Anne Rogers on ‘X,’ the Royals announced their rotation for the start of the American League Division Series.
The #Royals rotation for the start of the ALDS…
Game 1: RHP Michael Wacha
Game 2: LHP Cole RagansTBA for Game 3 and beyond for now.
— Anne Rogers (@anne__rogers) October 3, 2024
After throwing their ace Ragans in game 1 of the wild-card series, the Royals will have to wait until game 2 of the American League Division Series for him to start again.
Game 1 will be Michael Wacha making his 2024 postseason debut for the Royals.
Wacha had a solid year for the Royals with a record of 13 wins and 8 losses with a 3.35 earned run average and 145 strikeouts in 166.2 innings pitched.
The Royals will be facing the New York Yankees who ended the regular season with the best record in the American League.
After a wild-card series that consisted of pitchers’ duels, the American League Division Series could be different as the Bronx Bombers earned their nickname in 2024 with the most home runs in baseball.
The best of 5 series will begin on Saturday, and Wacha and Ragans will look to continue the trend of solid pitching performances by Royals pitchers.
The Royals will look to make their first American League Championship Series since they won the World Series in 2015.
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