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How to slice and dice failure, Chapter 97:
The Royals are 22-23 in one-run games this year (.489). They were 23-17 in one-run games last year (.575). Big difference.
But it wasn't always that way ...
I think it's safe to say the wheels on our playoff run began to fall off in that August home series vs. the Yankees. Heading into that series we were 20-15 in one-run games this year (.571), virtually the same performance as last year.
On Aug. 30 we lost 5-4 in extra innings. From that point on we have been 2-8 in one-run games (including losing 4 in a five-day span to the Yankees and Tigers). If we had simply kept on our .571 pace over those 10 games, we would have 3-4 more wins, and would still be competing for a wild card.
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