The Royals beat the Twins 5-1 Saturday afternoon. The Royals keep their hopes of best record in the American League alive, but the Twins are eliminated from the playoffs, and with that ties the possibility of a three-way tie between the Twins, Angels, and Astros. The Twins did load the bases with one out in the ninth, but two strikeouts left the three runners on base.

Congratulations to the Twins on an unexpectedly good season. I pretty much had this division upside down in my preseason predictions.