Denny Matthews 8,000th Game
Guardians rally past Royals to win 12-9 as Denny Matthews marks 8,000th game.
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Royals broadcaster Denny Matthews marked his 8,000th career game at Kauffman Stadium, celebrating a 58-year career that included calls of Kansas City’s 1985 and 2015 World Series championships. The milestone was recognized with stadium signage, a broadcast tribute and applause from the Royals’ dugout. Cleveland rallied to beat Kansas City 12-9, scoring five runs in the ninth after a back-and-forth game; Royals starter Noah Cameron gave up seven runs, six earned, in five innings, and Kansas City’s baserunning miscues also hurt its chances. The loss came during a difficult September finish for the Royals, who were 5-13 in the month entering the final series of the regular season.
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Matthews began calling Royals games in 1969 and became a witness to several defining moments in the franchise’s history, including George Brett’s pine-tar incident and Bo Jackson’s wall-climbing catch.
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The game featured early home runs on both sides: Cleveland’s Austin Hedges homered in the second inning, and Kansas City’s Carter Jensen answered with a two-run homer later in the inning.
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Before the game, Noah Cameron had been especially effective against Cleveland, carrying a 1.53 ERA and 19 strikeouts in three career starts against the Guardians; his seven-run outing was a sharp contrast.
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Royals starter Michael Wacha was approaching a career milestone in the final series: he had thrown 194⅓ innings and needed one more good start to reach 200 innings for the first time in his MLB career.
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