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Kansas City Royals' Eric Hosmer hugs Billy Burns after Burns hit a sacrifice fly to score Raul Mondesi for the game winning run in the eleventh inning during Tuesday's baseball game against the Minnesota Twins on September 27, 2016 Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo.

Billy Burns’ sacrifice fly in the 11th lifts Royals to 4-3 win over the Twins

The Royals, 80-77, have five games left in the regular season and trail Baltimore by five games for the second American League wild-card berth. In other words, a nearly inevitable finish — in which Major League Baseball crowns a new champion in 2016 — was halted by Burns’ sacrifice fly in a game that saw 17 pitchers toe the rubber.

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Royals' Billy Burns discusses walk-off sacrifice fly

Sep 28, 2016

Royals outfielder Billy Burns recorded a walk-off sac-fly on Tuesday in a 4-3 victory over the Twins. Kansas City improved to 80-77 this season.

Rustin Dodd The Kansas City Star

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