Cleveland Guardians

Body The American League (AL) Central Division title race is heating up as August ends – and Kansas City is in the thick of it.As of Friday afternoon, the Royals were in second place and trailing division leader Cleveland by 1.5 games.

Body Kansas City is slipping in the American League Central Division race. After running a close second to Cleveland for a stretch of the Major League Baseball regular season, the Royals were third in the division entering Thursday’s interdivisional road meeting with Oakland.

Body Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro and his Royals remain in contention in the American League Central Division, despite a recent 4-6 stretch.