The 2016 Kansas City Royals squad fizzled out like a can of Pepsi left out in the sun too long, but it brought one of the better non-World Series developments of the modern Royals: the emergence of Danny Duffy as a very good starter. Tonight, Duffy truly dominated for the first time this year, twirling seven shutout innings, striking out ten New York Yankees and only allowing five baserunners. That sparkling performance powered the Royals to their seventh win in ten games, a 5-1 victory over New York that avoided a sweep.
In the previous two games in this series, the Yankees just smoked the Royals in every facet of the game, from starting pitching to relief to offense.