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Easy as 1-2-3 for Royals' bullpen

But this time, Madson was on top of his game, inducing three weak ground balls in a 1-2-3 inning.

Madson said he wasn't thinking about what the White Sox had done the previous inning.

"I have been trying to keep it simple," Madson said. "I didn't think about [the White Sox] that much at all. I was just trying to think about myself and not so much what they were doing. I got caught up with that in Toronto, but I didn't today. I just focused on throwing good pitches.

"Mechanically, I felt a lot better.