Whether it’s through a wild card or the AL Central title, Lorenzo Cain doesn’t care how the Kansas City Royals reach the playoffs.
He just wants to get there.
Eric Hosmer homered and drove in two runs, Cain had four hits and scored twice, and the Royals put themselves on the verge of a playoff spot with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night.
One more win for Kansas City, or a loss by Seattle, will send the Royals to the postseason for the first time since George Brett led them to a World Series championship in 1985.
Kansas City remained two games behind Detroit in the Central and moved one up on Oakland in the wild-card standings.
“We definitely want to win the division, but any way we can get in (the playoffs), we’ll take it,” Cain said.
The Royals aren’t about to be picky considering how long it’s been and all the losing for the franchise along the way. They were September contenders last season for the first time in a decade on the way to 86 wins.
Now they are right on the postseason doorstep, poised to barge in.
