Hot Royals hand Astros another damaging setback
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Taylor Clarke muted a late rally attempt and the Kansas City Royals turned small-ball offense into a 3-2 victory over the host Houston Astros and a three-game road series win on Saturday.
The Royals (53-102) earned their fourth win in five games over the slumping Astros (85-70), whose postseasonhopes took a blow with their eighth loss in 11 games. Houston fell 1 1/2 games behi