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FRIDAY AUGUST 18
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(First-place votes in parenthesis)

CLASS 1:
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THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS TONIGHT OPEN A KEY STRETCH OF THEIR SEASON THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY IN DECIDING IF THEY ARE A TRUE PLAYOFF CONTENDER OR JUST ANOTHER ALSO-RAN IN 2017.

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ON A NIGHT WHEN OFFENSES RULED THE GAME, THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS WERE ABLE TO OUT BANG THE PITTSBURGH PIRATES 11-7 IN THE FIRST OF A FOUR GAME WEEKEND SERIES AT PNC PARK THURSDAY.

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FOR THE SECOND GAME IN A ROW THE ROYALS ALLOWED THE OAKLAND A’s TO HAVE AN EIGHTH INNING RALLY, THIS TIME TYING THE GAME AT SIX WITH A TWO RUN HOME RUN, BUT UNLIKE TUESDAY NIGHT THE ROYALS

THE BOSTON RED SOX SCORED THREE TIMES IN THE BOTTOM OF THE NINTH INNING TO COME FROM BEHIND AND BEAT THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 5-4 AND FINISH A SWEEP OF THE QUICK TWO GAME VISIT FROM THE RED

AFTER SCORING FIVE RUNS IN THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH INNING, IT APPEARED THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS WOULD CONTINUE THEIR MODEST WINNING STREAK TUESDAY NIGHT. THE OAKLAND A’s HOWEVER HAD OTHER IDEAS

THE BOSTON RED SOX PUT UP AN EIGHT RUN FIFTH INNING THAT PROVED TO BE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO TAKE THE FIRST GAME OF A QUICK TWO GAME SET WITH THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS 10-4 WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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AFTER 30 STRAIGHT WINS AND BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HAS PUT THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE BEARCATS AT THE TOP

AFTER BREAKING A FIVE-GAME LOSING SKID SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A COME FROM BEHIND VICTORY, THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS TOOK THE RUBBER GAME OF THEIR THREE GAME VISIT TO CHICAGO’S SOUTH SIDE AND THE