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Guardians clinch 3rd straight AL Central crown with win over Royals

Headline from KSN Wichita, on the newest of 2 developments

Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each hit two of Cleveland's five home runs as the Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals.

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2 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. Guardians maintain 1-game AL Central lead, beat Royals 12-9 with help from 6 walks in 5-run 9th

    Headline from KSN Wichita ·

  2. Newest

    Guardians clinch 3rd straight AL Central crown with win over Royals

    Headline from KSN Wichita ·

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  1. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Guardians walk their way to 12-9 win over Royals, retain one-game lead in AL Central over Chicago (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Cleveland Plain Dealer's feed description

    The Guardians used a five-run ninth inning to beat the Royals and retain their hold on first place in the AL Central with two games to play.

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Guardians maintain 1-game AL Central lead, beat Royals 12-9 with help from 6 walks in 5-run 9th (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    José Ramírez, Chase DeLauter and Petey Halpin drew consecutive bases-loaded walks in a five-run ninth inning capped by Angel Martínez’s two-run double, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 12-9 to maintain a one-game lead over the Chicago White Sox in the AL Central

  3. WKBN Youngstown

    Guardians maintain 1-game AL Central lead, beat Royals 12-9 (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    WKBN Youngstown's feed description

    The Guardians topped the Royals 12-9 on Friday night.

  4. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Guardians set scene for AL Central celebration with 11-5 win over Royals (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Cleveland Plain Dealer's feed description

    Guardians do their part, while they wait for the White Sox to lose to clinch AL Central.

  5. WKBN Youngstown

    Guardians clinch 3rd straight AL Central crown with 11-5 win over Royals (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    WKBN Youngstown's feed description

    Cleveland's victory coupled with Chicago's 9-6 loss to Colorado gave the Guardians (85-76) a two-game lead over the second-place White Sox (83-78) with one game remaining in the regular season on Sunday.

  6. KSN Wichita

    Guardians clinch 3rd straight AL Central crown with win over Royals (opens KSN Wichita)

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    KSN Wichita's feed description

    Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each hit two of Cleveland's five home runs as the Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals.

  7. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Guardians clinch their 3rd straight AL Central crown with an 11-5 win over the Royals (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Once again, the Cleveland Guardians are division champs

  8. WFMZ Allentown

    The Guardians were 'on fumes' to close out the AL Central, and now they get a bye to recover (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Six games back of the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox in mid-August, the Cleveland Guardians threw everything they had at chasing down their division foes.

  9. WKBN Youngstown

    Royals beat AL Central champion Guardians in regular-season finale (opens WKBN Youngstown)

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    WKBN Youngstown's feed description

    One day after clinching the AL Central title, the Guardians fielded a makeshift lineup missing several regulars.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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