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MIAMI -- Yordano Ventura escaped two threats before turning the game over to the bullpen with a 1-0 lead, and for the Kansas City Royals, that meant another victory.Ventura pitched six innings and the Royals extended their winning streak to nine games Tuesday by beating the Miami Marlins 1-0.Three relievers closed out the win and extended the bullpens streak of 32 consecutive shutout innings since Aug. 10. That broke the franchise record of 29 2/3 consecutive innings set in 1969.Kelvin Herrera pitched a perfect ninth for his eighth save. The longest winning streak since June 2014 by the Royals (65-60) has gotten them back in the mix in the AL wild-card race.The team youre seeing is the team we are, Ventura said.Were definitely confident right now, right fielder Lorenzo Cain said.The Royals won with six hits. They scored the lone run in the sixth when Paulo Orlando led off with a single, stole second and came home on Cains single.Ventura (9-9), who reached 101 mph on the scoreboard radar gun, allowed six hits and one walk while striking out six. The Royals starters have an ERA of 1.69 during the winning streak.Those guys have been outstanding, Cain said. It has been lights out every night.Andrew Cashner (4-10) had his best outing in five starts for the Marlins but fell to 0-3 since joining them on July 30. He allowed one run in six innings.The Marlins had won three straight but were shut out despite totaling seven hits. They went 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position.It was one of those games tonight where you didnt feel it was going to take too much, Miami manager Don Mattingly said. Our guy was throwing the ball good, their guy was throwing it good. We just couldnt really break through.Miami loaded the bases with two outs in the third, but Marcell Ozuna flied out to end the inning. Ventura pitched around a leadoff double by Ozuna in the sixth.The Marlins played their 15th consecutive game decided by three runs or less, a club record. They are 7-8 during the stretch.DEPARTUREOzuna left the game in the eighth inning because of a family emergency. Mattingly said he didnt know whether Ozuna would be available Wednesday.HOSMER HOMECOMINGThe Royals played in Miami for the first time since 2008, and it was Eric Hosmers first game in his hometown. He went 0 for 3 with a walk.REVERSALCain was caught stealing in the sixth when the initial call of safe was overturned by replay.TRAINERS ROOMMarlins: Cashner pitched with a blood blister under a nail on his pitching hand. 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Although both of these teams had to win on the last day of the season to assure their playoff spot, and although the Red Sox wrapped up the division a couple of weeks ago with very little drama, believe it or not, Baltimore spent more time in first place this season than both Boston and Toronto combined.Neither of these teams rely on starting pitching as a team strength, but from a handicapping perspective, the Blue Jays bring the mildly more respected starter to the game in Marcus Stroman thanks to his MLB-leading ground-ball tendencies. Among all qualified MLB starters, only Stroman, who induced ground balls from 60.1 percent of the batters he faced, hhad a rate above 57 percent.dddddddddddd Thats an especially useful trait to have against Baltimore, which hit more home runs in 2016 (253) than any team in the past six seasons.The traits may theoretically line up well for Stroman, but he proved no mystery to Baltimore this year, as they torched him for four home runs in 23 innings pitched en route to hanging a 7.04 ERA and 1-2 record on Torontos nominal ace in four appearances. In contrast to Stroman, Baltimore starter Chris Tillman is a heavy flyball pitcher with a ground-ball rate 20 percent lower than Stromans. ' ' '