At MLB, Anne Rogers wrote about a turning point for Carlos Estévez:

Just a few hours after Carlos Estévez recorded a blown save in the Royals’ Game 1 loss against the Cardinals on June 5 at Busch Stadium — a walk-off single from Willson Contreras in the bottom of the 10th inning — Estévez was running in from the ‘pen in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 2. He shut down the same part of the order he faced in Game 1, but this time, it didn’t get to Contreras. Estévez notched his 18th save of the season instead.

“Oh yeah, I remember that day. The whole time that [Game 2] was playing out, I was just like, ‘Get me into this game,’” Estévez said. “I was praying. I couldn’t wait. And it was funny because it was the same guys, and a 1-2-3 inning. I was like, ‘There we go. I can put this day

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