Bobby Witt Jr., Royals set sights on Pirates

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Neither the Pittsburgh Pirates nor the Kansas City Royals have played much meaningful September baseball in recent seasons.

While the Pirates are again playing out the stretch this year, the Royals are in playoff mode when the teams meet Friday to open a three-game series in Pittsburgh.

KansasCity (80-67) resides 1 1/2 games ahead of the Minnesota Twins for the second of t