The Royals are on the brink of elimination from the MLB playoffs after Wednesday’s Game 3 loss to the Yankees. Game 4 of the ALDS is Thursday at The K.

Baseball aficionados lined up before the parking lot opened at 1 p.m. Wednesday to support the team in Game 3 of the American League Division Series. After two games in New York City, the Royals and the Yankees are tied 1-1 in the best-of-five series.

Here was the first postseason game in Kansas City in 3,269 days — since Game 2 of the 2015 World Series, to be exact — and a full house inside Kauffman Stadium watched as Bubic, a left-handed reliever,