Kansas City Royals' Terrance Gore (0) is congratulated after scoring on a double by Alcides Escobar during the ninth inning of Game 2 of the American League baseball championship series against the Baltimore Orioles Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, in Baltimore.

Now it’s just getting ridiculous, this Kansas City Royals’ dynasty-in the-making thing.

There’s no plausible reason to believe a team can make it to the World Series with a middle-of-the-pack offense, a nondescript rotation and Ned Yost calling the shots.

There’s no place in October for a franchise with the 19th-ranked payroll and a 29-year postseason drought.

But something strange is happening in the American League playoffs, and the Royals are starting to make believers out of fans who couldn’t name any of their regulars only a couple of weeks ago.

The “team of Yostiny” pulled off another improbable victory Saturday night at Camden Yards, scoring a pair of ninth-inning runs to knock off the Orioles 6-4 in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series.

After today’s day off, the Royals return home to Kauffman Stadium with a commanding 2-0 lead and a chance to run their 2014 postseason winning streak to seven games.

Is everyone having fun?

“It’d be foolish for me to say I’ve had any more fun than this,” Royals designated hitter Billy Butler said.

The facts are the facts, as outlandish as they may seem. The No. 9 hitter, Mike Moustakis, hit his fourth postseason home run, after finishing the season with only one in his last 163 at-bats. Graceful outfielder Lorenzo Cain made a spectacular diving catch in center to start the Orioles’ sixth inning, and another running catch in right to leave the bases loaded in the seventh. Oh, and he tied George Brett’s franchise single-game postseason mark with four hits.

And the Royals, who won four extra-inning games this postseason before taking Saturday’s thriller in their last at-bat, dealt the Orioles their first back-to-back losses at home since June 28-29.

This is, believe it or not, the new normal.

“Coming back and winning that game against, uh, I forgot who it was …” Royals closer Greg Holland said.

The A’s?

“Oakland,” he continued. “That breeds a lot of confidence. You understand you can do it under extraordinary circumstances (against) a guy like (Jon) Lester, and you’re down five or four or whatever it was to him and you come back and win. That tells everyone in the room you’re not really out of it, no matter what situation you’re in.”

And to think, only a week ago, Yost was the consensus favorite for Dope of the Decade for using rookie starter Yordano Ventura in relief against the A’s and watching him serve up a home run.

So why does Yost get so much grief for his moves?

“I don’t really know,” Royals hitting coach Dale Sveum said. “Everybody takes one situation and runs with it a lot of times. The way the media is now …

“It’s just one of those things that unfortunately happens. I know as well as anyone that’s why you get paid the big bucks, to deal with all that kind of stuff. Never read, and never listen. He does a good job of shutting it out.”

The late developments stunned the packed house. Most fans seemed to assume the path to the World Series was cleared when the Royals swept the favored Angels. While the Royals were taking batting practice Saturday afternoon, some fans in the right field concourse were getting ready by smashing pies in each others’ faces, a postgame victory ritual stemming from Adam Jones doing likewise to fans after their division clincher.

Jones’ game-tying, two-run homer in the third gave Baltimore hope the tide was turning in the series. But the Royals bullpen did its thing again, and after Alcides Escobar’s opposite field, RBI double inside the first base bag sent the go-ahead run home in the ninth, they added another run on Cain’s single for insurance.

“We’ve kind of captured the country’s imagination a little bit with these comeback wins,” Sveum said. “And with the speed, we create a little bit of fun — like still stealing bases when they’re four runs down, and going against the grain a little bit. People appreciate that. And the world always appreciates underdogs.”

Maybe the Royals will come back to earth in Kansas City. Maybe this crazy ALCS is only just beginning.

But baseball needs the Royals, so, if you believe in magic, close your eyes and put your faith in, uh, Yost.