Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost pleaded with fans on Wednesday to show up for their remaining home games as the club makes a playoff push.

There were just 13,847 in attendance at Kauffman Stadium Tuesday night when Alex Gordon hit a dramatic walk-off home run against the Minnesota Twins.

"We've been working hard to try to make our fans happy and make our fans proud of us for a lot of years," Yost said, "and we'd like them to enjoy a night like that."

Yost clarified Wednesday that he wasn't being critical of fans, rather he was simply asking them to join in the fun.

"The reason I do this job, there's two reasons: One is I've been to the World Series six times. I know that feeling. I know the excitement. I know what goes along with it," Yost said. "And one of my main things is I want these players to experience that, because it's very, very important. And the opportunities to do it are far and few between.

"And the other thing is I want the fans to experience that," he said. "It's a special time. It's been a long time since our fans have been able to enjoy a playoff run."