Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

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Minnesota Twins

24-16, 11-8 Away

Final
9 - 2

Kansas City Royals

14-25, 8-14 Home

Four-run ninth seals 9-2 win for Twins over Royals

Ryan (5-2) allowed one run on five hits in 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts.

“It was a good game overall,” Ryan said. “The boys brought good run support, which takes a lot of pressure off.”

Minnesota had a pair of two-run innings and was ahead going into the ninth, when the offense erupted — including two-run double by Carlos Correa. The top six batters in the Twins lineup all collected RBI in the win, and Minnesota’s Luis Arráez had two RBI and scored on a wild pitch.

“I thought we battled through the beginning of the game, but we stayed on them and but some good swings on the ball,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “Overall, it was a great offensive effort and just what we were looking for.”

Brad Keller (1-4) tossed seven innings for the Royals, giving up four runs on five hits with four strikeouts and three walks. He also notched his 400th career strikeout in the sixth inning.

Royals manager Mike Matheny said Keller "made really good pitches all evening long and pitched well enough to give us a chance to win.”

Emmanuel Rivera hit his second home run of the series with a solo shot in the seventh, and Andrew Benintendi went 3 for 3 with a walk and an RBI for the Royals.

Kansas City entered the game batting .154 with bases loaded and came up empty in its lone opportunity in the sixth, trailing 4-1 at the time. The Royals left eight on base overall.

ROSTER MOVES

Twins: Selected the contract of LHP Trevor Megill from Triple-A St. Paul and optioned LHP Devin Smeltzer to Triple-A. Minnesota also designated RHP Chris Vallimont for assignment.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: Placed RHP Josh Winder (right shoulder impingement) on the 15-day injured list and activated Bailey Ober from the ten-day IL.

Bailey Ober (1-1, 2.75) is scheduled to start for Minnesota in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Kansas City had not announced a starter as of Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Blanco struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Blanco hit for Merrifield
	9th Inning	Lopez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Rivera grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Stashak relieved Smith
	9th Inning	Kepler flied out to left.

Statistics

MIN		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	9
5	Strikeouts	8
8	Runs Batted In	2
2	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	4
16	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
140	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	14
41	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
5.5	Runs Created	3.9
.290	Batting Average	.206
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.387	Slugging Percentage	.412
.323	Secondary Average	.294
.385	On Base Percentage	.270
.772	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.682
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.9
50.0	Batter Rating	26.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.41	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.68
.097	Isolated Power	.206
1.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.081
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.088
17.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
93.0	MLB Rating	76.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0