Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

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Minnesota Twins

25-16, 12-8 Away

Final
7 - 6

Kansas City Royals

14-26, 8-15 Home

Urshela, Twins overcome 6-run deficit, rally past Royals 7-6

“That win was pretty special,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “It was special in the way it came together, the number of contributors."

Down 6-0, the Twins scored five times in the eighth, capped by Kyle Garlick's two-run homer.

Jorge Polanco drew a leadoff walk from Josh Staumont (1-1) in the ninth, Max Kepler doubled and Gary Sanchez tied it with his second sacrifice fly in two innings. With two outs, Urshela singled for the lead.

“It was great last two innings as a team we were taking good at-bats which is very important for us,” Urshela said. "There was good energy in the dugout going into the ninth and we were able to fight back.”

Reliever Tyler Duffey (2-2) got the win and Jhoan Duran pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save.

Twins starter Bailey Ober tossed five innings and allowed one run and three hits with four strikeouts and a walk.

Brady Singer gave Kansas City seven innings for the second consecutive start, allowing no runs and four hits. He struck out three and walked three.

Royals relievers Taylor Clarke, Scott Barlow and Staumont squandered the 6-0 lead.

“The guys in the back have been so good all season picking each other up,” Royals’ manager Mike Matheny said. "It was unfortunate today because they have been good for us, but that one stings.”

Carlos Santana hit a three-run double in a five-run sixth for the Royals. Andrew Benintendi had three hits and finished the series 7 for 11.

ROSTER MOVES

Twins: OF Trevor Larnach was reinstated from the 10-day injured list after missing 13 games with a right adductor strain.

Royals: Recalled Singer from Triple-A Omaha and reinstated RHP Ronald Bolanos. Kansas City optioned RHP Dylan Coleman and LHP Foster Griffin to Triple-A in the corresponding moves.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: RHP Cody Stashak (right shoulder impingement) was placed on the 15-day IL. LHP Danny Coulombe was sent to Double-A Wichita for a rehab assignment.

Twins: Will continue a stretch of 15 straight AL Central matchups with a home contest with Detroit. Chris Archer (0-1, 4.10) will start for the Twins.

Royals: Zack Greinke (0-2, 3.48) will open a two-game series in Arizona for the Royals.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Dozier struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Benintendi grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Merrifield struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Duran relieved Duffey
	9th Inning	Correa grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Snider relieved Staumont

Statistics

MIN		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	16
6	Strikeouts	8
7	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	1
7	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	6
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	16
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	178
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	10
44	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
7.7	Runs Created	2.7
.343	Batting Average	.222
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.514	Slugging Percentage	.278
.371	Secondary Average	.167
.432	On Base Percentage	.282
.946	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.560
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
7.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
47.5	Batter Rating	37.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.56
.171	Isolated Power	.056
1.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.159	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.056
14.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
98.0	MLB Rating	81.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0