Minnesota Twins at Kansas City Royals

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Minnesota Twins

2-0, 2-0 Away

Final
2 - 0

Kansas City Royals

0-2, 0-2 Home

Twins open with 2 shutouts for 1st time, beat Royals 2-0

Jose Miranda had an early RBI single, and pinch-hitter Kyle Farmer added a sacrifice fly. Byron Buxton scored twice.

Gray (1-0) allowed three hits and had a strikeout and four walks, all of which came in full-count situations. Jorge Alcalá, Griffin Jax, Caleb Thielbar and Jorge López also held the Royals scoreless. Thielbar struck out three, and López got his first save of the year.

The Twins and original Washington Senators had never opened with consecutive shutouts.

“How can you not be pleased with not giving up any runs, pitching and defense?" Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “I couldn’t be happier with all the guys we’ve brought into the game and how they have been pitching. Combine that with the plays the guys are making behind them and it has looked good.”

Kansas City is 0 for 14 with runners in scoring position in its first two games.

Miranda singled to center in the first to score Buxton. Farmer came on as a pinch hitter in the sixth and hit a sacrifice fly to center, also scoring Buxton.

Christian Vázquez went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles. Buxton also had two hits.

“It is incredible watching him play and seeing what he does,” Farmer said.

In his Royals debut, Jordan Lyles (0-1) threw 5 1/3 innings and gave up two runs — one earned — on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks.

“His stuff was good and pace was good,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. "I thought he had some good curveballs below the bats and overall you couldn’t ask for much more.”

Salvador Perez had a double in the fifth and a single in the eighth. The Royals left eight men on base with four hits.

“We got some opportunities today, but it’s part of the game," Perez said.

CLOCKING IN A RECORD

Franmil Reyes became the first Royals batter called for a timer violation, during the start of his at-bat with the bases loaded in the third inning. He struck out.

RHP Joe Ryan will start the series finale for Minnesota. RHP Brad Keller will counter for Kansas City.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Massey lined out to third.
	9th Inning	Massey hit for Eaton
	9th Inning	Isbel struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Dozier grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	J. López relieved Thielbar
	9th Inning	Gallo struck out looking.

Statistics

MIN		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	12
8	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
127	Pitches	132
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	0
6	Total Bases	5
34	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.9	Runs Created	0.6
.161	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.167
.097	Secondary Average	.200
.206	On Base Percentage	.257
.399	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.424
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.6
15.0	Batter Rating	6.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.77
.032	Isolated Power	.033
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.059	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.067
4.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
66.3	MLB Rating	61.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0