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Julien's pinch-hit homer starts 5-run inning; Twins beat Royals 8-4

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Edouard Julien hit a pinch-hit, solo homer to start a five-run eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins went on to beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Monday night.

Carlos Correa tied a career-high with four hits from the leadoff spot and Byron Buxton drove in a pair of runs with sacrifice flies for Minnesota, which beat Kansas City for the seventh time in eight games this season.

Julien, the Canadian rookie second baseman, hit for Kyle Farmer to lead off the eighth and sent the first pitch he saw from Royals reliever Taylor Clarke for a no-doubt homer to right field. It was the first pinch hit for Julien, who was told he was pinch-hitting but didn't realize it was leading off the inning.

“I was sitting on the couch and they yelled, ‘Eddie, you’re leading off,'” Julien said. “I rushed back to the dugout and I couldn’t find my elbow guard. It was not there. I just picked a random elbow guard, put it on and had no idea what the pitcher had. I just swung.”

Kansas City had tied the game in the top of the inning on a solo homer by Nick Pratto.

Clarke (1-3) surrendered five runs on five hits and retired just one of the seven batters he faced.

“We have confidence in him," Royals manager Matt Quatraro said of Clarke. "We’re going to keep putting him out there in leverage, or any situation we feel good about. He’s in a little bit of a rough patch right now, but we’ve seen what he can do on the positive side and we’re going to keep working with him.”

Clarke held a 2.70 ERA through his first 30 innings this season, but he's given up 15 earned runs in 5 2/3 over his last seven appearances.

“It was going so good for awhile, and then the wheels completely fell off," Clarke said. "It wasn’t even gradual. I don’t know. I wish I had more of an answer for you. I feel like I’m doing everything the same, just the results aren’t there. I have to scrap it over and start from (scratch), from the beginning.”

Minnesota’s Brent Headrick (2-0) allowed Pratto, the first batter he faced Monday, to homer to lead off the eighth. He retired the next three batters he faced, with two strikeouts.

Michael A. Taylor drove in the second run in the eighth as his bunt was fielded by Clarke with nowhere to throw. Max Kepler, Correa and Alex Kirilloff followed with three straight RBI singles for the Twins.

“We did a good job of adjusting in some of these at-bats, of hitting balls in different spots in the zone," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “We’ve talked about those things for a little while this year and you can see, that’s what it looks like when you mix in some good swings and just some tough at-bats.”

Royals rookie Maikel Garcia reached base four times and hit the first pitch of the game off Joe Ryan for a homer. Kansas City, which had won two straight against the Los Angeles Dodgers over the weekend, have lost 11 of their last 12 games in Minnesota.

BOUNCEBACK JOE

Ryan (9-5) bounced back from his worst outing of the season with his team-high 12th quality start. He surrendered six runs with a career-high five homers allowed in just three innings against Atlanta in his previous start. Ryan settled in after the leadoff homer and gave up just six hits, two runs and struck out nine.

TRAINERS ROOM

Royals: C Salvador Perez was out of the lineup with a sore toe after being hit in the foot by a pitch on Sunday. Quatraro said Perez was available off the bench and he was on-deck to pinch-hit when the final out was recorded.

Twins: An MRI showed a Grade 2 oblique strain for 3B Royce Lewis and the recovery is expected to be about six weeks for Lewis, who’s hit .326 in 26 games for Minnesota this season. … 2B Jorge Polanco (left hamstring strain) has continued his running progression without pain or discomfort and he was scheduled to do “high-effort sprints” on Monday.

UP NEXT

RHP Zack Greinke (1-8, 5.15 ERA) will start Sunday afternoon for Kansas City, with Minnesota countering with RHP Kenta Maeda (1-5, 6.23). Greinke is 5-15 with a 4.79 ERA in 32 career games against the Twins. Maeda has allowed two runs in 10 innings since returning from the injured list.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC25-60	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	0
Twins MIN43-43	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	X	8	14	0

Target FieldMinneapolis, MN

W: B. Headrick (2-0)L: T. Clarke (1-3)S: (0)
HR: KC - N. Pratto (7), M. Garcia (4), MIN - E. Julien (16)

KCRoyals

MINTwins

.J. RyanJoe Ryan
P
6.0 IP, 2 ER, BB, 9 SO, 94 P
.B. HeadrickBrent Headrick
P
1.0 IP, ER, 2 SO, 12 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	3	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	.298	.351	.410	.761	9.0
B. Witt SS	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	.251	.294	.420	.714	8.5
N. Pratto 1B	5	1	2	2	1	0	2	4	.261	.349	.415	.764	7.0
E. Olivares DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.304	.423	.727	-1.0
M. Melendez LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.208	.294	.335	.629	0.0
F. Fermin C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	.267	.320	.456	.775	0.0
D. Waters RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.240	.303	.370	.673	-1.0
K. Isbel CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.193	.235	.312	.547	-1.0
N. Lopez 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.359	.322	.681	4.0

HITTERS	AB
M. Garcia 3B	3
B. Witt SS	5
N. Pratto 1B	5
E. Olivares DH	4
M. Melendez LF	3
F. Fermin C	4
D. Waters RF	4
K. Isbel CF	4
N. Lopez 2B	4

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
C. Correa SS	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	.228	.299	.414	.713	6.5
D. Solano 1B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.268	.370	.379	.748	2.0
e- A. Kirilloff PH-1B	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.277	.378	.403	.781	3.0
B. Buxton DH	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.207	.300	.440	.739	1.5
K. Farmer 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.244	.301	.351	.652	-0.5
f- E. Julien PH-2B	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	.254	.336	.443	.778	6.0
W. Castro LF-3B	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.253	.320	.382	.702	7.0
J. Miranda 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.213	.267	.309	.576	-0.5
d- J. Gallo PH-LF	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.191	.312	.484	.796	1.5
C. Vazquez C	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.298	.281	.579	1.5
M. Taylor CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	.218	.264	.407	.671	5.0
M. Kepler RF	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	.215	.282	.419	.701	4.5

HITTERS	AB
C. Correa SS	5
D. Solano 1B	2
e- A. Kirilloff PH-1B	2
B. Buxton DH	3
K. Farmer 2B	3
f- E. Julien PH-2B	2
W. Castro LF-3B	2
J. Miranda 3B	2
d- J. Gallo PH-LF	1
C. Vazquez C	4
M. Taylor CF	4
M. Kepler RF	4

d-walked for Miranda in the 6th
e-singled for Solano in the 7th
f-grounded out for Farmer in the 8th

2B - B. Witt (13), N. Lopez (5)
HR - M. Garcia (3), N. Pratto (6)
RBI - M. Garcia (21), B. Witt (43), N. Pratto 2 (26)
2-Out RBI - B. Witt, N. Pratto
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - N. Pratto 4 (4)

2B - C. Correa (17)
HR - E. Julien (5)
SF - B. Buxton 2 (3)
RBI - C. Correa (38), A. Kirilloff (15), B. Buxton 2 (33), E. Julien (10), M. Taylor 2 (26), M. Kepler (26)
2-Out RBI - M. Taylor
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - K. Farmer, E. Julien, M. Taylor

SB - B. Witt 2 (25)

SB - W. Castro 2 (17)
CS - W. Castro (3)

DP - (Witt-Lopez-Pratto)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Cox	4.2	7	3	3	2	4	0	3.05	1.11	4.0
J. Cuas	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.37	1.54	3.5
C. Snider	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.50	2.5
T. Clarke (L, 1-3)	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	1	6.06	1.74	-15.0
N. Wittgren	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.96	1.53	1.5

PITCHERS	IP
A. Cox	4.2
J. Cuas	1.1
C. Snider	1.0
T. Clarke (L, 1-3)	0.1
N. Wittgren	0.2

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Ryan	6.0	6	2	2	1	9	1	3.42	0.98	16.5
J. Moran (H, 8)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.19	1.37	1.5
J. Balazovic (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.95	1.0
B. Headrick (W, 2-0) (BS, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	5.40	1.27	9.0
E. Pagan	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	4.04	1.18	-0.5

PITCHERS	IP
J. Ryan	6.0
J. Moran (H, 8)	0.2
J. Balazovic (H, 1)	0.1
B. Headrick (W, 2-0) (BS, 1)	1.0
E. Pagan	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - A. Cox 81-53, J. Cuas 18-9, C. Snider 15-9, T. Clarke 18-12, N. Wittgren 8-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Cox 5-3, J. Cuas 1-1, C. Snider 2-0, T. Clarke 2-2, N. Wittgren 1-0
Batters Faced - A. Cox 21, J. Cuas 5, C. Snider 4, T. Clarke 7, N. Wittgren 3

Pitches-Strikes - J. Ryan 94-62, J. Moran 17-10, J. Balazovic 6-4, B. Headrick 12-12, E. Pagan 25-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Ryan 3-5, J. Balazovic 0-1, B. Headrick 0-1, E. Pagan 1-1
Batters Faced - J. Ryan 25, J. Moran 3, J. Balazovic, B. Headrick 4, E. Pagan 6

.J. RyanJoe Ryan
P
6.0 IP, 2 ER, BB, 9 SO, 94 P
.B. HeadrickBrent Headrick
P
1.0 IP, ER, 2 SO, 12 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Royals KC25-60	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	9	0
Twins MIN43-43	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	X	8	14	0

Target FieldMinneapolis, MN

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Garcia 3B	3	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	.298	.351	.410	.761	9.0
B. Witt SS	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	.251	.294	.420	.714	8.5
N. Pratto 1B	5	1	2	2	1	0	2	4	.261	.349	.415	.764	7.0
E. Olivares DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.304	.423	.727	-1.0
M. Melendez LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.208	.294	.335	.629	0.0
F. Fermin C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	.267	.320	.456	.775	0.0
D. Waters RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.240	.303	.370	.673	-1.0
K. Isbel CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.193	.235	.312	.547	-1.0
N. Lopez 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.359	.322	.681	4.0
Total	36	4	9	4	2	3	13	12	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Garcia 3B	3
B. Witt SS	5
N. Pratto 1B	5
E. Olivares DH	4
M. Melendez LF	3
F. Fermin C	4
D. Waters RF	4
K. Isbel CF	4
N. Lopez 2B	4
Total	36

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
C. Correa SS	5	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	.228	.299	.414	.713	6.5
D. Solano 1B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.268	.370	.379	.748	2.0
e- A. Kirilloff PH-1B	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.277	.378	.403	.781	3.0
B. Buxton DH	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.207	.300	.440	.739	1.5
K. Farmer 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.244	.301	.351	.652	-0.5
f- E. Julien PH-2B	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	.254	.336	.443	.778	6.0
W. Castro LF-3B	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.253	.320	.382	.702	7.0
J. Miranda 3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.213	.267	.309	.576	-0.5
d- J. Gallo PH-LF	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.191	.312	.484	.796	1.5
C. Vazquez C	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	.222	.298	.281	.579	1.5
M. Taylor CF	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	.218	.264	.407	.671	5.0
M. Kepler RF	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	.215	.282	.419	.701	4.5
Total	34	8	14	8	1	4	7	19	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
C. Correa SS	5
D. Solano 1B	2
e- A. Kirilloff PH-1B	2
B. Buxton DH	3
K. Farmer 2B	3
f- E. Julien PH-2B	2
W. Castro LF-3B	2
J. Miranda 3B	2
d- J. Gallo PH-LF	1
C. Vazquez C	4
M. Taylor CF	4
M. Kepler RF	4
Total	34

d-walked for Miranda in the 6th
e-singled for Solano in the 7th
f-grounded out for Farmer in the 8th

2B - B. Witt (13), N. Lopez (5)
HR - M. Garcia (3), N. Pratto (6)
RBI - M. Garcia (21), B. Witt (43), N. Pratto 2 (26)
2-Out RBI - B. Witt, N. Pratto
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - N. Pratto 4 (4)

2B - C. Correa (17)
HR - E. Julien (5)
SF - B. Buxton 2 (3)
RBI - C. Correa (38), A. Kirilloff (15), B. Buxton 2 (33), E. Julien (10), M. Taylor 2 (26), M. Kepler (26)
2-Out RBI - M. Taylor
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - K. Farmer, E. Julien, M. Taylor

SB - B. Witt 2 (25)

SB - W. Castro 2 (17)
CS - W. Castro (3)

DP - (Witt-Lopez-Pratto)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
A. Cox	4.2	7	3	3	2	4	0	3.05	1.11	4.0
J. Cuas	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.37	1.54	3.5
C. Snider	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.50	2.5
T. Clarke (L, 1-3)	0.1	5	5	5	1	0	1	6.06	1.74	-15.0
N. Wittgren	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.96	1.53	1.5
Total	8.0	14	8	8	4	7	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
A. Cox	4.2
J. Cuas	1.1
C. Snider	1.0
T. Clarke (L, 1-3)	0.1
N. Wittgren	0.2
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Ryan	6.0	6	2	2	1	9	1	3.42	0.98	16.5
J. Moran (H, 8)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	4.19	1.37	1.5
J. Balazovic (H, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.95	1.0
B. Headrick (W, 2-0) (BS, 1)	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	5.40	1.27	9.0
E. Pagan	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	4.04	1.18	-0.5
Total	9.0	9	4	4	3	13	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Ryan	6.0
J. Moran (H, 8)	0.2
J. Balazovic (H, 1)	0.1
B. Headrick (W, 2-0) (BS, 1)	1.0
E. Pagan	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - A. Cox 81-53, J. Cuas 18-9, C. Snider 15-9, T. Clarke 18-12, N. Wittgren 8-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - A. Cox 5-3, J. Cuas 1-1, C. Snider 2-0, T. Clarke 2-2, N. Wittgren 1-0
Batters Faced - A. Cox 21, J. Cuas 5, C. Snider 4, T. Clarke 7, N. Wittgren 3

Pitches-Strikes - J. Ryan 94-62, J. Moran 17-10, J. Balazovic 6-4, B. Headrick 12-12, E. Pagan 25-15
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Ryan 3-5, J. Balazovic 0-1, B. Headrick 0-1, E. Pagan 1-1
Batters Faced - J. Ryan 25, J. Moran 3, J. Balazovic, B. Headrick 4, E. Pagan 6

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

1ST INNING
Garcia homered to left 1 0
Buxton hit sacrifice fly to left, Correa scored 1 1
2ND INNING
Taylor singled to right, Castro scored 1 2
3RD INNING
Pratto singled to deep right, Witt scored 2 2
5TH INNING
Buxton hit sacrifice fly to center, Kepler scored, Correa to third 2 3

1ST INNING
	Garcia homered to left	1	0
	Buxton hit sacrifice fly to left, Correa scored	1	1

2ND INNING
	Taylor singled to right, Castro scored	1	2

3RD INNING
	Pratto singled to deep right, Witt scored	2	2

5TH INNING
	Buxton hit sacrifice fly to center, Kepler scored, Correa to third	2	3


Pratto homered to right	3	3
Julien homered to right	3	4
Taylor reached on bunt single to pitcher, Gallo scored, Vazquez to second	3	5
Kepler singled to right, Vazquez scored, Taylor to third	3	6
Correa singled to shallow left, Taylor scored, Kepler to second	3	7
Kirilloff singled to right center, Kepler scored, Correa to second	3	8

9TH INNING
Witt doubled to deep right center, Lopez scored, Garcia to third 4 8

9TH INNING
	Witt doubled to deep right center, Lopez scored, Garcia to third	4	8

1ST INNING
Royals
J. Ryan Pitching:
M. Garcia: Garcia homered to left
B. Witt: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Witt struck out swinging
N. Pratto: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Pratto struck out swinging
E. Olivares: Olivares lined out to center
Middle of the 1st (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
A. Cox Pitching:
C. Correa: Correa doubled to left center
D. Solano: Strike looking, Solano singled to left, Correa to third
B. Buxton: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Buxton hit sacrifice fly to left, Correa scored
K. Farmer: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Farmer grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Solano out at second
End of the 1st (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Royals
J. Ryan Pitching:
M. Melendez: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Melendez walked
F. Fermin: Ball, Fermin flied out to right
D. Waters: Waters flied out to center
K. Isbel: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul tip, Isbel struck out on foul tip
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
A. Cox Pitching:
W. Castro: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Castro walked
J. Miranda: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Miranda struck out looking
C. Vazquez: Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Strike swinging, Vazquez struck out swinging
M. Taylor: Strike swinging, Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Castro stole second, Foul, Taylor singled to right, Castro scored
M. Kepler: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Kepler struck out looking
End of the 2nd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Royals
J. Ryan Pitching:
N. Lopez: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Lopez flied out to deep left
M. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Garcia lined out to shortstop
B. Witt: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Witt singled to deep center
N. Pratto: Ball, Witt stole second, Strike swinging, Pratto singled to deep right, Witt scored
E. Olivares: Strike looking, Olivares flied out to deep center
Middle of the 3rd (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
A. Cox Pitching:
C. Correa: Strike looking, Strike looking, Correa singled to center
D. Solano: Ball, Solano lined out to second
B. Buxton: Ball, Strike looking, Buxton reached on fielder's choice to third, Correa out at second
K. Farmer: Strike looking, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Strike swinging, Farmer struck out swinging
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Royals
J. Ryan Pitching:
M. Melendez: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Melendez struck out looking
F. Fermin: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Fermin struck out swinging
D. Waters: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Waters struck out swinging
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
A. Cox Pitching:
W. Castro: Strike looking, Castro singled to center
J. Miranda: Miranda popped out to catcher
C. Vazquez: Foul, Vazquez popped out to shortstop
M. Taylor: Castro caught stealing second, pitcher to first, Castro out at first
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Royals
J. Ryan Pitching:
K. Isbel: Isbel popped out to third
N. Lopez: Strike looking, Ball, Lopez singled to left center
M. Garcia: Pickoff attempt, Foul, Strike looking, Garcia reached on an infield single to shortstop, Lopez to second
B. Witt: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Witt reached on fielder's choice to third, Lopez to third, Garcia out at second
N. Pratto: Foul, Ball, Witt stole second, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Pratto popped out to third
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
A. Cox Pitching:
M. Taylor: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Taylor flied out to deep center
M. Kepler: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Kepler singled to right
C. Correa: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Correa singled to right, Kepler to third
D. Solano: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Solano walked, Correa to second
B. Buxton: Buxton hit sacrifice fly to center, Kepler scored, Correa to third
Jose Cuas relieved Austin Cox
K. Farmer: Ball, Ball, Farmer popped out to second
End of the 5th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Royals
J. Ryan Pitching:
E. Olivares: Strike looking, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Strike swinging, Olivares struck out swinging
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Melendez struck out swinging
F. Fermin: Strike swinging, Fermin singled to right center
D. Waters: Pickoff attempt, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Waters struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
J. Cuas Pitching:
W. Castro: Intentional ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Castro walked
Joey Gallo hit for Jose Miranda
J. Gallo: Ball, Castro stole second, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Gallo struck out looking
C. Vazquez: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Vazquez grounded out to catcher, Castro to third
M. Taylor: Taylor flied out to deep center
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Royals
Willi Castro at third base
Joey Gallo in left field
Jovani Moran relieved Joe Ryan
K. Isbel: Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Isbel struck out swinging
N. Lopez: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Intentional ball, Ball, Lopez lined out to center
M. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Garcia walked
Jordan Balazovic relieved Jovani Moran
B. Witt: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Witt flied out to deep right
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
Collin Snider relieved Jose Cuas
M. Kepler: Kepler lined out to right
C. Correa: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Correa struck out swinging
Alex Kirilloff hit for Donovan Solano
A. Kirilloff: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Kirilloff singled to right center
B. Buxton: Ball, Ball, Buxton reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Kirilloff out at second
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Royals
Alex Kirilloff at first base
Brent Headrick relieved Jordan Balazovic
N. Pratto: Foul, Strike looking, Pratto homered to right
E. Olivares: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Olivares struck out swinging
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Melendez lined out to right
F. Fermin: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Fermin struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
Taylor Clarke relieved Collin Snider
Edouard Julien hit for Kyle Farmer
E. Julien: Julien homered to right
W. Castro: Castro fouled out to right
J. Gallo: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Gallo walked
C. Vazquez: Foul, Vazquez singled to shallow right, Gallo to third
M. Taylor: Taylor reached on bunt single to pitcher, Gallo scored, Vazquez to second
M. Kepler: Strike looking, Kepler singled to right, Vazquez scored, Taylor to third
C. Correa: Ball, Ball, Pickoff attempt to first, Foul, Strike swinging, Correa singled to shallow left, Taylor scored, Kepler to second
Nick Wittgren relieved Taylor Clarke
A. Kirilloff: Ball, Strike looking, Kirilloff singled to right center, Kepler scored, Correa to second
B. Buxton: Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Buxton struck out swinging
E. Julien: Ball, Julien grounded out to second
End of the 8th (5 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Royals
Edouard Julien at second base
Emilio Pagan relieved Brent Headrick
D. Waters: Waters flied out to deep left
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Ball, Isbel grounded out to first
N. Lopez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Lopez doubled to left center
M. Garcia: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Garcia walked
B. Witt: Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Witt doubled to deep right center, Lopez scored, Garcia to third
N. Pratto: Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Pratto struck out swinging
Middle of the 9th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)

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