The Twins’ final two runs came courtesy of Royals’ mistakes — and OK, a Royce Lewis mistake, too. After Lewis singled off reliever Angel Zerpa, driving Luke Keaschall to third base in the sixth inning, he broke for second base a moment too early. Zerpa, seeing him running, tossed a pickoff throw to first base. When first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino threw the ball to second base, Keaschall broke for the plate, sliding home safely just ahead of the tag.
Oddly, the inning ended a moment later when Zerpa picked off Lewis at second base.
And in the seventh, reliever Daniel Lynch hit Edouard Julien with a pitch, gave up a single to Brooks Lee, and two outs later, walked Austin Martin and Matt Wallner, the latter free base forcing in the Twins’ final run.
Bailey Ober, 0-5 with a 5.00 ERA in his career vs. Kansas City, relied on changeups and sweepers in holding the Royals to just one run over 5⅓ innings, striking out six. And though Kansas City put eight runners on base over the final three innings, they never managed to drive one home, allowing the Twins to salt away an increasingly rare victory.
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