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Luke Keaschall hit a walk-off two-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
Teammates lined up to exchange hugs and high fives with Keaschall, whose opposite-field blast to right gave Minnesota the series win. Keaschall finished 3-for-5 with a double, a homer and two RBIs.<\/p>\n
Vinnie Pasquantino hit a two-run homer for Kansas City, which could not hold on to a one-run lead heading into the bottom of the eighth. Adam Frazier went 4-for-5 with an RBI while Maikel Garcia reached base five times with two singles, a double and a pair of walks.<\/p>\n
Twins right-hander Michael Tonkin (1-0) pitched two scoreless innings as the sixth and final reliever to follow starter Jose Urena, who gave up one run on three hits in three innings.<\/p>\n
Royals right-hander Carlos Estevez (4-4) gave up two runs on one hit in two-thirds of an inning. Kansas City used five pitchers out of the bullpen after starter Ryan Bergert allowed two runs on four hits with eight strikeouts over 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Keaschall provided a dramatic finish with two outs in the 11th. He tracked a 95-mph fastball that was up in the strike zone, and he muscled it to right for the second homer of his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n
Fellow rookie Ryan Fitzgerald also shined for the Twins. He cracked a two-run homer for his first big-league hit, which gave the Twins a 2-1 lead in the third inning.<\/p>\n
Teammates cheered from the top step of the dugout for Fitzgerald, a 31-year-old who has appeared in 708 minor league games. He was 0-for-3 in his first three big-league games before Sunday, when he finished 2-for-4.<\/p>\n
Minnesota held on to a one-run lead until the Royals had a two-out rally in the seventh.<\/p>\n
Garcia started the comeback with a single to left. Pasquantino followed with a high-arching, two-run shot that landed just beyond the wall in right to put Kansas City on top 3-2.<\/p>\n
The blast marked Pasquantino\u2019s career-best 20th homer of the season.<\/p>\n
The Twins pulled even 3-3 in the eighth. Ryan Jeffers hit an RBI single to drive in Austin Martin, who tripled to the wall on a ball that left fielder John Rave dived for but missed.<\/p>\n
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