\n\tBox Score<\/a> \n\t\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\tSo the wagon continues to move. \u201cLethargic\u201d doesn\u2019t quite cover it; this is a team with dead, calcified innards only playing baseball because everyone involved is contractually obligated to do so. The power of the American dollar. At least Pablo L\u00f3pez<\/a> is back.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tAnd he looked good. Mostly good. He wasn\u2019t quite Sean Connery, but, rather, served as a solid Roger Moore, providing undeniable quality while lacking in the certain something that pushes his play to the top of the heap. The swing and miss\u2014his bread and butter\u2014wasn\u2019t quite back, necessitating a reliance on fly balls. It mostly worked. Until he hung a sweeper to Maikel Garcia<\/a> in the third. So it goes.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tUnfortunately for the Twins, Michael Wacha<\/a> was starting for the Royals. The bastard. His endless supply of tricks typically befuddles Minnesota\u2019s batters, and Friday was no exception; his floating changeup and looping breaking stuff portended five strikeouts and a lone earned run across 5 \u2154 innings. The veteran knows how to tangle up his opponent. It\u2019s like watching hitters swing at an invisible ball. Or swing underwater. Or swing blindfolded. You get it.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tBut they did get him once. The culprit? Jhonny Pereda<\/a>, who bled a 68.5 MPH double down the first base line to drive in Brooks Lee<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\t
Pablo L\u00f3pez: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Home Runs: None
Bottom 3 WPA: Matt Wallner (-.164), Byron Buxton (-.144), Austin Martin (-.117)
Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n