{"id":2448345,"date":"2026-06-07T01:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2448345"},"modified":"2026-06-07T01:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T01:40:19","slug":"josh-rojas-has-go-ahead-2-run-single-as-pinch-hitter-in-royals-debut-as-kansas-city-tops-twins-8-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/josh-rojas-has-go-ahead-2-run-single-as-pinch-hitter-in-royals-debut-as-kansas-city-tops-twins-8-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Rojas has go-ahead, 2-run single as pinch hitter in Royals debut as Kansas City tops Twins 8-6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Pinch-hitter Josh Rojas had a go-ahead, two-run single in the ninth inning in his Kansas City debut and the Royals outlasted the Minnesota Twins 8-6 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Rojas was recalled from Triple-A Omaha earlier in the day and didn&#8217;t enter the game until he pinch hit for Nick Loftin with the bases loaded and one out against Justin Lawrence. Rojas slapped a single up the middle to put the Royals ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Strahm (2-1) pitched a scoreless inning of relief for the win. Alex Lange got three outs for his second save this season. Michael Massey hit his sixth homer for the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor Rogers (1-3) took the the loss after being charged with two runs in the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Kody Clemens homered twice off Royals starter Seth Lugo, and Byron Buxton and Victor Caratini also hit home runs \u2014 all solo shots.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence made his second appearance for Minnesota after the Twins acquired him from Pittsburgh on Monday. He walked Maikel Garcia to load the bases before giving up the go-ahead hit to Rojas.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Morris started for Minnesota in an opener role as the Twins used a total of seven pitchers against Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>Lugo allowed five runs and six hits in five innings.<\/p>\n<p>Carter Jensen hit a two-run double in a three-run sixth inning for Kansas City. He later scored when two Twins converged on a pop fly beyond the infield and couldn&#8217;t make the catch. The play was ruled an error on shortstop Ryan Kreidler.<\/p>\n<p>The game was delayed 1 hour, 7 minutes due to rain and lightning. The delay occurred in the middle of the sixth inning with the Royals leading 6-5.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City RHP Michael Wacha (4-3, 3-23 ERA) starts Friday after giving up six runs and eight hits in his last start. Minnesota counters with RHP Zebby Matthews (1-3, 4.63), who was tagged for seven runs in his most recent outing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cbsnews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinch-hitter Josh Rojas had a go-ahead, two-run single in the ninth inning in his Kansas City debut and the Royals outlasted the Minnesota Twins 8-6 on Thursday night. 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