{"id":2449276,"date":"2026-06-08T00:27:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2449276"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:27:51","slug":"ninth-inning-rally-not-enough-as-minnesota-twins-drop-series-finale-to-royals-6-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ninth-inning-rally-not-enough-as-minnesota-twins-drop-series-finale-to-royals-6-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninth Inning Rally Not Enough as Minnesota Twins Drop Series Finale to Royals 6-5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After managing just three hits through eight innings, the Minnesota Twins<\/a> erupted for four runs in the ninth, bringing the tying run aboard before ultimately falling 6-5 to the Kansas City Royals<\/a> at Target Field.<\/p>\n

Sunday marked the Twins’ 17th game in 17 days, a stretch manager Derek Shelton sounded relieved was finally coming to an end.<\/p>\n

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“It seems like we’ve been playing longer than 17 days,” Shelton said before the game, via TwinsTV<\/a>. “We’re going to be happy to get to the end of the stretch.”<\/p>\n

Connor Prielipp turned in another encouraging outing despite taking the loss, allowing two runs over 4 1\/3 innings while striking out seven on 76 pitches. Shelton was happy with the production he received from the left-hander, especially knowing he could go deeper into the bullpen with the off day tomorrow.<\/p>\n

“We knew going into today that it was going to be a shorter outing,” Shelton said postgame, via TwinsTV<\/a>. “We were probably between 75 and 80.”<\/p>\n

The game was tied 1-1 when Prielipp exited, then the Royals finally erupted for four runs, capped off by Starling Marte<\/a>‘s three-run blast to dead center off Andrew Morris. This marked the veteran’s first home run since joining the Royals.<\/p>\n

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Kansas City<\/a> would add another insurance run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Carter Jensen<\/a>. It was a familiar formula for Kansas City, which entered the day leading Major League Baseball in sacrifice flies. This seemingly insignificant run would prove monumental just a few innings later.<\/p>\n

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Later on in the ninth, Josh Bell<\/a> launched the 199th home run of his career with a three-run shot that immediately changed the energy inside Target Field.<\/p>\n

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The Twins rallied behind him. Victor Caratini<\/a> lined an RBI single that deflected off reliever Lucas Erceg<\/a>‘s glove to make it a one-run game, and pinch-hitter Tristan Gray<\/a> followed with another base hit to bring the tying run aboard.<\/p>\n

But despite all the momentum of a crowd hoping to witness Minnesota’s first walk-off of 2026, there would be no happy ending as Brooks Lee<\/a> ultimately flew out to the warning track to end it. Still, Shelton appreciated the way his club responded after spending most of the afternoon chasing the game.<\/p>\n

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“We continue to have good at-bats,” Shelton told reporters, via TwinsTV<\/a>. “It was a situation where our guys continued to go.”<\/p>\n

The Twins can finally put this grueling 17-game stretch behind them and get an off day to shift the focus to Detroit<\/a>, where they’ll send Taj Bradley<\/a> to the mound for Tuesday’s opener. The Tigers counter with Troy Melton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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