Overview
- Minnesota’s late surge, which came Thursday in Kansas City, featured solo shots by Matt Wallner, Kody Clemens and Josh Bell off reliever Steven Cruz.
- Starter Taj Bradley set the tone for the Twins with six scoreless innings on five hits and three strikeouts to earn the win.
- Kansas City’s Cole Ragans took the loss despite allowing only an unearned run over six innings with eight strikeouts.
- Byron Buxton added a crucial insurance run with an eighth-inning sacrifice fly after Minnesota loaded the bases.
- Justin Topa worked around a leadoff error and a walk to close the ninth, moving the Twins to 2-4 and dropping the Royals to 3-3.