Live Updates: Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins (Game One)
The Kansas City Royals lost 6-5 against the Minnesota Twins on Memorial Day. This was the first of a four-game road series at Target Field.
Kansas City scored four runs in the ninth inning, but their stagnant offense for the first eight frames prevented them from heroics.
How it Happened:
Top of the ninth inning: That said, Kansas City's bats were able to make some noise in the ninth inning, as right fielder Hunter Renfroe's double brought in a run. The Royals had the bases loaded with two outs and Dairon Blanco's single brought in another run. The fun didn't stop there though as third baseman Maikel Garcia reached first on an infield single and a throwing error brought in to more runs to cut it to 6-5. However, Witt went on to ground-out on the first pitch of the next at-bat to end the game. FINAL: Twins 6, Royals 5
Bottom of the eighth inning: Minnesota earned its sixth run of the afternoon in the eighth inning after three two-out singles. Twins 6, Royals 1.
Top of the eighth inning: Griffin Jax fills in for Ryan and Garcia singles, but that would be all.
Bottom of the seventh inning: Twins get a two-out single and Marsh earns his seventh strikeout.
Top of the seventh inning: Royals offense calms down as Ryan gets his ninth strikeout.
Bottom of the sixth inning: Marsh keeps his composure after rough fifth frame by going 1-2-3 in the sixth, including his sixth strikeout of the game.
Top of the sixth inning: Left fielder MJ Melendez is the first Royal to reach first base since the first inning, as he singled to open up the frame. Nevertheless, third baseman Maikel Garcia grounded into a fielder's choice two batters later to take Melendez off of the bases. However, Witt and Pasquantino each followed it with singles to bring in Kansas City's first run. Ryan was able to get out of the inning with his eighth strikeout. Twins 5, Royals 1.
Bottom of the fifth inning: With one out, Marsh gave up his first walk of the game and then followed it with an intentional walk. But after striking out the next batter, he gave up a three-run 441-foot homer to designated hitter Trevor Larnach. Marsh then proceeded to get his fifth strikeout of the afternoon, but plenty of damage was done in the frame. Twins 5, Royals 0.
Top of the fifth inning: First three batters of the frame are sent back to the dugout after a line-out, ground-out and Ryan's seventh strikeout.
Bottom of the fourth inning: Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers reaches first on an infield single with one out, but first baseman Alex Kirilloff follows it by grounding into a double play.
Top of the fourth inning: Royals batters go down 1-2-3 for the third consecutive inning.
Bottom of the third inning: Second baseman Edouard Julien is the first Twins player to reach first base as he singled with one out. In the very next at-bat, third baseman Jose Miranda homered 437 feet to center. Marsh was able to get out of the inning with a groundout and his third strikeout. Twins 2, Royals 0.
Top of the third inning: Ryan strikes out the side, increasing his K total to six.
Bottom of the second inning: Marsh gets second strikeout to open frame and sends the next two batters away with fly-outs.
Top of the second inning: Twins pitcher Joe Ryan goes 1-2-3 and tallies his second and third strikeouts of the game.
Bottom of the first inning: Royals pitcher Alec Marsh starts strong sending the first three batters back to the dugout, including his first strikeout of the afternoon.
Top of the first inning: Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. singles with one out and later advances to second on a wild pitch, but he'd be stranded there after a strikeout by first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and foul-out by catcher Salvador Perez.
Royals | Twins |
|---|---|
3B Maikel Garcia | DH Trevor Larnach |
SS Bobby Witt Jr. | SS Carlos Correa |
1B Vinnie Pasquantino | RF Max Kepler |
C Salvador Perez | C Ryan Jeffers |
DH Nelson Velazquez | 1B Alex Kirilloff |
2B Adam Frazier | CF Byron Buxton |
RF Hunter Renfroe | LF Willi Castro |
LF MJ Melendez | 2B Edouard Julien |
CF Dairon Blanco | 3B Jose Miranda |
P Alec Marsh | P Joe Ryan |
Pregame:
- First pitch is set for 1:10 p.m. CT.
HUNTER DE SIVER