“It’s 2:32 (a.m.) right now”, Hosmer said.
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“We waited a long time. It stopped and we had to figure it out one way or another”. Joakim Soria struck out two in the eighth, Kelvin Herrera worked a scoreless ninth and Chien-Ming Wang (6-0) pitched the last two to get the win.
The Royals are 13-5 in August and have won six in a row.
There was a 3-hour, 3-minute rain delay in the top of the fifth, plus a 12-minute delay when some of the lights went out in the bottom of the sixth.
In the seventh, the Twins loaded the bases with three walks but Kepler’s fielder’s-choice grounder ended the inning.
Salvador Perez snapped an 0-for-14 slump to start the inning with a one-out single.
Volquez walked off with his head down, knowing 18 pitches had kept him from a potential win. Plouffe was examined by the Twins trainer but remained in the game. Even though he’s had a truly poor couple of months, he remains on pace to establish new career highs in homers (just two away) and RBI (22 away). He avoided further trouble by inducing Cain to roll into an inning-ending double play. The Minnesota Twins offense has picked up in the second half, and they’ve won five of their last eight games when scoring more than three runs. Gordon has homered in three consecutive games. He becomes the fourth player in history to homer in seven straight games against one opponent and the first since Ken Griffey Jr.in 1994 against the Texas Rangers. Please see our terms of service for more information. Theirs obviously matched it as well, so good job by them. They did, too. But, walks kill you. “It stinks. We should have gotten washed out and played two tomorrow”. Gordon led off with a walk, Mondesi rifled a single to right, advancing Gordon to third, and Dyson’s ground single to right got Gordon home. Eddie Rosario and Juan Centeno hit successive doubles to lead off the inning for the first run. “He just couldn’t get through it”.
Including delays, the game took 6 hours, 59 minutes before its 2:15 finish.
Berrios gave up four runs and five hits with four walks and a hit batter over four innings, throwing only 41 strikes in 77 pitches. Left-hander Ryan O’Rourke replaced Berrios after the delay.
That was the only run Gee would allow as he limited the Twins to four singles after the home run, walked one and struck out seven. With heavy rainfall in the forecast and on its way to Kauffman Stadium, Edinson Volquez likely could have finished the game by maintaining the lead through the fifth. The Twins briefly left the field during the 12-minute delay.
Royals: LHP Jason Vargas, who has not pitched this season after Tommy John surgery in July 2015, made his third rehab start Wednesday, giving up three runs and four hits, including two home runs, in 2 1-3 innings for Northwest Arkansas against Corpus Christi.
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Royals manager Ned Yost turned 62 Friday. With the bullpen worn out after five relievers were utilized in the extra-inning loss, Twins manager Paul Molitor is hoping Santiago can give them several innings. Santiago is 2-2 with a 2.96 ERA and 45 strikeouts in his career against the Royals.
