Dozier joined Harmon Killebrew, who accomplished the feat three times, and Marty Cordova as the only Twins to homer in five consecutive games.
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“Similar script”, Twins manager Paul Molitor said.
Dozier’s been so great and so powerful at a position that doesn’t always demand high power output, that he’s moved into the top-10 among position players in Wins Above Replacement, according to Fangraphs.
Dozier has hit 31 home runs since June 19, which plays out to a 72 home run pace over 162 games.
Coming off a disappointing homestand, and on the edge of the AL wild-card race, the Kansas City Royals can’t afford to let too many more opportunities slip away. Minnesota starter Ervin Santana gave up three runs on three hits and a trio of BB through six innings before Brandon Kintzler and Pat Light combined for five runs allowed.
Kansas City started the fourth inning with back-to-back hits, the second an RBI single by Morales that scored Eric Hosmer to tie the game.
Morales, who also drove in a run with a fourth-inning single, went deep to lead off the sixth.
The Twins and Dozier have just a little more than three weeks and 23 games left on the schedule for this season.
“I feel like I’ve got to hand the ball off in the eighth inning”, Duffy said. “That’s something we try to teach to be prepared to do if they make a mistake”.
The 29-year-old Dozier has been perhaps the hottest hitter in baseball lately, complementing his 38 dingers with a.278 batting average, a.926 OPS, and 91 RBIs.
“Everything he was throwing was elevated in the zone and his location was off but after the second inning he came in and made an adjustment and got in a groove and did a phenomenal job of getting us through six innings and keeping us right there in the game”, Yost said. Santana will miss the remainder of the season with a Grade-2 left shoulder strain.
“If it happens that that was my last at-bat, it would be pretty sad”. “My No. 1 thing, if I had my choice, would be to be back here”. The Twins purchased the contract of INF James Beresford from Rochester.
ROYALS: After a travel day, Kansas City plays on Friday in Chicago.
Alex Wimmers (1-1) pitched an inning of shutout relief to secure his first major league victory.
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Hosmer’s sacrifice fly and Salvador Perez’s RBI single accounted for two more runs in the seventh before Orlando’s sac fly and Hosmer’s homer in the eighth.Berrios (2-5) took the loss after giving up five runs on nine hits and a walk with six strikeouts in five innings. Gibson has been largely disappointing in his Twins career, but is 5-4 with a 3.10 ERA in 10 starts against Kansas City. RHP Tyler Duffey pitches for Minnesota against Cleveland RHP Danny Salazar.
