Kansas City can finish out the series sweep with a win in this game. Perez homered into the Royals’ bullpen with two out and Gordon homered on a 3-1 pitch, his first multi-homer game since May 18, 2014.That finished Santiago, who yielded 11 eight runs on 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings. “I know only one run, but they made a couple good plays with runners in scoring position that their defense, I know Cain with one, Gordon with one and then Cuthbert with the ground ball from Danny”. He’s a spare outfielder, stuck on the bench nearly all the time since being traded over from Oakland last month. Kennedy is 2-0 in his last three decisions over 21 innings pitched, giving up just two runs and walking only three batters over that span.
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He becomes the fourth player in history to homer in seven straight games against one opponent and the first since Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr.in 1994 against the Texas Rangers. They’ll need at least one more to be the longest since the ten-gamer from the middle of the same season. In an extensive piece chronicling Duffy’s season, Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star mentions that while contract negotiations have not yet taken place, general manager Dayton Moore expects to address them at the “appropriate time”. The Cardinals tied the mark with a pair of homers Friday night.
Hector Santiago made up his mind Saturday night to not allow any walks to the Kansas City Royals. In August, he has continued to show up every fifth day, the ace of a staff that has thrust Kansas City back above.500.
Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez (2-5, 5.11) starts against Detroit after leaving a game Tuesday with left hamstring tightness. “They grind and they play defense and they pitch”. Justin Verlander (12-7, 3.44) has a 2.01 ERA over his past nine starts. During those games, they averaged four runs per game, below their 4.6 runs per game season average.
Over the past four games the Twins have had trouble on the defensive side of the ball.
Santana is pitching his best baseball of the season. Minnesota Twins’ Robbie Grossman scored on the play.
Twins: RHP Ervin Santana, who has won his past three starts, is 13-14 with a 3.69 ERA in 39 starts with the Twins. In the top of the frame, the Twins loaded the bases with no outs against Danny Duffy, but failed to score a run.
The Royals won their last game by a 10-run margin.
With one out in the eighth inning and Toronto leading 2-1, Brett Cecil relieved starter Marcus Stroman. The Royals are 2-3 in blowouts this season. However, Minnesota has won 49% (27-28) of its games when taking a late lead. He is allowing significantly fewer hits (7.2 H/9) than he did a year ago (9.0 H/9) when he posted an underwhelming 4.08 ERA, but that is only one component of his present success.
When they are outhit, the Twins are 8-62.
Inside the clubhouse, the Royals’ coaches joke that the team is so close-knit that they get hot together … and then slump together.
PITTSBURGH – David Phelps pitched six strong innings and Xavier Scruggs hit his first major league home run as Miami beat Pittsburgh at sold-out PNC Park. Kansas City sits at sixth with 8.94 hits per game and Minnesota ranks seventh with 8.93.
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Ranking 24th, Kansas City is near the bottom of the league for its on-base plus slugging percentage (.717).
