He is hitting.258 with 11 homers and 31 RBIs in 86 games. Gordon raised his batting average to.227 after going 17-for-41 in his streak.
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While Kennedy has an 0.79 ERA in his past five starts, Santiago has had problems keeping the ball in the park and finding a win since joining the Twins. Brian Flynn replaced Kennedy in the ninth and pitched a spotless inning to complete the shutout. No runs came out of this.
The Royals have won six straight, equaling their longest winning streak of the season.
CLEVELAND – Edwin Encarnacion’s home run leading off the fifth inning broke a 5-5 tie and lifted Toronto to a victory over Cleveland at Progressive Field. In games decided by a margin of 10 runs or more, the Twins are 2-4. Kennedy got out of that when Robbie Grossman popped up a bunt that catcher Salvador Perez caught and Kurt Suzuki flied out to right to end the inning.
Nationals lefty Gio Gonzalez seeks his 100th career win when he starts the finale of a four-game series at Atlanta.
In Anaheim, Albert Pujols had three hits and scored twice on singles by Andrelton Simmons, leading Los Angeles past NY. Maikel Franco had two hits, including a double and the winning RBI, and Aaron Altherr homered for the Phillies. “And, what I like about it is the vector of his home runs seem to be expanding”.
Tampa Bay trailed 2-1 going into the bottom of the fourth when second baseman Tim Beckham hit a double down the right field line.
SAN FRANCISCO – Yoenis Cespedes belted two home runs, powering NY out of its losing streak and to a victory over San Francisco. Duffy has been the headline all season, but starters Ian Kennedy, Yordano Ventura, and now even Dillon Gee have all joined in the team’s success.
He homered twice Saturday in the Royals’ 10-0 victory.
Houston, which mustered 14 hits, can take the four-game series with a victory Sunday. The fading Orioles dropped four of five and have gone 9-15 over their past 24 games.
He outpitched Twins right-hander Ervin Santana (6-10), who allowed two runs and five hits while striking out 10 and walking one over seven innings. Rodriguez left a game Tuesday with left hamstring tightness.
Ranking 27th in home runs, Kansas City has hit 108 this season.
Dodgers 4, Reds 0 • Chase Utley homered on the fourth pitch of the game, 20-year-old Julio Urias won his third straight decision and Los Angeles won at Cincinnati. The Twins, who fell to 49-74, just hoped for Santiago to go deep into the game because of the team’s depleted bullpen.
The Kansas City Royals improved to 64-60 with their 2-1 win on Sunday.
In Denver, Nolan Arenado broke out of a slump in a big way, hitting two homers and driving in six runs to power Colorado past Chicago. The Royals have a 5-0 record when they don’t allow any runs.
The Royals had Escobar at third base with one out in the sixth but failed to get him home.
Upton, hitting.228 at game time, was in his second game back from three days of not starting. He has now hit 5 home runs in the last 5 games. Twins rookie J.T. Chargois, who gave up two hits and a walk in the 11th, absorbed the loss. The right-hander threw a one-hitter against the Detroit Tigers on September 21, 2015 while with the White Sox. It was his 18th home run this year.
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The Royals have gotten the best of the Twins in head-to-head matchups this season, going 10-2. That’s six ninth-inning leads now that have melted away into defeats.
