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.
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Jarrod Dyson had three hits and scored three times for Kansas City, which won for the second time in six games.
Amassing 37 innings of work as it stands today, he has registered a whopping 9.24 ERA alongside a 2-4 record and 35 strikeouts against 23 walks.
“We could be talking about a major run right here”.
Kansas City Royals’ Kendrys Morales follows through on a two-run home run off Minnesota Twins pitcher Ervin Santana during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, in Minneapolis. Dozier’s hit 25 home runs since the All-Star break and 24 over his last 36 games.
“Sometimes you pitch good, sometimes not”, Soria said.
Kennedy allowed four earned runs in 5 1-3 innings and is 4-0 in his past five starts. Jarrod Dyson has two RBIs versus Berrios, who gave up four runs and five hits over four innings of a no-decision against Kansas City on August 19.WALK-OFFS1. Now he’s hitting.279 with 38 home runs and 91 RBIs.
NOTES: The Royals recalled INF Christian Colon from Triple-A Omaha. He struck out 10 Royals and surrendered an unearned run in seven frames August 21 but suffered a tough loss to fall to 5-9 lifetime against one of his three former teams.
Dozier, who grew up in Fulton near Tupelo, hit 10 home runs this season against the Royals, the most ever by a single player against the team. Last night’s shot tied the American League record for most homers in a season by a second baseman, a mark he now shares with Alfonso Soriano’s 2002 season.
The Royals try to get back to their winning ways against the lowly Twins after a dismal pair of series at home against the Yankees and Tigers. Rookie Max Kepler did it at Cleveland. The Royals hope to have Alex Gordon (sore right ankle) back in the lineup and Lorenzo Cain (left wrist inflammation) is day-to-day as Ian Kennedy goes to the mound Monday with a 2-0 record in three starts versus Minnesota in 2016. He was allowed to swing a bat Monday and remains day to day. He struck out five times Sunday. This is partly due to the fact that Dozier is notoriously streaky and can disappear for months at a time, and partly due to the fact that he’s stuck playing in baseball wilderness with the Minnesota Twins. “We were trying to keep (reliever) Wade (Davis) out of the game”.
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Jason Hammel (14-8) was 10-1 with 2.50 ERA in his career against Milwaukee entering the game, but he endured his second-worst outing of the season.
