Twins mount major comeback in 7-6 win over Kansas City to secure sweep

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — What a pitcher’s battle the Twins and Royals staged at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday. Bailey Ober allowed just one run in his return to the Twins’ rotation, and Brady Singer fully reversed his ugly historical past towards the Twins with seven shutout innings.

So maybe each groups needs to be mildly alarmed that the ultimate rating was 7-6. Kansas Metropolis pinned 5 runs on rookie reliever Jennier Cano, however Minnesota rallied with 5 runs off the Royals’ bullpen within the eighth inning and two extra within the ninth to complete off a three-game sweep of the Royals and a 5-1 highway journey.

The Twins reached the one-quarter level of the season in first place and on a four-game profitable streak constructed on the energy of 36 runs throughout that span.

Kyle Garlick belted a two-run homer, his fourth of the season and first towards a righthanded pitcher, to key the Twins’ five-run eighth, although they left the bases loaded and one run in need of catching Kansas Metropolis.

They shortly rectified that within the ninth, with a stroll to Jorge Polanco, a double by Max Kepler, and a sacrifice fly by Gary Sanchez tying the rating. Three batters later, Gio Urshela singled sharply to heart subject, scoring Kepler with the profitable run.

It was a memorable technique to end off a memorable highway journey for the Twins, who outscored the Royals 22-12 within the sequence, their fourth three-game sweep of the yr. Minnesota managed to comb solely three three-game sequence in 2021.

Ober, restored to the rotation after lacking three weeks with a groin pressure, had few issues with the Okay.C. lineup, holding them hitless in 4 of his 5 innings, placing out 4. Solely within the third inning, when the Royals strung collectively a bloop single to quick left, a superbly place floor ball single to proper, and Andrew Benintendi’s liner to left, did Ober permit a run.

Singer, who had misplaced 5 consecutive begins to the Twins, outdid him, holding Minnesota scoreless by means of seven innings. And after Cano relieved Ober and allowed six of the seven hitters he confronted to achieve base and 5 of them to attain, Singer left with a 6-0 lead.

However his bullpen let him down, too. Taylor Clarke confronted 4 Twins hitters, and every singled. Scott Barlow took over and surrendered a sacrifice fly to Sanchez, then Garlick’s 400-foot blast into the Twins bullpen.