Twins gain ground on Guardians after sweep of Royals

The Minnesota Twins lastly gained floor within the American League Central race on Thursday evening, utilizing a 3-2 victory over the Kansas Metropolis Royals to tug inside 4 video games of the first-place Cleveland Guardians.

The Twins took management of the sequence finale because of the lengthy ball. Carlos Correa hit his twenty first house run of the season and his sixth homer in his previous 11 video games to place Minnesota on the board within the first inning.

Michael Taylor answered with an RBI single within the prime of the second inning however Nick Gordon answered within the third with a two-run homer that put the Twins forward 3-1.

Salvador Perez chipped into the lead with a house run off Dylan Bundy within the prime of the fourth however the bullpen took over with 4 excellent innings earlier than handing the ball to Jhoan Duran.

The Royals rallied in opposition to the Twins’ flamethrower within the ninth however with the go-ahead run on third base, Duran struck out Taylor and Nick Pratto to finish the sport and safe the three-game sweep.

The victory was particularly significant because the Guardians misplaced 8-2 to the Chicago White Sox on Thursday evening. That places the Twins 4 video games again heading right into a five-game sequence in Cleveland starting Friday evening.

With Luis Arraez making a pinch-hit look after leaving Wednesday’s sport with a hamstring damage, the Twins may have some reinforcements heading right into a essential sequence.