US EditionOber, Buxton, Clemens Leads Twins to 5-1 Win, Drop Royals 2 Back for Last AL Wild Card
Byron Buxton hit his 30th homer and Kody Clemens added a career-long two-run shot to help the Twins win their first game this month, improving to 63-80.
- On Sunday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium, the Minnesota Twins ended their six-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over the Kansas City Royals.
- The Twins' struggle included a 29-52 record since June 5, while Bailey Ober had not won in 18 starts since May 3 and carried a 5.23 ERA into the game.
- Byron Buxton hit his 30th homer with a leadoff shot off Michael Lorenzen, and Kody Clemens added a career-long 451-foot two-run homer in the fourth.
- Ober pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing one run with six strikeouts, while the Royals scored on a sixth-inning RBI single by Vinnie Pasquantino who helped Kansas City fall two games behind Seattle for the third AL wild card.
- The Twins improved their record to 63-80 and had a chance to secure consecutive wins for the first time in a month, while Buxton, an All-Star appearing in his 109th game, left the game with a bruised left knee after being hit by a pitch.
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Pine Journal
Byron Buxton hits 30th homer as Twins salvage win in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Byron Buxton hit his 30th home run and the Minnesota Twins got the strongest pitching performance by right-hander Bailey Ober in nearly a month to break their six-game losing streak in a 5-1 victory Sunday afternoon against the Kansas City Royals. Buxton started the top of the first inning against right-hander Michael Lorenzen with his 17th career leadoff homer and ninth of 2025. Buxton’s 30 homers overall build on a career hi…
Byron Buxton hits 30th homer as Twins salvage win in K.C.
Byron Buxton hit his 30th home run and the Minnesota Twins got the strongest pitching performance by right-hander Bailey Ober in nearly a month to break their six-game losing streak in a 5-1 victory Sunday afternoon against the Kansas City Royals.
Idaho State Journal
Ober, Buxton, Clemens leads Twins to 5-1 win, drop Royals 2 back for last AL wild card
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Byron Buxton and Kody Clemens homered and the Minnesota Twins beat Kansas City 5-1 on Sunday to drop the Royals two games back for the last AL wild card.
Rockdale Citizen & Newton Citizen
Jackson Progress-ArgusTwins' Byron Buxton, Bailey Ober stop Royals' streak
Bailey Ober continued his recent success versus Kansas City by allowing one run over 5 1/3 innings while Byron Buxton clubbed his 30th homer and Kody Clemens also went deep in the visiting Minnesota Twins' 5-1 win over the Royals…
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