US EditionPerez’s 3-run homer leads Royals’ rout of Twins, 11-2
Salvador Perez hit his 25th home run in a game where the Royals scored 11 runs, including multiple RBIs from Carter Jensen and Vinnie Pasquantino, boosting their Wild Card chances.
- The Kansas City Royals dominated the Minnesota Twins with an 11-2 victory on Saturday evening at Kauffman Stadium.
- The Royals faced the Twins without their key shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., who exited Friday’s game due to low back spasms, while the Twins struggled as Joe Ryan had an unusually brief and ineffective pitching performance.
- Kansas City scored five runs in the first inning, highlighted by Salvador Perez’s three-run homer, and added runs consistently through the third, fourth, and sixth innings as multiple players contributed RBIs.
- In a brief two-inning appearance, Joe Ryan gave up five runs, surrendering four hits and walking four batters—his shortest outing since August 7, 2024—despite having maintained a 1.34 ERA over 10 previous starts against Kansas City.
- The Royals boosted their record to 73-69 and continue to trail the Mariners by a single game for the last AL Wild Card position, while the Twins suffered their sixth consecutive defeat, falling to 62-80.
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Twins fall as Ryan shelled in shortest outing since last August
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The only other time right-hander Joe Ryan pitched such a short outing, it was because of a shoulder muscle injury that knocked him out for the rest of the 2024 season. Some of Ryan’s woes for the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night could be traced to him feeling ill, but not anything like the Grade 2 teres major strain that interrupted his career a year ago August. Ryan lasted just two innings, allowing five runs in the first in…
Venezuelan Salvador Pérez's three-run home run highlighted a first five-notation entry from the Kansas City Royals, who crushed the Minnesota Twins on Saturday 11-2.
Royals ride 5-run 1st frame vs. Ryan to win over Twins
KANSAS CITY -- Twins starter Joe Ryan has not been kind to the Royals in his career, entering Saturday night with a career 1.34 ERA against Kansas City in 10 starts, with just nine runs allowed in 60 1/3 innings. On Saturday, the Royals got him back. Kansas City rode
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