Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
Final
Recap
MINNEAPOLIS -- Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Kansas City Royals a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. With the Royals trailing 2-1, Isaac Collins led off top of the inning with a single against Eric Orze (2-2). Pinch runner Tyler Tolbert stole second. Josh Rojas tried to sacrifice him over to third, but his bunt went straight back to Orze, who threw to second base too late to catch the retreating Tolbert. Kyle Isbel successfully bunted the runners up a base, and Tolbert scored on Carter Jensen’s sacrifice fly to tie it. Witt then drove in Rojas with a single to left.
Team stats
8Hits4
1Home runs1
3Walks4
6Strikeouts7
2Stolen bases0
141Pitches thrown148
7Pitching strikeouts6
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr.SS | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler TolbertPR-LF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane ThomasPH-RF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maikel GarciaDH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Rojas3B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle IsbelCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter JensenC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac CollinsLF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jac CaglianoneRF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex LangeP | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt StrahmP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daniel Lynch IVP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas ErcegP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Luinder AvilaP | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
