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<\/a><\/p>\nWit a lil o bit o luck. (Photo by Adam Bettcher\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n
MIN bats roared back in B3 when a Mickey Gasper lead-off walk (which really should hold an automatic penalty all its own) was cashed in by Ryan Fitzgerald\u2019s first major league hit\u2014a home run just over the RF limestone and into the flower pots! 2-1 MN.<\/p>\n
Many firsts in one Fitzgerald swing! (Photo by Adam Bettcher\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n Somewhat remarkably after Urena\u2019s opening gambit, Rocco\u2019s Magical Arm Barn (TM) of Kody Funderburk & Pierson Ohl kept KC cleats away from home plate into T7.<\/p>\n Alas, Cole Sands could not do the same\u2014immediately surrendering a single to Maikel Garcia & a home run to Vinnie Pasquantino. 3-2 KC.<\/p>\n The Pasquatch strikes (Photo by Vaughn Ridley\/Getty Images) Getty Images<\/p>\n The Twins caught a break in B8 when KC LF John Rave misplayed a sinking liner that Austin Martin motored into a triple. Ryan Jeffers made it count by stroking a clean single! 3-3 tie.<\/p>\n Cool cat comes through in the clutch. Mandatory Credit: Matt Blewett-Imagn Images Matt Blewett-Imagn Images<\/p>\n It looked like the Royals would go gentle into that good T9\u2014until Justin Topa melted down a bit: 2B\u2014IBB\u2014HBP. Frazier\u2014in search of his 5th hit of the day\u2014would send Trevor Larnach back to the wall\u2026but no further. Whew.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the Twins went quietly in B9, so Bonus Baseball on Roku.<\/p>\n Imagine trying to explain to your younger self how you are watching this game. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n Despite the gift-wrapped Manfred Man, Kansas City couldn\u2019t push it across (nor even off 2B) against Michael Tonkin in T10.<\/p>\n A wild sequence of events in the Twins\u2019 next chance to put the get in get-away day: Gasper out on a foul bunt, Fitzgerald out on a long fly to LF that Rave lost in the sun and then found again, & Martin striking out looking.<\/p>\n An interesting afternoon in the OF to say the least. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images<\/p>\n More traffic in T11\u2014and more Tonkin damage control: K\u2019ing Salvador Perez with the bases loaded to maintain the 3-3 tie.<\/p>\n More ridiculousness in B11, with ghost runner Martin spinning his wheels and getting thrown out at 3B on a tag attempt.<\/p>\n But with two outs, Luke Keaschall decided that enough was enough:<\/p>\n The result: a two-run, walk-off home run over the RF wall!!!!!!!<\/p>\n Your Final: Minnesota Twins 5, Kansas City Royals 3.<\/p>\n Unbelievable!! Unreal!! Ahhhh!! What more can be said?! The Twins take their second consecutive series.<\/p>\n Up next: Three games @ New York Yankees (Mon night, Tues night, Wed night). Gulp.<\/p>\n Fitzgerald: First Major League hit and home run in one swing!Keaschall: Extending his hitting streak to 11 games and the walk-off heroics!The 26,000+ at Target Field today still supporting this squad!The Pohlads (perma-dud)Sands: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, ERA: \u221eNagurksiinnortheast espousing the utter lunacy<\/a> of the \u201cGasper walks; Fitzgerald homers\u201d sequence of events for the 2025 Minnesota Twins.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After being shut out by the Kansas City Royals last night and having some cold water thrown on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[5,4961,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-239794","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-game-recaps","10":"tag-kansas","11":"tag-kansas-city","12":"tag-kansas-city-royals","13":"tag-kansascity","14":"tag-kansascityroyals","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115008441456627068","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n