![]() ![]() ![]() Minnesota went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12 runners, matching its season high. The Royals had not won at Minnesota since last May 28. Carlos Correa and Jorge Polanco singled with one out, Byron Buxton took a called third strike and Trevor Larnach hit a game-ending comebacker. Kansas City (7-21) won for just the third time in 15 games as Scott Barlow hung on for his fourth save. Throwing that hard it’s not easy to bunt, and then when you’re a little bit erratic it’s even tougher.” You can’t overstate what Nicky’s bunt did for us there. It easy to say, ‘Oh, he wasn’t throwing strikes,’ but you have to gear up and be ready for that, for laying off some of those pitches,” Kansas City manager Matt Quatraro said. “You get Duran coming in there throwing 101 (mph). Nicky Lopez sacrificed and Olivares bounced a 1-0 curveball off the mitt of catcher Ryan Jeffers, the ball bouncing to the warning track in front of the first-base dugout. ![]()
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