Kansas City’s bats did just enough tonight as the pitching staff shut down the Minnesota offense in Wednesday’s 2-0 victory at Kauffman Stadium.
Lynch faced the minimum in a scoreless first inning aided by a double play off the bat of Carlos Correa. The Royals responded immediately in the bottom of the frame. Whit Merrifield led off the inning with a flyball to left off Twins starter Chris Paddack that would have been a home run if not for a leaping catch attempt at the fence by Trevor Larnach. The ball bounced off his wrist, forcing Merrifield to settle for a double.