On the day that the twin cities celebrated the great Joe Mauer’s career by retiring his number, the Royals and Twins kicked off game two of their three game set. After jumping out to early lead in this one, Kansas City couldn’t hold off the surging division leaders, falling in a close one, 5-4.
Facing former Royal farmhand Jake Odorizzi, who came in with 1.92 ERA, things didn’t look positive for the offense on paper. However, just four hitters into the game, Jorge Soler mashed one into the second deck with a runner on. Cranking it at 462 feet from home plate at 114 mph, Kansas City took a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first.