It was a track meet on Friday night, as the Royals beat the Twins, 11-6, at Kauffman Stadium.
Straight out of the chute, the Royals hit the ground running, as the first four men to come to the plate reach. Whit Merrifield, who had three hits, singled. Nicky Lopez singled. Salvador Perez got hit by a pitch. A wild pitch scored Merrifield. Andrew Benintendi walked. The next three men made outs, but Carlos Santana’s groundout scored a second run. 2-0.
In the third, four more hits for the Royals occurred, with base knocks from Hunter Dozier and Bert Mondesi doubling the lead to 4-0.