The World Series flag raised and championship rings distributed, the Royals resumed the everyday baseball season on Friday with an encouraging result.
The Royals scored two runs in the eighth inning to regain the lead they had just lost and went on to a 4-3 victory over the Twins in front of 27,166 fans at Kauffman Stadium.
Trailing 3-2, the Royals opened the eighth with Alex Gordon’s single to right. Up stepped Salvador Perez. His sinking line drive bounced in front of diving left fielder Eddie Rosario. The ball skipped past Rosario and rolled to the wall.