The Twins sent 12 men to the plate in the third inning against Royals starter Brady Singer, scoring seven times in an 8-4 Royals loss on Sunday that was not as close as the score indicated. The Twins raced out to an 8-0 lead, and the Royals only scored a pair of ninth inning runs to make the final score look less like a blowout. Singer exited in the third after recording just eight outs, allowing eight total runs on five hits, three walks, and a hit batter.
Singer got through a 1-2-3 first inning, but gave up a leadoff double to Byron Buxton in the second.