In the bottom of the 5th, MJ Melendez stayed in the batter’s box after the count went to 3-0. The score was 0-0, Zack Greinke was cruising on the other side, and Twins starter Pablo Lopez was on the ropes with bases loaded and just one out. With the new pitch clock, he had no time to take a breath.
Three pitches later, the inning was over. A few moments later, Byron Buxton tripled, the Twins scored the first two runs of the game, and that was seemingly all she wrote, as the Royals fell to Minnesota 2-0 on Opening Day.