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25-05-2025
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Maikel Garcia's RBI single in 10th helps Royals avoid sweep with 2-1 victory over Twins
Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Jhoan Duran throws to the Kansas City Royals in the 10th inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez throws to the Minnesota Twins in the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) Kansas City Royals second baseman Michael Massey, left, tags out Minnesota Twins' Trevor Larnach, right, on a stolen base-attempt in the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) Kansas City Royals' Freddy Fermin celebrates after his RBI double against the Minnesota Twins in the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) From left to right, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt, second baseman Michael Massey, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and catcher Freddy Fermin celebrate after their win over the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) From left to right, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt, second baseman Michael Massey, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and catcher Freddy Fermin celebrate after their win over the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) Minnesota Twins relief pitcher Jhoan Duran throws to the Kansas City Royals in the 10th inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez throws to the Minnesota Twins in the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) Kansas City Royals second baseman Michael Massey, left, tags out Minnesota Twins' Trevor Larnach, right, on a stolen base-attempt in the eighth inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) Kansas City Royals' Freddy Fermin celebrates after his RBI double against the Minnesota Twins in the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) From left to right, Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt, second baseman Michael Massey, first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino and catcher Freddy Fermin celebrate after their win over the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Maikel Garcia hit a two-out RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals avoided a series sweep by topping the Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Sunday. Garcia drove a 0-2 pitch from Jhoan Duran (3-1) into left field, scoring automatic runner Nick Loftin. Michael Massey struck out swinging and Freddy Femin bounced to third before Garcia delivered. Advertisement Carlos Estévez (2-0) retired each of his four batters — two by strikeouts — to get the win. Taylor Clarke worked the 10th for his first save this season. Kris Bubic struck out nine in seven sparkling innings for Kansas City. He allowed two hits and walked two, continuing his breakout season. Ryan Jeffers hit a leadoff double for Minnesota in the first, and Ty France followed with an RBI single. The 27-year-old Bubic is 3-1 with a 1.22 ERA in his last seven starts. Bubic's 1.45 ERA in 11 starts this season is second among qualified pitchers behind the Yankees' Max Fried at 1.29. Minnesota right-hander Bailey Ober permitted one run and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. Advertisement Fermin drove in Drew Waters with a two-out double in the seventh. The Twins lost for just the third time in their last 19 games. Key moment Fermin's tying double in the seventh came on a 0-2 pitch from Ober. Key stat The Twins entered Sunday with walk-off wins in three straight and four of their last five home games. Up next Royals right-hander Michael Lorenzen (3-5, 3.77 ERA) starts on Monday against visiting Cincinnati. Right-hander Nick Martinez (2-5, 3.43 ERA) takes the mound for the Reds. Twins right-hander Chris Paddack (2-4, 3.98 ERA) pitches on Monday at Tampa Bay in the opener of a 10-game trip. ___ AP MLB:
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25-05-2025
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Maikel Garcia's 10th-inning hit lifts Royals over Twins
May 25 - Maikel Garcia drove in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on for a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis. Freddy Fermin also drove in a run for Kansas City, which salvaged a win in the finale of a three-game series. Ty France drove in the lone run for Minnesota, which lost for only the third time in the past 19 games. The Twins managed only three hits. Carlos Estevez (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the Royals. He walked none and struck out two. Minnesota's Jhoan Duran (3-1) allowed one unearned run on one hit in one inning. He walked none and struck out one. Royals right-hander Taylor Clarke pitched a scoreless 10th to pick up his first save. Both starters received no-decisions despite recording quality starts. The Royals' Kris Bubic limited the Twins to one run on two hits in seven innings. He walked two and struck out nine. The Twins' Bailey Ober gave up one run on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three. The score was even at 1 at the end of nine innings. Garcia put the Royals on top when he looped a two-out hit into left field. Nick Loftin sprinted past third base and toward home, where he made a foot-first slide to beat the throw from Twins left fielder Willi Castro. The Twins opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Ryan Jeffers led off the inning with a double to right field, and France drove him in moments later with a single to center. The Royals had a scoring opportunity with runners on second and third with one out in the third. Ober worked out of the jam by getting Vinnie Pasquantino to line out to shortstop and Salvador Perez to line out to left to end the inning. Kansas City had better luck in the seventh. Drew Waters hit a leadoff double to right and scored three batters later on Fermin's double to center. --Field Level Media
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18-05-2025
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Waters' pinch-hit triple in the 7th inning sparks Royals to 2-1 victory over Cardinals
Kansas City Royals outfielders Drew Waters, left, Kyle Isbel, center, and Hunter Renfroe celebrate after their baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) St. Louis Cardinals' Alec Burleson watches his solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez is doused by teammates after their baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals' Drew Waters (8) celebrates on third after hitting a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals' Drew Waters dives to third after hitting a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals' Drew Waters dives to third after hitting a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals outfielders Drew Waters, left, Kyle Isbel, center, and Hunter Renfroe celebrate after their baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) St. Louis Cardinals' Alec Burleson watches his solo home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez is doused by teammates after their baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals' Drew Waters (8) celebrates on third after hitting a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Kansas City Royals' Drew Waters dives to third after hitting a triple during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, May 18, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Drew Waters led off the seventh inning with a pinch-hit triple, Maikel Garcia drove him in with a single and the Kansas City Royals snapped a four-game skid and avoided a series sweep with a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday. With the game tied at 1, Waters batted in place of Dairon Blanco and tripled to right field on the first pitch from reliever Chris Roycroft (1-3). Garcia hit Roycroft's second pitch to right to score Waters with the go-ahead run. Advertisement Lucas Erceg (1-0) got five outs for the win and Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth and worked around a double by Brendan Donovan for his 13th save in 15 opportunities. Kansas City's Michael Wacha started against his former team and allowed one run and eight hits in five innings with six strikeouts and no walks. The Royals have scored two runs or less with Wacha on the mound in nine of his 10 starts. Alec Burleson put the Cardinals up 1-0 in the fourth with his fourth homer of the season. The Royals then tied it against Matthew Liberatore when Hunter Renfroe led off the bottom half of the fourth with a double and scored on a two-out double by Blanco in his first game of the season. Advertisement Liberatore allowed one run and six hits in six innings. He has gone at least six innings in seven of nine starts. Donovan went 4 for 5 with his 15th double for St. Louis, which had won three straight and 12 of 13. Salvador Perez had two hits for the Royals after entering in a 1-for-21 slump. Key moment The first two pitches thrown by Roycroft proved to be the difference. Key stat The Cardinals are 50-27 all time at Kaufmann Stadium and 31-30 at home in the series. Up next Cardinals: RHP Sonny Gray (4-1, 4.50) starts Monday to begin a six-game homestand with three against Detroit. Royals: LHP Kris Bubic (4-2, 1.66) starts Monday in the first of three against San Francisco to begin a six-game trip. ___ AP MLB:
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29-01-2025
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Reports: Royals adding former Phillies closer Carlos Estevez
January 30 - The Kansas City Royals have reached an agreement with free agent right-handed closer Carlos Estevez on a two-year contract, according to multiple media reports Wednesday evening. Estevez, an All-Star in 2023 with the Los Angeles Angels, split last season between the Angels and the Philadelphia Phillies, who acquired him on July 27 ahead of the trade deadline last summer. The contract is worth a reported $22 million, though the Royals are yet to confirm the deal. Estevez, who turned 32 on Dec. 28, was a combined 4-5 with a 2.45 ERA, 26 saves, 12 walks and 50 strikeouts in 55 innings over 54 relief appearances last season. He has a career 27-31 record with a 4.21 ERA, 82 saves, 161 walks and 440 strikeouts in 419 1/3 innings over 438 relief appearances for the Colorado Rockies (2016-17, 2019-22), Angels (2023-24) and Phillies (2024). He missed the 2018 season because of injuries. Kansas City was 86-76 last season and made the playoffs for the first time since 2015, sweeping the Baltimore Orioles in the American League wild-card round 2-0 before falling to the New York Yankees in the ALDS 3-1. --Field Level Media
