The Royals knocked Bartolo Colon out of the game in the 2nd inning.

By the 3rd inning, Dick and Bert were discussing cargo pants. That’s about how the trajectory of this game looked early on.

The Twins got on the board first, after a cool Byron Buxton triple and a sac fly by Eddie Rosario.

Bartolo Colon pitched a 1-2-3 first, but unfortunately baseball games have more innings. In the 2nd the Royals batted around: Single, single, lineout, double, single, double, double, lineout, and then Nik Turley was put in. He gave up a walk and another single to plate the 6th Royals run. Bartolo was leaving everything up and Royals weren’t missing it: 1.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO. Royals 6, Twins 1.

In the 5th, the Twins had a chance to get right back in the game. With 1 out, an Ehire Adrianza single loaded the bases for Brian Dozier. He hit into an inning-ending double play.

Give some credit to Dillon Gee, he tossed 3 scoreless innings (4, 5, 6) to keep the deficit at 5.

John Curtiss started the 7th inning, and didn’t have much luck. He got 1 out, and gave up 4 runs, 3 of them on a home run by Brandon Moss. Michael Tonkin finished up that inning, 10-1.

Just for good measure, the Royals scored another run in the 8th to make it 11-1. Does it even matter how?

In the 9th, Kennys Vargas blasted a 2-run homer to right-center (10) to make it 11-3. But, it wasn’t enough as KC earns the series split.

Just one game, folks. Twins return to Target Field to take on the Padres.

Studs:

Kennys Vargas: 2-2, HR, 2B, 2 BB

Ehire Adrianza: 2-4

Dillon Gee: 3 IP, 0 R

Duds:

Bartolo Colon: see above

John Curtiss: 0.1 IP, 4 ER

Brian Dozier: 0-3, 3 LOB

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Have a great week, everyone. Enjoy some football.