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Cole Ragans strikes out 11 as the Royals beat the sloppy Twins 2-1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Cole Ragans struck out 11 in six crisp innings, and the Kansas City Royals beat the sloppy Minnesota Twins 2-1 on Tuesday night.

Kansas City won for the fourth time in five games despite managing just two unearned runs and three hits.

Bobby Witt Jr. scored the go-ahead run on Vinnie Pasquantino’s soft grounder in the eighth. Witt reached when he went all the way to third on a throwing error on Griffin Jax (0-1).

Ragans was charged with one run and four hits. John Schreiber (1-0) escaped a jam in the eighth, and Daniel Lynch IV got one out for his first save.

Minnesota had runners on the corners in the top of the eighth when Carlos Correa bounced into an inning-ending double play.

Twins right-hander Pablo López pitched 4 2/3 innings of three-hit ball before departing because of right hamstring tightness. López struck out six and walked one.

The Royals jumped in front in the fourth. Witt hit a one-out double and Pasquantino reached on an error on second baseman Micky Gasper. Witt then scampered home on Salvador Perez’s grounder.

The Twins responded in the fifth. Ty France doubled and scored on Harrison Bader’s single off left fielder Mark Canha’s glove at the top of the wall.

After walking Jonathan India, López grabbed the back of his right leg and was removed after a short visit from Twins trainer Nick Paparesta.

Twins batters are hitting .103 against left-handed pitching this season.

Twins right-hander Joe Ryan (0-1, 4.50 ERA) and Royals right-hander Seth Lugo (1-0, 3.27 ERA) take the mound on Wednesday.

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This version corrects the score in the headline.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Twins MIN3-8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	3
Royals KC6-5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2	3	0

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

W: J. Schreiber (1-0)L: G. Jax (0-1)S: D. Lynch (1)

MINTwins

KCRoyals

.C. RagansCole Ragans
P
6.0 IP, ER, 11 SO, 96 P
.P. LopezPablo Lopez
P
4.2 IP, BB, 6 SO, 78 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Buxton CF	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	.171	.209	.293	.502	-2.0
R. Jeffers C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.276	.259	.535	0.5
D. Keirsey PR	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
C. Vazquez C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.125	.243	0.0
T. Larnach LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.229	.300	.257	.557	1.0
C. Correa SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	.150	.209	.225	.434	3.5
J. Miranda 3B	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	.156	.156	.250	.406	-1.5
a- M. Wallner PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.400	.471	.871	0.0
T. France 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.205	.262	.282	.544	3.0
E. Julien DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.190	.261	.238	.499	1.5
H. Bader RF	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.300	.323	.633	.956	1.5
M. Gasper 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083	.267	.083	.350	-0.5

HITTERS	AB
B. Buxton CF	4
R. Jeffers C	4
D. Keirsey PR	0
C. Vazquez C	0
T. Larnach LF	4
C. Correa SS	4
J. Miranda 3B	3
a- M. Wallner PH	1
T. France 1B	4
E. Julien DH	3
H. Bader RF	3
M. Gasper 2B	3

a-flied out for Miranda in the 9th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. India DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.396	.333	.729	1.0
B. Witt SS	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	.273	.347	.477	.824	5.0
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	1	0	1	4	.189	.262	.378	.640	0.5
S. Perez C	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	.209	.261	.326	.586	1.5
M. Massey 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.279	.325	.604	1.0
M. Canha LF	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.357	.471	.500	.971	-1.0
H. Renfroe RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.242	.200	.442	0.0
M. Melendez RF-LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.115	.258	.154	.412	-1.0
M. Garcia 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.306	.342	.556	.898	-0.5
K. Isbel CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.296	.296	.444	.741	0.5

HITTERS	AB
J. India DH	3
B. Witt SS	3
V. Pasquantino 1B	4
S. Perez C	3
M. Massey 2B	3
M. Canha LF	2
H. Renfroe RF	1
M. Melendez RF-LF	3
M. Garcia 3B	3
K. Isbel CF	3

2B - C. Correa 2 (3), T. France (3)
RBI - H. Bader (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Buxton, J. Miranda, E. Julien

2B - B. Witt (4)
RBI - V. Pasquantino (10), S. Perez (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - V. Pasquantino 2 (2), M. Canha

DP - (Alcala-Correa-France)
E - M. Gasper, P. Lopez (2), G. Jax

DP - (Witt-Massey-Pasquantino)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lopez	4.2	3	1	1	6	1.62	1.02	13.0
C. Sands	0.1	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.46	0.0
J. Alcala	1.0	0	0	1	0	6.75	1.50	2.0
D. Coulombe	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.69	4.0
G. Jax (L, 0-1)	1.0	0	1	0	0	7.36	1.91	-2.0

PITCHERS	IP
P. Lopez	4.2
C. Sands	0.1
J. Alcala	1.0
D. Coulombe	1.0
G. Jax (L, 0-1)	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Ragans	6.0	4	1	1	11	2.81	1.13	20.5
A. Zerpa	1.0	1	0	0	0	4.91	2.18	2.0
J. Schreiber (W, 1-0)	1.2	2	0	0	1	3.60	1.20	10.5
D. Lynch (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.63	8.0

PITCHERS	IP
C. Ragans	6.0
A. Zerpa	1.0
J. Schreiber (W, 1-0)	1.2
D. Lynch (S, 1)	0.1

Pitches-Strikes - P. Lopez 78-50, C. Sands 15-8, J. Alcala 16-9, D. Coulombe 13-9, G. Jax 12-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - P. Lopez 7-1, C. Sands 0-1, J. Alcala 2-0, D. Coulombe 1-0, G. Jax 2-1
Batters Faced - P. Lopez 19, C. Sands 2, J. Alcala 3, D. Coulombe 3, G. Jax 4

Pitches-Strikes - C. Ragans 96-63, A. Zerpa 21-12, J. Schreiber 23-15, D. Lynch 2-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Ragans 3-4, A. Zerpa 3-1, J. Schreiber 2-1, D. Lynch 1-0
Batters Faced - C. Ragans 23, A. Zerpa 4, J. Schreiber 6, D. Lynch

.C. RagansCole Ragans
P
6.0 IP, ER, 11 SO, 96 P
.P. LopezPablo Lopez
P
4.2 IP, BB, 6 SO, 78 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Twins MIN3-8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	3
Royals KC6-5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2	3	0

Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Buxton CF	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	.171	.209	.293	.502	-2.0
R. Jeffers C	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.222	.276	.259	.535	0.5
D. Keirsey PR	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-
C. Vazquez C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.125	.243	0.0
T. Larnach LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.229	.300	.257	.557	1.0
C. Correa SS	4	0	2	0	0	1	2	.150	.209	.225	.434	3.5
J. Miranda 3B	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	.156	.156	.250	.406	-1.5
a- M. Wallner PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.400	.471	.871	0.0
T. France 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.205	.262	.282	.544	3.0
E. Julien DH	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.190	.261	.238	.499	1.5
H. Bader RF	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.300	.323	.633	.956	1.5
M. Gasper 2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083	.267	.083	.350	-0.5
Total	33	1	7	1	0	12	12	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
B. Buxton CF	4
R. Jeffers C	4
D. Keirsey PR	0
C. Vazquez C	0
T. Larnach LF	4
C. Correa SS	4
J. Miranda 3B	3
a- M. Wallner PH	1
T. France 1B	4
E. Julien DH	3
H. Bader RF	3
M. Gasper 2B	3
Total	33

a-flied out for Miranda in the 9th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. India DH	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256	.396	.333	.729	1.0
B. Witt SS	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	.273	.347	.477	.824	5.0
V. Pasquantino 1B	4	0	0	1	0	1	4	.189	.262	.378	.640	0.5
S. Perez C	3	0	0	1	1	1	1	.209	.261	.326	.586	1.5
M. Massey 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.279	.325	.604	1.0
M. Canha LF	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	.357	.471	.500	.971	-1.0
H. Renfroe RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.242	.200	.442	0.0
M. Melendez RF-LF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.115	.258	.154	.412	-1.0
M. Garcia 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.306	.342	.556	.898	-0.5
K. Isbel CF	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	.296	.296	.444	.741	0.5
Total	28	2	3	2	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. India DH	3
B. Witt SS	3
V. Pasquantino 1B	4
S. Perez C	3
M. Massey 2B	3
M. Canha LF	2
H. Renfroe RF	1
M. Melendez RF-LF	3
M. Garcia 3B	3
K. Isbel CF	3
Total	28

2B - C. Correa 2 (3), T. France (3)
RBI - H. Bader (10)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - B. Buxton, J. Miranda, E. Julien

2B - B. Witt (4)
RBI - V. Pasquantino (10), S. Perez (5)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - V. Pasquantino 2 (2), M. Canha

DP - (Alcala-Correa-France)
E - M. Gasper, P. Lopez (2), G. Jax

DP - (Witt-Massey-Pasquantino)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
P. Lopez	4.2	3	1	1	6	1.62	1.02	13.0
C. Sands	0.1	0	0	1	0	0.00	0.46	0.0
J. Alcala	1.0	0	0	1	0	6.75	1.50	2.0
D. Coulombe	1.0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.69	4.0
G. Jax (L, 0-1)	1.0	0	1	0	0	7.36	1.91	-2.0
Total	8.0	3	2	3	8	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
P. Lopez	4.2
C. Sands	0.1
J. Alcala	1.0
D. Coulombe	1.0
G. Jax (L, 0-1)	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Ragans	6.0	4	1	1	11	2.81	1.13	20.5
A. Zerpa	1.0	1	0	0	0	4.91	2.18	2.0
J. Schreiber (W, 1-0)	1.2	2	0	0	1	3.60	1.20	10.5
D. Lynch (S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.63	8.0
Total	9.0	7	1	1	12	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
C. Ragans	6.0
A. Zerpa	1.0
J. Schreiber (W, 1-0)	1.2
D. Lynch (S, 1)	0.1
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - P. Lopez 78-50, C. Sands 15-8, J. Alcala 16-9, D. Coulombe 13-9, G. Jax 12-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - P. Lopez 7-1, C. Sands 0-1, J. Alcala 2-0, D. Coulombe 1-0, G. Jax 2-1
Batters Faced - P. Lopez 19, C. Sands 2, J. Alcala 3, D. Coulombe 3, G. Jax 4

Pitches-Strikes - C. Ragans 96-63, A. Zerpa 21-12, J. Schreiber 23-15, D. Lynch 2-2
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Ragans 3-4, A. Zerpa 3-1, J. Schreiber 2-1, D. Lynch 1-0
Batters Faced - C. Ragans 23, A. Zerpa 4, J. Schreiber 6, D. Lynch

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

4TH INNING
Perez reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, B. Witt scored, Pasquantino out at second 0 1
5TH INNING
Bader singled to left center, T. France scored, Julien to second 1 1
8TH INNING
Pasquantino grounded out to first, B. Witt scored 1 2

4TH INNING
	Perez reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, B. Witt scored, Pasquantino out at second	0	1

5TH INNING
	Bader singled to left center, T. France scored, Julien to second	1	1

8TH INNING
	Pasquantino grounded out to first, B. Witt scored	1	2

1ST INNING
Twins
C. Ragans Pitching:
B. Buxton: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Buxton struck out swinging
R. Jeffers: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Jeffers struck out swinging
T. Larnach: Larnach grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
P. Lopez Pitching:
J. India: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, India grounded out to shortstop
B. Witt: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Witt grounded out to shortstop
V. Pasquantino: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Pasquantino struck out swinging
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Twins
C. Ragans Pitching:
C. Correa: Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Correa doubled to deep right
J. Miranda: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Miranda struck out swinging
T. France: Strike looking, France lined out to left
E. Julien: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul tip, Julien struck out on foul tip
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
P. Lopez Pitching:
S. Perez: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Perez struck out swinging
M. Massey: Strike looking, Ball, Massey flied out to left
M. Canha: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Canha struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Twins
C. Ragans Pitching:
H. Bader: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Bader struck out swinging
M. Gasper: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Foul tip, Gasper struck out on foul tip
B. Buxton: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Buxton struck out looking
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
P. Lopez Pitching:
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Melendez struck out swinging
M. Garcia: Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
K. Isbel: Ball, Foul, Isbel grounded out to shortstop
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Twins
C. Ragans Pitching:
R. Jeffers: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Jeffers flied out to deep right
T. Larnach: Strike looking, Larnach grounded out to shortstop
C. Correa: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Correa struck out swinging
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors)
Royals
P. Lopez Pitching:
J. India: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, India popped out to second
B. Witt: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Witt doubled to center
V. Pasquantino: Foul, Pasquantino safe at first on 2nd baseman Gasper fielding error, Witt to third
S. Perez: Ball, Perez reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, B. Witt scored, Pasquantino out at second
M. Massey: Foul, Foul, Massey reached on an infield single to pitcher, Perez to third on Lopez throwing error
M. Canha: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Canha struck out swinging
End of the 4th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Twins
C. Ragans Pitching:
J. Miranda: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Miranda struck out swinging
T. France: Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, France doubled to deep left
E. Julien: Ball, Julien hit by pitch
H. Bader: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Bader singled to left center, T. France scored, Julien to second
M. Gasper: Strike looking, Ball, Gasper popped out to first
B. Buxton: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Buxton struck out swinging
Middle of the 5th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
P. Lopez Pitching:
M. Melendez: Ball, Strike looking, Melendez grounded out to second
M. Garcia: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Garcia lined out to center
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Isbel singled to right
J. India: Ball, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, India walked, Isbel to second
Cole Sands relieved Pablo Lopez
B. Witt: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Witt walked, Isbel to third, India to second
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Pasquantino flied out to deep right
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Twins
Hunter Renfroe in right field
MJ Melendez in left field
R. Jeffers: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Jeffers flied out to deep right
T. Larnach: Ball, Ball, Larnach grounded out to second
C. Correa: Ball, Ball, Correa doubled to left
J. Miranda: Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Miranda struck out swinging
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
Jorge Alcala relieved Cole Sands
S. Perez: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Perez walked
M. Massey: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Massey grounded into double play pitcher to shortstop to first, Perez out at second
H. Renfroe: Ball, Ball, Renfroe grounded out to third
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Twins
Angel Zerpa relieved Cole Ragans
T. France: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, France grounded out to pitcher
E. Julien: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Julien reached on an infield single to first
H. Bader: Strike looking, Bader flied out to deep right
M. Gasper: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Gasper grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
Danny Coulombe relieved Jorge Alcala
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Melendez struck out looking
M. Garcia: Strike looking, Foul, Garcia grounded out to third
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Isbel struck out swinging
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Twins
John Schreiber relieved Angel Zerpa
B. Buxton: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Buxton struck out swinging
R. Jeffers: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Jeffers singled to left center
DaShawn Keirsey ran for Ryan Jeffers
T. Larnach: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Larnach singled to right, Keirsey to third
C. Correa: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Correa grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Larnach out at second
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error)
Royals
Christian Vazquez catching
Griffin Jax relieved Danny Coulombe
J. India: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, India popped out to third
B. Witt: Foul, Witt safe at first on Jax throwing error, Witt to third
V. Pasquantino: Foul, Strike swinging, Pasquantino grounded out to first, B. Witt scored
S. Perez: Strike looking, Perez flied out to shallow right
End of the 8th (1 Run, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Twins
Matt Wallner hit for Jose Miranda
M. Wallner: Ball, Wallner flied out to deep right
T. France: Ball, France grounded out to shortstop
Daniel Lynch relieved John Schreiber
E. Julien: Foul, Julien grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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