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Sonny Gray pitched a six-inning shutout, Gio Ursiera went 4-for-5 with two RBIs, Gilberto Celestino had a homer and scored two runs, and the Minnesota Twins pitched at the Kansas City Royals in Minneapolis on Tuesday night. won 9-0 against the
This was his fourth four-hit game in Ursela's career, and his first as a member of the Twins. Luis Araez led the Americans in doubles and two singles with his league-leading batting average to . Byron Buxton and Nick Gordon each added his two hits as he beat Kansas City 16-5.
Gray (7-3) recorded his season-high 10 strikeouts and beat the Royals to Bobby He Witt Jr.'s Bloop his single and his first. 6 innings he walked one before turning back. Back-to-back singles to Salvador Pérez and Vinny Pascantino to start the seventh. Caleb Thielber then got out of the jam by releasing Gray, grounding Michael Massey into a fielder's choice, and striking out Michael A. Taylor and Nick Pratt.
Zach Greinke (4-8) is on target as he falls 1-6 in nine career starts on the field, with three runs (one earned) on his nine hits in six innings. ). He stole his 5 and failed to walk a hitter. Pascantino led the Royals with his two hits and a walk.
Minnesota in his second inning he led 2–0, parlaying two singles and a witting error he had two earned runs. Urscella led with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch, and moved to third when Witt whiffed Celestino's ground ball. Sandy Leon then drove in a safety squeeze for Urscella to make it 1-0. Arraez continued with a single driving in Celestino.
Celestino hit his second home run of the season from the front of his second deck in left field in the fourth to make it 3–0.
The Twins then opened the game with his seventh of his three runs, continuing to bat in the process. Arraez opened the inning with a double, then scored on a bases-loaded fielder's choice by Max Kepler. Urscella added an RBI single and Gordon lined up a double from the right field wall to drive in another run, making it 6–0.
Minnesota added three more runs in his eighth inning on his RBI singles of Miranada, Urscella and Gordon.
