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Twins open with 2 shutouts for 1st time, beat Royals 2-0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Sonny Gray and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 on Saturday to open with consecutive shutouts for the first time in franchise history.

Jose Miranda had an early RBI single, and pinch-hitter Kyle Farmer added a sacrifice fly. Byron Buxton scored twice.

Gray (1-0) allowed three hits and had a strikeout and four walks, all of which came in full-count situations. Jorge Alcalá, Griffin Jax, Caleb Thielbar and Jorge López also held the Royals scoreless. Thielbar struck out three, and López got his first save of the year.

The Twins and original Washington Senators had never opened with consecutive shutouts.

“How can you not be pleased with not giving up any runs, pitching and defense?" Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “I couldn’t be happier with all the guys we’ve brought into the game and how they have been pitching. Combine that with the plays the guys are making behind them and it has looked good.”

Kansas City is 0 for 14 with runners in scoring position in its first two games.

Miranda singled to center in the first to score Buxton. Farmer came on as a pinch hitter in the sixth and hit a sacrifice fly to center, also scoring Buxton.

Christian Vázquez went 2 for 3 with a pair of singles. Buxton also had two hits.

“It is incredible watching him play and seeing what he does,” Farmer said.

In his Royals debut, Jordan Lyles (0-1) threw 5 1/3 innings and gave up two runs - one earned - on five hits with two strikeouts and two walks.

“His stuff was good and pace was good,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. "I thought he had some good curveballs below the bats and overall you couldn’t ask for much more.”

Salvador Perez had a double in the fifth and a single in the eighth. The Royals left eight men on base with four hits.

“We got some opportunities today, but it’s part of the game," Perez said.

CLOCKING IN A RECORD

Franmil Reyes became the first Royals batter called for a timer violation, during the start of his at-bat with the bases loaded in the third inning. He struck out.

UP NEXT

RHP Joe Ryan will start the series finale for Minnesota. RHP Brad Keller will counter for Kansas City.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Twins MIN2-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
Royals KC0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Ewing M. Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

W: S. Gray (1-0)L: J. Lyles (0-1)S: J. Lopez (1)

MINTwins

KCRoyals

.S. GraySonny Gray
P
5.0 IP, 4 BB, SO, 83 P
.J. LopezJorge Lopez
P
1.0 IP, SO, 8 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Kepler RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
C. Correa SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	0.5
B. Buxton DH	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	.444	.444	.778	1.222	4.5
T. Larnach LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.286	.444	.286	.730	0.5
J. Miranda 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	1.5
N. Gordon 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
b- K. Farmer PH-2B	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.5
J. Gallo 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.5
C. Vazquez C	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	2.0
M. Taylor CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0.0

HITTERS	AB
M. Kepler RF	4
C. Correa SS	3
B. Buxton DH	4
T. Larnach LF	3
J. Miranda 3B	4
N. Gordon 2B	2
b- K. Farmer PH-2B	1
J. Gallo 1B	4
C. Vazquez C	3
M. Taylor CF	3

b-struck out for Gordon in the 6th

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.0
M. Melendez RF	3	0	1	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.5
S. Perez C	4	2	0	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	3.0
V. Pasquantino 1B	3	1	1	1	2	.167	.375	.167	.542	1.5
F. Reyes DH	2	0	2	2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	1.0
H. Dozier 3B	4	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
K. Isbel CF	4	1	0	1	3	.333	.429	.500	.929	0.5
N. Eaton LF	3	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
a- M. Massey PH	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
N. Lopez 2B	2	0	1	0	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	1.0

HITTERS	AB
B. Witt SS	4
M. Melendez RF	3
S. Perez C	4
V. Pasquantino 1B	3
F. Reyes DH	2
H. Dozier 3B	4
K. Isbel CF	4
N. Eaton LF	3
a- M. Massey PH	1
N. Lopez 2B	2

a-lined out for Eaton in the 9th

2B - B. Buxton
SF - K. Farmer
RBI - J. Miranda, K. Farmer
2-Out RBI - J. Miranda
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - N. Gordon

2B - S. Perez
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - V. Pasquantino, F. Reyes 2 (2), N. Eaton 2 (2)

DP - 2 (Gordon-Correa-Gallo; Farmer-Correa-Gallo)
E - J. Miranda

DP - (Lopez-Pasquantino)

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP	FPTS
S. Gray (W, 1-0)	5.0	3	4	1	1.40	15.5
J. Alcala (H, 1)	1.0	0	1	0	1.00	2.0
G. Jax (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0.50	3.0
C. Thielbar (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	3	0.50	3.5
J. Lopez (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	1	0.00	10.5

PITCHERS	IP
S. Gray (W, 1-0)	5.0
J. Alcala (H, 1)	1.0
G. Jax (H, 2)	1.0
C. Thielbar (H, 2)	1.0
J. Lopez (S, 1)	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Lyles (L, 0-1)	5.1	5	2	1	2	2	1.69	1.31	4.0
R. Yarbrough	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	5.0
T. Clarke	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	4.5
A. Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	4.5

PITCHERS	IP
J. Lyles (L, 0-1)	5.1
R. Yarbrough	1.2
T. Clarke	1.0
A. Chapman	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - S. Gray 83-53, J. Alcala 12-7, G. Jax 11-7, C. Thielbar 18-14, J. Lopez 8-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - S. Gray 7-3, J. Alcala 1-1, G. Jax 3-0, J. Lopez 1-0
Batters Faced - S. Gray 22, J. Alcala 3, G. Jax 3, C. Thielbar 4, J. Lopez 3

Pitches-Strikes - J. Lyles 86-51, R. Yarbrough 12-9, T. Clarke 16-10, A. Chapman 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Lyles 3-8, R. Yarbrough 3-1
Batters Faced - J. Lyles 23, R. Yarbrough 5, T. Clarke 3, A. Chapman 3

.S. GraySonny Gray
P
5.0 IP, 4 BB, SO, 83 P
.J. LopezJorge Lopez
P
1.0 IP, SO, 8 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Twins MIN2-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
Royals KC0-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Ewing M. Kauffman StadiumKansas City, MO

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Kepler RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
C. Correa SS	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	0.5
B. Buxton DH	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	.444	.444	.778	1.222	4.5
T. Larnach LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.286	.444	.286	.730	0.5
J. Miranda 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	1.5
N. Gordon 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
b- K. Farmer PH-2B	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.5
J. Gallo 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.5
C. Vazquez C	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.571	.571	.571	1.143	2.0
M. Taylor CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0.0
Total	31	2	5	2	2	8	11	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Kepler RF	4
C. Correa SS	3
B. Buxton DH	4
T. Larnach LF	3
J. Miranda 3B	4
N. Gordon 2B	2
b- K. Farmer PH-2B	1
J. Gallo 1B	4
C. Vazquez C	3
M. Taylor CF	3
Total	31

b-struck out for Gordon in the 6th

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
B. Witt SS	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.0
M. Melendez RF	3	0	1	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.5
S. Perez C	4	2	0	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	3.0
V. Pasquantino 1B	3	1	1	1	2	.167	.375	.167	.542	1.5
F. Reyes DH	2	0	2	2	4	.000	.250	.000	.250	1.0
H. Dozier 3B	4	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
K. Isbel CF	4	1	0	1	3	.333	.429	.500	.929	0.5
N. Eaton LF	3	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
a- M. Massey PH	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
N. Lopez 2B	2	0	1	0	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	1.0
Total	30	4	5	5	21	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
B. Witt SS	4
M. Melendez RF	3
S. Perez C	4
V. Pasquantino 1B	3
F. Reyes DH	2
H. Dozier 3B	4
K. Isbel CF	4
N. Eaton LF	3
a- M. Massey PH	1
N. Lopez 2B	2
Total	30

a-lined out for Eaton in the 9th

2B - B. Buxton
SF - K. Farmer
RBI - J. Miranda, K. Farmer
2-Out RBI - J. Miranda
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - N. Gordon

2B - S. Perez
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - V. Pasquantino, F. Reyes 2 (2), N. Eaton 2 (2)

DP - 2 (Gordon-Correa-Gallo; Farmer-Correa-Gallo)
E - J. Miranda

DP - (Lopez-Pasquantino)

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Gray (W, 1-0)	5.0	3	4	1	0.00	1.40	15.5
J. Alcala (H, 1)	1.0	0	1	0	0.00	1.00	2.0
G. Jax (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	0.00	0.50	3.0
C. Thielbar (H, 2)	1.0	1	0	3	0.00	0.50	3.5
J. Lopez (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	10.5
Total	9.0	4	5	5	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
S. Gray (W, 1-0)	5.0
J. Alcala (H, 1)	1.0
G. Jax (H, 2)	1.0
C. Thielbar (H, 2)	1.0
J. Lopez (S, 1)	1.0
Total	9.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Lyles (L, 0-1)	5.1	5	2	1	2	2	1.69	1.31	4.0
R. Yarbrough	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	5.0
T. Clarke	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	4.5
A. Chapman	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00	0.00	4.5
Total	9.0	5	2	1	2	8	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
J. Lyles (L, 0-1)	5.1
R. Yarbrough	1.2
T. Clarke	1.0
A. Chapman	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - S. Gray 83-53, J. Alcala 12-7, G. Jax 11-7, C. Thielbar 18-14, J. Lopez 8-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - S. Gray 7-3, J. Alcala 1-1, G. Jax 3-0, J. Lopez 1-0
Batters Faced - S. Gray 22, J. Alcala 3, G. Jax 3, C. Thielbar 4, J. Lopez 3

Pitches-Strikes - J. Lyles 86-51, R. Yarbrough 12-9, T. Clarke 16-10, A. Chapman 13-9
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - J. Lyles 3-8, R. Yarbrough 3-1
Batters Faced - J. Lyles 23, R. Yarbrough 5, T. Clarke 3, A. Chapman 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

1ST INNING
Miranda singled to center, Buxton scored, Larnach to second 1 0
6TH INNING
Farmer hit sacrifice fly to center, Buxton scored 2 0

1ST INNING
	Miranda singled to center, Buxton scored, Larnach to second	1	0

6TH INNING
	Farmer hit sacrifice fly to center, Buxton scored	2	0

1ST INNING
Twins
J. Lyles Pitching:
M. Kepler: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Kepler lined out to center
C. Correa: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Correa flied out to left
B. Buxton: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Buxton doubled to deep left
T. Larnach: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Larnach walked
J. Miranda: Miranda singled to center, Buxton scored, Larnach to second
N. Gordon: Ball, Ball, Gordon reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Miranda out at second
Middle of the 1st (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
S. Gray Pitching:
B. Witt: Witt flied out to center
M. Melendez: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Melendez grounded out to second
S. Perez: Ball, Perez flied out to deep center
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Twins
J. Lyles Pitching:
J. Gallo: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Gallo struck out swinging
C. Vazquez: Strike (foul tip), Vazquez singled to center
M. Taylor: Foul, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Foul, Ball, Taylor lined into double play second to first, Vazquez out at first
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
S. Gray Pitching:
V. Pasquantino: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Pasquantino singled to right
F. Reyes: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Reyes walked, Pasquantino to second
H. Dozier: Strike looking, Ball, Dozier lined out to left
K. Isbel: Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt to second, Isbel grounded out to second, Pasquantino to third, Reyes to second
N. Eaton: Strike looking, Ball, Eaton lined out to right
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Twins
J. Lyles Pitching:
M. Kepler: Kepler flied out to center
C. Correa: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Correa walked
B. Buxton: Buxton lined out to center
T. Larnach: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Larnach flied out to deep left
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
S. Gray Pitching:
N. Lopez: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Lopez walked
B. Witt: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Witt lined out to third
M. Melendez: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Foul, Ball, Melendez walked, Lopez to second
S. Perez: Perez flied out to center
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Pasquantino walked, Lopez to third, Melendez to second
F. Reyes: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Reyes struck out swinging
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Twins
J. Lyles Pitching:
J. Miranda: Ball, Miranda flied out to deep center
N. Gordon: Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Gordon lined out to center
J. Gallo: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Gallo struck out looking
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
Royals
S. Gray Pitching:
H. Dozier: Strike looking, Dozier safe at first on 3rd baseman Miranda fielding error
K. Isbel: Isbel singled to right, Dozier to second
N. Eaton: Ball, Foul, Eaton reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Dozier out at third, Isbel to second
N. Lopez: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Lopez grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Eaton out at second
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Twins
J. Lyles Pitching:
C. Vazquez: Strike looking, Ball, Vazquez singled to center
M. Taylor: Strike swinging, Taylor flied out to center
M. Kepler: Ball, Foul, Kepler fouled out to third
C. Correa: Strike looking, Correa grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
S. Gray Pitching:
B. Witt: Witt popped out to second
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Melendez lined out to left
S. Perez: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Perez doubled to deep right
V. Pasquantino: Ball, Pickoff attempt, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Pasquantino grounded out to shortstop
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Twins
J. Lyles Pitching:
B. Buxton: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Buxton singled to shallow right
T. Larnach: Ball, Ball, Larnach flied out to center
J. Miranda: Ball, Buxton to second on passed ball, Ball, Miranda reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Buxton to third
Ryan Yarbrough relieved Jordan Lyles
Kyle Farmer hit for Nick Gordon
K. Farmer: Ball, Strike looking, Farmer hit sacrifice fly to center, Buxton scored
J. Gallo: Gallo grounded out to first
Middle of the 6th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Royals
Kyle Farmer at second base
Jorge Alcala relieved Sonny Gray
F. Reyes: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Reyes walked
H. Dozier: Dozier flied out to deep center
K. Isbel: Ball, Isbel grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Reyes out at second
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Twins
R. Yarbrough Pitching:
C. Vazquez: Strike looking, Vazquez lined out to first
M. Taylor: Taylor grounded out to pitcher
M. Kepler: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Kepler grounded out to first
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
Griffin Jax relieved Jorge Alcala
N. Eaton: Strike looking, Eaton grounded out to pitcher
N. Lopez: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Lopez grounded out to second
B. Witt: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Witt grounded out to shortstop
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Twins
Taylor Clarke relieved Ryan Yarbrough
C. Correa: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Correa struck out looking
B. Buxton: Strike looking, Foul, Foul tip, Buxton struck out on foul tip
T. Larnach: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Larnach struck out looking
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
Caleb Thielbar relieved Griffin Jax
M. Melendez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Melendez struck out looking
S. Perez: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Perez singled to left
V. Pasquantino: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Pasquantino struck out swinging
F. Reyes: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul tip, Reyes struck out on foul tip
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Twins
Aroldis Chapman relieved Taylor Clarke
J. Miranda: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Miranda struck out swinging
K. Farmer: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Farmer struck out looking
J. Gallo: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Intentional ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Gallo struck out looking
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Royals
Jorge Lopez relieved Caleb Thielbar
H. Dozier: Dozier grounded out to second
K. Isbel: Strike looking, Foul, Strike looking, Isbel struck out looking
Michael Massey hit for Nathan Eaton
M. Massey: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Massey lined out to third
End of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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