Ty France’s walk-off home run sends Twins to victory over Royals
In a matchup between two of the American League s top pitching staffs it s no surprise that runs were hard to come by on Friday night After each scoring early the two pitching staffs put up zeros throughout the middle and late innings of the encounter before Ty France hit a walk-off home run inning to send the Twins to a - win over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night at Target Field France unleashed on a first-pitch slider from Lucas Erceg sending the ball deep into the night It was France s second-walk off hit as a Twin this season and first career walk-off home run The Twins only run prior to that point came in the second inning when Carlos Correa hammered a Noah Cameron pitch to center field The ball which traveled feet left the bat at miles per hour and tied the meeting up at the time It was Correa s first at-bat since returning from the seven-day concussion injured list after colliding with teammate Byron Buxton last Thursday in Baltimore Correa commented he experienced dizziness headaches and brain fog in the days after suffering the concussion but he looked good in his return sending another fly ball deep to right field in his second at-bat of the night He also collected an infield single in the ninth inning and scored on France s home run While the Twins didn t have that numerous opportunities to begin with in the event they finished the day with just six hits the Royals had a chance in almost every inning And yet Twins pitchers made sure those chances didn t amount to anything Though Pablo L pez did not throw a - - inning in his outing he was able to pitch around traffic for the preponderance part after giving up a run in the first inning L pez allowed seven hits in his outing but each time he did he maneuvered himself out of it He departed with two outs in the sixth inning in favor of Brock Stewart who got Kyle Isbel to pop up for the final out of the inning In the seventh Louie Varland allowed a four-pitch walk to begin his outing but a key double play helped him out of the situation And an inning later after Maikel Garcia reached on a leadoff single Griffin Jax picked him off before recording the next two outs of the inning With a scoreless ninth Cole Sands picked up the win for the Twins Related Articles Carlos Correa returns after a week on concussion injured list Who s on first Three of the newest additions to the Twins roster Trio of Twins position players making progress towards their return Twins Guardians certainly play ball splitting two games Twins Guardians washed out again will attempt to play almost two Wednesday
