Finale: Royals 5, Twins 4

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports2019 is mercifully over. The Royals lost 103 games. Ned Yost retired. Alex Gordon may have played his last game as a Royal.

But today, the Royals put a smile on everyone’s face. They won their 162nd and final game, 5-4, over the Minnesota Twins. They did it for Ned. He went out a winner for the 746th time in his managerial career.

The Twins got three in the first inning off two home runs while facing Jorge Lopez, who was among the biggest disappointments for the 2019 Royals. Lopez gave up a tiebreaking run in the fifth on another homer, but he otherwise did fine by his standards.

The Royals, down 3-0, got the three runs back in the first four innings. Jorge Soler…