Not even a scoreless performance from starting pitcher Danny Duffy could end the Royals’ losing streak.
At Target Field for the first time this season, the Royals lost to the Twins 3-1 on Monday night and for the second time this season dropped a 10th consecutive contest.
Royals rookie side-winder Tim Hill relinquished his team’s tenuous one-run lead in the seventh. Called on to relieve Duffy with two left-handed hitters due up in the Twins order, Hill surrendered a leadoff double to catcher Bobby Wilson, who entered the game batting .134. Joe Mauer followed with a soft single to right field that allowed Wilson to reach third.