Don’t let the score fool you, the Royals should have been blown out in this game. The Twins had runners on base all day but managed to find ways to fail to score runs much like the Royals did during their losing streak a couple of weeks ago. That let the Royals convince themselves they were in it all day but between Ervin Santana’s endurance, Carlos Hernández’s accuracy, and Whit Merrifield’s contact ability the Royals never really had a chance even with all of Minnesota’s gifts.
If you missed the gamethread, I just want to say I told you so.