Royals vs. Twins Game Highlights (8/13/24) | MLB Highlights

Morning making his major league debut is right. Matthews pitched in 18 games made 17 starts. Really looking forward to see this big right hander twins drafted him in 2022. How does he handle this one in the air to left? Sending Walner back Walner near the wall jumps up and makes the play. Walner drifted from the shade into the sunshine fighting a couple of different elements out there and Walner, no shrinking violet about 65 with long arms. He reached up and gadget that thing and pulled it out of the flower bed. Saved a home run. Vasquez sets up away the 1 to 2 and you called it and Matthews delivers his first big league strikeout against the guy who is leading all of baseball and hits average and runs and there are two down. This gives me chills. He threw that off the cutter. He's able to change the shape much like we'll see from Seth Lugo on the other side, threw him a couple of good cutters out there in the low nineties and took a little something off and got it to break just that much more to left and playable matt Walner. Drifting back, nice start for Zey Matthews, including a strikeout against BJ right hander Seth Lugo. Anyway, slice it. He's been one of the best pitchers in baseball this year in the year to right field hit. Well, this one near the duck and that's going to be in play. Took a big bounce off the wall. Frazier. Fires it back in good start. Leadoff double Willie Castro, just a spark plug all year, no matter where you put him in the lineup, Lewis in two games against the Royals this season 4 to 6. Again, the 2 to 2 up the middle base hit center field Castro rounding Willie scoring. What at bat to start the night? Royce Lewis drives him in. It's one to zero. He got beat by a couple of fastballs. He was a little bit late. So he did it really early in this plate appearance. His foot was down already and he just went to a simple short stride. He just gave himself a better chance to be successful. Remarkable Walner ropes this one to right. Frazier won't get this 11 hop off the wall. Lewis to third Walner in standing here we go at target field, one in two on nobody else. These two guys high up in the order because of how well they've been swinging the bat, the infield forced in and what an opportunity here for the twins coming home. The throw first gets away from Walner goes to third. Walner is headed home. Walner will score a whole lot of traffic early on tonight. And Michael garcia, he glanced towards the plate. It was the contact plate. Lewis was coming home. He glanced towards the plate instead went across a low throw and the twins and two more. Here's the pitch swung on and missed strike three. Lugo went to the splitter and got Kepler to wave and Miss Margo and he hits a ground ball back to 30 pitches is the most. Lugo has thrown in any inning this year and Minnesota comes up with three to take another early lead Jlens one for three, a double last night. Good numbers against the Twins this year hit high in the air deep to right field toward the seats and way out of here and Melendez puts the Royals on the board with a solo homer in the top of the second and the Royals take a 30 deficit and cut the game to three. MJ Melendez greets semi Matthews at the big league level with a home run. That's the first hit and home run that Matthews is allowed in his big league career, draws a walk second time he has reached something. Lugo does not do too often and walking about two batters per night. Miranda digs in it was Miranda with the RB I ground out. That wasn't a ground out because Michael Garcia threw the ball away up the first base line two runs, score one hung. Miranda splits the gap in left center that's going to find the wall racing around third base. He will head home body Jr no throw Miranda RB I double 4 to 1 with a great swing there by Jose Miranda. He's been a little pole conscious looking. He is a gap to gap kind of hitter when he's going well, he stayed right in the center of the diamond there with his body rhythm and movement. So far, Matthews, he got spotted three runs in the bottom of the first inning. A swing and a miss got him outside on a fastball strikeout. Number two, two strikeouts and it's wit and Perez, it's pretty good. Here's Melendez touched it for a home run on the outside corner with the slider Melendez making his case with Ben May. It's out number two and strikeout number three for Matthews, veteran catcher behind the plate, maybe had a little influence on that as well. This was close. We've seen a few pitches right around the edges that have been called ready for Main Skies. This one to left center deep and playable for Margo 123. 4th inning for Vasquez does have a homer against Seth. He's one for seven now with his ground out tonight, he grounded a short homer in three doubles this month so far. Thanks this one high and deep to center Isbel twisting, turning, going back at the wall. He's added on christian Vasquez Homers straight away central and the twins take a 5 to 1 lead damage against big time pitchers. Once again out, a third of the plate he got extended, he knew it off the bat. He could feel it. You can tell by the first step out of the batter's box. Frazier grounded out and only at bat to start out in right field cutter. There's the one he wanted to Melendez. good for Zey and christian Vasquez going right back in there against left handed. Let's get the feel of that cutter that's strike three right now on the outside corner kid is starting to tune in right now. There's five strikeouts. Matthews delivers is be chops it back up. The middle Mart-n dives to his right. It's past him in a right center. A base hit and Kyle is Bell stays hot. He's got another hit. He's now nine for his last 14 and he's got a two out single in the top of the fifth to turn the lineup around for Michael Massey and now he hits it to the gap in right center and that is going to be a slide and a Miss by Kempler. Here comes his bell around third , Michael Massey has an RB I double and it's 52 got inside and wit to Shellow. Right. Great pitch. Kepler will make the play. Matthews has gone five. He's qualified for the win. Twins have a 5 to 2 lead the Royals do have action in the bullpen and it has been a grind tonight for set. Lugo carlos Santana draws a walk and that loads the bases with nobody out for Max Kepler fly to left field of base hit Walner scores. Everybody moves up one. Kepler drives in run number six and the twins again by 462. Fourth time this year, Lugo has given up five or more runs but three of them have come in. His last four starts. Twins have a 6 to 2 lead three on nobody out ground ball pitcher Chris Stratton is on one up to third off the glove of garcia off the glove of throws to third. Everybody safe. A run is in, it's 7 to 2. When things are going your way, you kind of get these breaks and when you put the ball in play, good things can happen. Vasquez, he homered last time up to left center field shallow is been the catch. Santana will tag the cut off to win. No throw home. 82, of course, has had incredible career numbers against the twins. 22 homers in this ballpark drill to center field. Margo is all the way back and Salvi has another home run at target field that just sounded pure. You can tell Salvi will take his 22nd and 79th closing in on 80 0 man, bottom of the zone. 89 that's what he loves. Salvi knew right. Away two down bases empty for Miranda Miranda to right center field in the gap and down and this one off the glove of Frazier and is missed in center by Isbel Miranda to third and Tommy will stop him there. That swing looks familiar. Carlos Correa applauding in the dugout and Miranda is on for the fourth time tonight. Twins get the 90 ft anyway, Miranda once again at third base for this one high and deep to right field. This one carrying towards the duck and gone. Kepler strikes to get a two out three run homer and the twins now lead 11 3. That will put a smile on your face. This one, a lot of sliders out of the kyle farmer at bat off the lefty, you talked about it last night. Part of the reason he's here is because he can end up pitching farmer to left field and deep Beckett goes and gone. Kyle Farmer hits number one here in 2024 and that was a tape measure shot 427 13 to 3. Look how happy everyone the dugout is. Look at AAA Garrett Hampson gets another chance. He's zero for one after pinch hitting the lead off the seven check swing strike three ball game over the Twins club of the Royals. 13 to 3 have taken the first two games of this big series against their division rival. You've won the series, you've won the season series more importantly, the twins are in a great spot to sweep tomorrow and end this home stand in a great way.