Twins vs. Royals Game Highlights (9/8/24) | MLB Highlights

surprisingly this is waka's first start against Minnesota this year and this is opportunity number three for him to get 100 career wins Loa checks with fine brings it in in a high flyball deep center field hampson to the warning track and makes the play Jose Miranda to right center and that will land in front of rro the twins have a man on and a score his first inning Trevor lck with Reagan starting in the game on Friday has only had two at bats in the series and he hits it well to right field Renfro is back and it's going to sail over his head Miranda to third is going to be waved home here's the relay from Garcia it is in time Michel Garcia from Renfro connects with fine and the Royals get an out at home plate walner comes back from one and two so the inning gets longer for Waka and Lewis is down on strikes with an elevated Fast Ball twins lead the air down the bount today Simeon was Richardson seeing the Royals for the second time this year and the 3-2 is low outside change up and Bam walks to begin the day for the Royals Woods Richardson offers and this ball is hit high in the air to right field long run in for walner he's got a lot of room to cover he gets there and Wht is retired nice job for Sim and there's one away for Sal Perez vquez sets up away the two2 is Sky to right and room for walner they a two down ball hit again in the air right field down the line walner into the corner running out of room leaps up and makes the catch three flyball outs to mat walner and Simeon Woods Richardson hangs a zero in the first baz is empty one out top of the second and it's a swing and WKA second strike out look at how that ball just sinks I mean that amazing how the bottom falls out of it first pitch fast ball slashed high in the air to left field MJ Melendez lines it up he makes a hip high catch and that ends a one two three top of the second for Michael wer and now MJ Melendez and is a fair ball and MJ running hard they'll jog into second base with a one out double check swing and he went so wz Richardson climbs the ladder for mean cannot hold back and a big out there first strike out for Simeon and two down here the Kansas City second this is chop left side Lee on the charge a clean pick on the Run good play Brooks Lee so the Royals get a one- out double from MJ Melendez but fail to score Pok to center field and Vasquez snaps the 0 for 13 reaching out for that one and the twins have the leadoff man out for the first time today Eddie Julian is coming up bounc softly back up the middle Wht Scoops it up races to Second steps in the back sling to First in time he got him a beautiful double play from Bobby wit Jr he ranged to the right of the second base bag to get the slow roller boun bingg up the middle then change direction to go step on second and get the force before firing to salvi to get the second out as Trevor lck will lead this fourth inning off and the pitch of this left-handed batter and he swings and misses at the change from W that's his third on the day W reaches back and throws 94 right by walner for the second out his velocity is up 94 995 has some good little movement out of the Zone perfectly located now the 02 and fast ball he's called strike three got him looking how about that he strikes out the side he's rolling as we go to the bottom of the fourth inning Salvador presz leads off curveball the strike out Perez like it this his third strikeout all year against ay with his curve ball first pitch to rro popped up right field walner is there and Matt walner makes yet another catch he's recorded five put outs in right field today and it will be ball four and that was a tough pitch to take so MJ is on for a second time and the Royals have their second lead off walk and it gets Freddy to the plate Freddy got the fun started in the eighth inning last night right-handed batter Waits and swings and lighted the other way into right field for a hit MJ is going to make the turn now put on the brakes dive back into second safely and the Royals have two on with nobody out he's swinging and he hit a ground ball right side julienne got a glove on it that likely saved a run but the Royals get another hit and the basees are loaded with nobody out Garrett hson with the infield in and hson hits it in the air to left in the sun car lck is back everybody's tagging and everybody moves up Melendez scores and the Royals lead one- nothing and it's outside ball four two walks in the inning and now the bases are loaded for Bobby Whit Jr Here Comes Rocko Bal Deli and that'll do it for Woods Richardson for strong Innings today and then command left him here in the fifth Cole sanss inherits three base runners and has Bobby Wood Jr waiting for him big spot in the game right here we could be talking about this at bat one way or the other when the game is over struck him out with a cutter Big Time pitch right there from Cole Sands best possible outcome you could have right there you needed a swinging miss or you needed a weak contact he got it so Sans with a huge out and Wht is out number two and now has to navigate through the Royals captain and Salvador Perez slow roller to third it will roll and stay fair and salvi has an RBI infield single to give the Royals a two- nothing lead yeah that'll work 59 mph exit vo you can't place it any better for an infield hit and the captain don't get many of those two in three on two out bottom five three2 pitch a swing a Fly ball right center field Castro walner over in the alley it's Castro he sees it and makes the play and the inning ends there Christian Vasquez their catcher will lead things off right-handed hitter this is a check swing that rolls past Perez and down into right field there's a break for the Minnesota Twins and now the tying run is coming up and Eddie Julian and Julian takes a high strike that's number six on the day for Waka now the pitch and a swing and a ground ball to third Garcia has it goes to Second for one on first two second time the Royals have turned two today W has gotten through six scoreless so we get ready for inning number seven Michael W is on the M Michael Waka has been cruising he's faced the minimum since the start of the second inning oh yeah well located fast ball seven strikeouts for w up oh one pitch fisted toward shallow Right Center Michael Massie drifts back he's there to make the catch a dominant performance from 33-year-old right-hander Michael Waka seven scoreless Innings he retired 16 of the final 18 that faced and he's in line for his 100th career win former Royal Scott BL is on to pitch the eighth he'll face Bobby with Jun and Junior lines it to left field and that will sail over lck and Bobby is into second base with a lead off double short on a hop nice pick by Lee goes to Third and the twins have Wht and a run down and Lewis will tag out wit well done there defensively all around really nice play right there from Brooks Lee he saw Bobby wood go to third so he threw it to Royce Lewis and yeah just a good heads up play right there top of the ninth inning at caufman Stadium Lucas EG is on the mound and here we go Royals up two nothing three outs away from a Sunday win and a series sweep and with it a four game winning streak line to left center field there's a start Christian Vasquez a three hit day Eddie Julian 0 for three today and Julian is down on strikes on a slider yeah how about that you know a guy throwing a 100 and so when he puts a wrinkle on it it makes you swing and it frustrates you a little bit ground ball left side Garcia's got it and he'll play it to first smart play and salvi's pointing over they're saying you did the right thing not trying to force a double play and now there are two outs in the top of the ninth runner on second base Trevor lck at the plate slice to left long run Melendez he's got it and the Royals complete the sweep and finish the home stand at 4 and two another rough road trip the twins are limping home they have dropped 14 of their last 20 and for the second time in the series the Royals beat Minnesota by way of a shutout and now their lead over the twins is two and 1 half games for second place in the Central and for the second wild card spot and Michael Waka congratulations he gets win number 100 a two nothing shut out win