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Pablo Lopez allowed one run over seven innings, Royce Lewis homered before leaving with an injury, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Thursday to begin defense of their AL Central crown.
Pablo Lopez admitted to feeling some anxiety when the Twins ace stepped on the mound to face the Royals on Opening Day. It didn’t calm him down any when Maikel Garcia homered off him three pitches later. The All-Star right-hander eventually managed to get his nerves under control, holding Kansas City to just three more hits without a walk while breezing through seven innings Thursday. And when Royce Lewis homered, and Carlos Correa had three hits and two RBI, Minnesota had a 4-1 victory to begin its defense of its A.L. Central crown.
Big Red is a big winner even on the mound.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pablo Lopez admitted to feeling some anxiety when the Twins ace stepped on the mound to face the Royals on opening day. It didn’t calm him down any when Maikel Garcia homered off him three pitches later. The All-Star right-hander eventually managed to get his nerves under control, holding Kansas […]
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