Overview

• Byron Buxton led off with his 30th home run and later exited with a bruised left knee after being hit by a pitch.
• Bailey Ober earned the win by allowing one run over 5 1/3 innings with six strikeouts, snapping Minnesota's six-game losing streak.
• Kody Clemens launched a 451-foot two-run homer to straightaway center for his 16th of the season.
• Royals starter Michael Lorenzen was charged with four runs over 5 1/3 innings, and Vinnie Pasquantino drove in Kansas City's lone run.
• Kansas City left the bases loaded in both the eighth and ninth innings and is managing Bobby Witt Jr. as day-to-day with lower back spasms.