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Game Wrap - Kansas City 4-1 Victors Over Twins

Kansas City got 8 innings of work from Jorge Lopez en route to a 4-1 victory over Minnesota on Saturday at Target Field.

The Royals were a +193 underdog in the win. The combined score dipped UNDER the total, which closed at 8.5.

Jorge Lopez earned the victory for the Royals, throwing 8 innings of work, striking out 4, walking 1, and allowing 1 hits and 1 earned runs. That effort was supported by 1 RBIs from Whit Merrifield in the win.

Minnesota got a 6-inning outing from Jose Berrios in the loss. He gave up 1 earned runs, 2 walks and 3 hits in his time on the mound, while R Grossman had 1 hits in the loss for the Twins.

Kansas City outhit their counterparts 8-1 in the game.

The game was closed out by W Peralta who got the final outs in the victory. He allowed 0 hits, 0 walks and fanned 0 batters to earn the save.