Twins drop opener as Royals walk off

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KANSAS CITY — The defending World Series champions are still alive, for one more day.

Billy Burns hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring rookie Raul Mondesi in the bottom of the 11th inning as the Royals topped the Twins, 4-3, on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals’ elimination number remained at 1.

Mondesi led off the inning with a walk from Twins reliever Tommy Milone. Mondesi stole second, and went to third on a sacrifice bunt. The Twins opted to walk Whit Merrifield and Eric Hosmer, loading the bases with one out.

Burns, who came on in the ninth as a pinch-runner for Kendrys Morales, ripped a 1-1 pitch from Milone to center, deep enough to score the speedy Mondesi. It was Burns’ first RBI with the Royals after being traded to Kansas City at the non-waiver Trade …

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