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Hosmer sends Royals home with win in 11th
- Updated: August 20, 2016
KANSAS CITY — Well, it was worth the wait for the Royals.
In a game that was delayed three hours and three minutes, Eric Hosmer drilled a game-winning RBI off Twins reliever J.T. Chargois with none out in the bottom of the 11th inning, leading the Royals to a 5-4 win, their sixth straight. The game started on Friday night at 7:16 p.m. CT and ended at 2:15 Saturday morning.
Cheslor Cuthbert led off the 11th with a single, Lorenzo Cain walked, and Hosmer blasted a 3-2 pitch to the fence in right field, scoring Cuthbert.
“When you play this long,” Royals manager Ned Yost said, “you got to win it. … We had chances late in the game, we sure did. I don’t normally pull my hair out, but I wanted to.”
Before Hosmer singled, he attempted to sacrifice bunt twice, a move that seemed curious for the Royals’ cleanup hitter.
“I’m just as curious,” Yost said. “I haven’t had a chance to talk to him. … I think he was just deking them so he could get a fastball he could hit over their heads.”
Hosmer was serious about bunting, saying, “I was going to do anything to move the runners up. Yeah, they would have walked Kendrys [Morales] but then Drew [Butera] would have gotten it done.”
The game also was delayed 12 minutes in the bottom of the sixth when half of the Kauffman Stadium lights went out because of an issue with a timer.
Right-hander Edinson Volquez started for the Royals and carried a 4-1 lead into the fifth. He gave up three runs before the rain delay, after which he didn’t return. Volquez allowed four runs on six hits over 4 1/3 innings while stirking out five.
Rookie Jose Berrios started for the Twins and went four innings, giving up five hits and four runs while walking four. Like Volquez, he did not return to the mound after the delay.
“It’s a tough loss,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “We’ve been having trouble with the Royals. We haven’t won a game at this park, so it’s frustrating.”
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