Saturday's Twins-Kansas City game recap

A quick look at Saturday's game.

July 4, 2021 at 1:14AM
Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez, left, and third baseman Hunter Dozier celebrate their win over the Minnesota Twins in a baseball game Saturday July 3, 2021, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
Royals catcher Salvador Perez, left, and third baseman Hunter Dozier celebrated their second victory in a row following a nine-game losing streak. (Ed Zurga, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IMPACT PLAYER: Hunter Dozier, Kansas City

A two-run double kick-started the Royals offense, and a sacrifice fly provided some insurance.

BY THE NUMBERS

33 Consecutive appearances against the Twins by Greg Holland without giving up a home run, a streak started in 2013 and ended Saturday by Trevor Larnach.

8.78 The Twins' collective ERA during the five games of this road trip, all losses.

3 Five-game losing streaks by the Twins this season; they had one last season and none in 2019.

ON DECK

Kenta Maeda, who ended a Twins winning streak with a rough start to open the road trip, tries to end a losing streak in the final game.

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Phil Miller

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Phil Miller has covered the Twins for the Star Tribune since 2013. Previously, he covered the University of Minnesota football team, and from 2007-09, he covered the Twins for the Pioneer Press.

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