Six straight batters reached in the third against Singer. The Twins homered in 13 straight games, hitting 22 over that span.īrady Singer (2-3) lasted just 2 2/3 innings for the Royals, surrendering career high-tying eight runs on five hits and three walks. I think, for the most part, it was a good month in that aspect of it.”īuxton homered for the second straight game, making it four in his past five games. “For me, that’s the only thing that truly matters is when I start a game that the team wins. “I think the biggest takeaway is the wins,” Gray said. The Twins won three of the four games against Kansas City, have won six of eight and have won five of Gray’s starts this season. When things got difficult, when runners got on base, he was even better.” “For much of the month, he pitched great. “I don’t know if anyone in baseball could have had a better month than what Sonny Gray just gave us,” Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli said. Gray owns the fourth-lowest ERA in Twins/Senators history since 1913 through six starts to a season, trailing Walter Johnson (0.23 in 1913), Eddie Matteson (0.55 in 1918) and Santana (0.66 in 2017).

Gray has given up just three runs in 35 innings this season and saw his MLB-best ERA rise to 0.77 after the outing.Ĭontinuing his historic start, Gray tied Ervin Santana in 2017 for the lowest ERA in the month of April in Twins history. Gray (4-0) allowed one run on five hits while striking out seven batters. MINNEAPOLIS - Byron Buxton hit a three-run homer as part of a seven-run third inning, Sonny Gray kept rolling with six strong innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 8-4 on Sunday.

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