Pablo López dominated because the Minnesota Twins cruised to a 4-0 win to finish their sweep over the Royals this night.

López set the tone instantly, fooling Maikel Garcia into taking strike three earlier than placing out Bobby Witt Jr. on three pitches. Alec Marsh seemed to do the identical within the backside of the inning and it began properly as he struck out Carlos Correa on three pitches, getting chases with every one. Sadly, he then served up an absolute pie of a changeup to Edouard Julien, who crushed it out to proper for a solo shot.

With López on a mission, this sport was successfully over after that homer. Here’s what Kansas Metropolis managed to perform offensively towards López:

• MJ Melendez doubled with two outs within the first. Salvador Perez then hit a tender lineout on a pitch approach in on his arms.
• Drew Waters singled with two outs within the second. He was promptly picked off by López.
• Garcia singled with two outs within the third. Witt then struck out on a fastball at his shoulders.
• Kyle Isbel doubled with two outs within the eighth. Matt Duffy adopted with a liner to proper however was robbed on a diving play by Max Kepler.

After the Garcia single, López retired fifteen straight Royals and at one level punched out six consecutive batters. It was admittedly a giant strike zone (shout out to Phil Cuzzi) however the Royals didn’t appear to have a prayer towards López tonight. It doesn’t assist that their solely baserunners have been coming with two outs. They didn’t even hit balls onerous, registering solely 4 batted balls above 95 mph exit velo and only one in triple digits. Twins batters cracked the 100 mph threshold seven occasions.

Alec Marsh’s ultimate line isn’t notably fairly, however he made enhancements relative to his first begin. He used much more of his curveball and fewer of his changeups and managed to throw extra strikes. He additionally garnered 15 whiffs after registering solely eight in his debut. There’s nonetheless loads to be desired from an effectivity standpoint as he wanted 91 pitches to finish 5 innings. His final out didn’t require a pitch as he avenged Waters by choosing off Julien at first base.

Past Marsh, Amir Garrett was successfully wild, Taylor Clarke served up a tater to Ryan Jeffers, and the Dylan Coleman expertise got here within the eighth for the primary time since April 10. Coleman walked Byron Buxton on strike two, punched out Alex Kirilloff and Kepler, than gave up a double to Donovan Solano that scored Buxton. He sat round 96 together with his fastball, which is up from what he confirmed in April however nonetheless down from the 97.5 he averaged final 12 months.

The loss drops the Royals to 25-62. That is the ninth time this season they’ve been swept. They have been swept eight occasions in all the 2022 season. Kansas Metropolis has performed Minnesota ten occasions this season and has received as soon as. No relaxation for the weary because the workforce will head to Cleveland for a 4 sport set that begins tomorrow.

Alec Marsh: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 Okay, 1 HR

Pablo López: CG, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 Okay, 0 HR

Kyle Isbel: 1-3, 2B

Ryan Jeffers: 2-3, HR, 2 R, RBI