Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
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Kody Clemens hits a walk-off grand slam with 2 outs in the 9th to send the Twins past the Royals 4-3
After Cameron threw eight shutout innings in his career-long start, Royals closer Lucas Erceg retired the first two batters, then hit Ryan Jeffers with a 2-0 pitch.
Royce Lewis singled, Josh Bell walked to load the bases and Matt Strahm (3-4) relieved Erceg before Clemens smacked his 0-2 slider into the flower box above right-center field for his second career slam and the sixth walk-off grand slam in Twins history. Brian Dozier had the last one in 2018.
Cameron threw 97 pitches, allowing just one hit and two walks while striking out seven batters and stretching his individual streak to 16 consecutive scoreless innings. Jeffers hit a clean single to right-center field to start the seventh and end the bid for Kansas City's first no-hitter since Bret Saberhagen in 1991.
Jac Caglianone hit a two-run home run off Twins starter Bailey Ober in the third inning, and the Royals added an unearned run in the fifth. Ober went six innings with four hits and two walks allowed.
Twins closer Yoendrys Gómez pitched a scoreless ninth for the victory. Minnesota (55-55) improved to 10-2-1 in 13 series since June 12.
Last-place Kansas City (46-64) had won eight of 13 games coming out of the All-Star break.
Minnesota starts a nine-game road trip in Seattle on Friday. RHP Zebby Matthews (4-8, 5.21) pitches for the Twins. RHP Bryce Miller (4-5, 2.75) takes the mound for the Mariners.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Clemens homered to right center (407 feet), Jeffers scored, Lewis scored and Roden scored. |
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9th Inning | Strahm relieved Erceg |
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9th Inning | Roden ran for Bell |
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9th Inning | Bell walked, Lewis to second, Jeffers to third. Kansas City Royals challenged: call on the field was upheld. |
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9th Inning | Lewis singled to center, Jeffers to second. |
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9th Inning | Jeffers hit by pitch. |
Statistics
 KC |
 MIN |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 14 | Ground Balls | 12 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 8 |
| 2 | Runs Batted In | 4 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 8 | Hits | 3 |
| 2 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 3 | Walks | 3 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 3 | Runs | 4 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 33 | At Bats | 28 |
| 1 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 1 |
| 14 | Runners Left On Base | 6 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 0 |
| 15 | Fly Balls | 8 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 1 |
| 139 | Pitches | 122 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 1 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
| 13 | Total Bases | 6 |
| 37 | Plate Appearances | 32 |
| 162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
| 4.2 | Runs Created | 0.8 |
| .242 | Batting Average | .107 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .394 | Slugging Percentage | .214 |
| .303 | Secondary Average | .179 |
| .306 | On Base Percentage | .219 |
| .699 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .433 |
| 0.9 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.5 |
| 4.2 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 0.8 |
| 27.0 | Batter Rating | 22.0 |
| 33.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 28.0 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.76 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.81 |
| .152 | Isolated Power | .107 |
| 0.60 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.38 |
| .081 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .094 |
| .061 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .071 |
| 5.0 | Runs Produced | 8.0 |
| 0.7 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.3 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.1 |
| 79.0 | MLB Rating | 68.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 22,944 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland |
- | 76 | L1 | 0.51898736 | 82 |
 Chicago |
1 | 77 | L1 | 0.51265824 | 81 |
| Minnesota |
7.5 | 84 | W2 | 0.4716981 | 75 |
 Detroit |
8.5 | 85 | L2 | 0.4654088 | 74 |
| Kansas City |
14 | 90 | W1 | 0.43037975 | 68 |