Cruz’s RBI single in 10th inning lifts Twins over Royals

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April 3, 2019 - 10:18 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Even though he was the Twins’ best hitter a year ago, Eddie Rosario doesn’t need to hit to be valuable to the Twins.

He proved it again Tuesday — and then got a critical hit too.

Rosario, the Twins’ MVP a year ago, threw a baserunner out from left field, and scored from first base — on a single — to help support the pitching of Jose Berrios. And after the Kansas City Royals ended Taylor Rogers’ scoreless-inning streak in the unlikeliest way — with an inside-the-park home run — Rosario ended his hitting drought with an RBI single in the ninth inning to tie the score at 4.

Then Nelson Cruz’s RBI single in the 10th gave the Twins a 5-4 victory.

Rosario, 0-for-11 against the Indians over the weekend, grounded out twice and struck out in the game’s first seven innings Tuesday. But he also drew a walk off Kansas City starter Brad Keller in the fourth inning, and then confounded the Royals’ defense with his baserunning. When C.J. Cron drove a routine broken-bat single to shallow left-center field, Rosario’s play was anything but routine. He rounded second base and headed for third, keeping his eye on left fielder Alex Gordon.

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