Sonny Gray cruised through seven sharp innings and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 Wednesday night.
Gary Sánchez had a two-run double and Carlos Correa a couple hits for Minnesota, five games behind AL Central-leading Cleveland with 21 games remaining.
Making his second start after missing 17 games with right forearm tightness, Zack Greinke (4-9) allowed three runs and struck out one in four innings.
The three-game wraps up series Thursday with LHP Daniel Lynch (4-10, 5.14) at 6:40.