KANSAS CITY, MO. — — Joey Gallo hit two home runs, Joe Ryan gave up one run over six innings and the Minnesota Twins completed a sweep of Kansas City 7-4 on Sunday.
Gallo hit his first home run of the game in the sixth inning and in the next frame belted a three-run blast over the right field bullpen to extend the Twins’ lead to 6-1. It was his 16th career multi-homer game.
After failing to score in the first two games of the season, the Royals finally got a run in the second inning off a home run by Edward Olivares. The long ball broke a 19-inning scoreless streak — the team’s longest drought to start a season in franchise history.
Kansas City goes with RHP Brady Singer when they host Toronto on Monday to start a four-game set, 6:40 at Kauffman Stadium.