Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins

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MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	1

This one had zero business ending the way it did. Noah Cameron and Bailey Ober both took the ball on shaky footing, and a matinee first pitch at 12:40 PM CT figured to favor whichever staff settled down first.

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Royals(46-63)

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3

+1.5-156+125o9.5+125

Twins(54-55)

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4

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Best BetTwins -144

Postgame

The Twins' moneyline pick cashed on the walk-off, even though sharp money had piled onto Kansas City before the game.

Pregame

We backed the Twins on the moneyline before first pitch, and it cashed — Minnesota found a way to win outright despite getting outhit 8-3. Sharp money actually stacked up on the Royals pregame, with the bulk of tracked action and dollars landing on Kansas City, so this one bucked the sharp lean.

The Royals are already down Bobby Witt Jr., who's been sidelined with a back issue since late July and is only just ramping up baseball activity again, plus Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia, whose hand flared back up on a rehab assignment this week. Minnesota's answer was almost worse timing — Byron Buxton landed back on the injured list with the same hip impingement that cost him the All-Star Game, scratched again for this series.

Noah Cameron

(6-8)·4.45 ERA

Jul 19 vs Padres

L

5.0IP

7ER

1K

2BB

90P

07/30 Lineup

Bailey Ober

(7-4)·4.64 ERA

Jul 22 @ Guardians

ND

4.0IP

4ER

2K

1BB

89P

07/30 Lineup

For most of the afternoon it looked like a game destined to be forgotten. Kansas City scratched across 2 in the 3rd and 1 more in the 5th, banging out 8 hits off Ober and the Twins bullpen, and it held up as the whole story for six innings after that.

Then the bottom of the 9th happened. Minnesota had managed just 3 hits and an error's worth of help the entire game, and turned that into a 4-run rally that flipped a 3-0 deficit into a walk-off win in the time it takes to blink. It's the kind of finish that makes a lineup missing its best center fielder look a lot more dangerous than its box score suggested all day.

Kansas City Royals

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• 10-Day-ILMaikel Garcia (3B) — Garcia felt renewed pain in his left hand while playing in a rehab game at Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.07/29
• 10-Day-ILVinnie Pasquantino (1B) — Pasquantino (hand) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.07/29
• 10-Day-ILBobby Witt Jr. (SS) — Witt (back) has begun ramping up his baseball activity, and how he responds over the next few days will determine whether he's activated from the injured list when first eligible Friday, per MLB.com.07/29
• 10-Day-ILKyle Isbel (CF) — Isbel (foot) went 1-for-2 with an RBI triple and a run scored with Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday.07/22
• 15-Day-ILBeck Way (RP) — The Royals placed Way on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with back spasms.07/28
• 15-Day-ILConnor Seabold (RP) — The Royals placed Seabold on the 15-day injured list Wednesday with a right lat strain.07/01
• 60-Day-ILNick Mears (RP) — Mears (shoulder/lat) began throwing from 60 feet Monday, MLB.com reports.07/29
• 60-Day-ILKris Bubic (SP) — Bubic (elbow/shoulder) began a throwing progression Friday with 30 throws from 45-to-60 feet, MLB.com reports.07/25
• 60-Day-ILStephen Kolek (SP) — The Royals reinstated Kolek (personal) from the family medical leave list and placed on the 15-day injured list Sunday due to a right flexor strain.07/22
• 60-Day-ILCarlos Estevez (RP) — Estevez (shoulder) started a throwing program Friday, per MLB.com.07/18
• 60-Day-ILCole Ragans (SP) — Ragans underwent UCL repair surgery on his left elbow Wednesday, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.07/02
• 60-Day-ILJonathan India (2B) — no06/04
• 60-Day-ILJames McArthur (RP) — McArthur (elbow) underwent surgery Friday to help combat continued soreness and inflammation, MLB.com reports.05/25
• 60-Day-ILAlec Marsh (SP) — The Royals placed Marsh (shoulder) on the 60-day injured list Thursday.05/08

Minnesota Twins

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• 10-Day-ILByron Buxton (CF) — Buxton (hip) is not in the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.07/29
• 15-Day-ILCole Sands (RP) — Sands will undergo arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove loose bodies and bone spurs from his right elbow, Jack Azoulay-Haron of ElEmergente.com reports.07/30
• 15-Day-ILMike Paredes (SP) — The Twins placed Paredes (oblique) on the 15-day injured list Sunday.07/26
• 15-Day-ILAnthony Banda (RP) — Banda underwent surgery to repair his left lat strain and will miss the remainder of the 2026 season, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/09
• 60-Day-ILDavid Festa (SP) — Festa (shoulder) will undergo a season-ending double surgery Wednesday, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/29
• 60-Day-ILMick Abel (SP) — The Twins plan to re-evaluate Abel (elbow) on Sept. 1, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.07/20
• 60-Day-ILGarrett Acton (RP) — Acton (shoulder) struck out a batter and allowed three earned runs on one hit and three walks over two-thirds of an inning in a rehab appearance Tuesday in the rookie-level Florida Complex League.07/15
• 60-Day-ILPablo Lopez (SP) — The Twins placed Lopez (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Thursday.05/08

Kansas City had won the series opener 4-0 just a day earlier, so this was shaping up as a series-tying statement for whichever side blinked first. Instead the Royals watched an 8-hit, 0-error effort evaporate in a single inning, while a Twins club that's had to piece things together around Buxton's hip and a rotation full of IL stints found a way to survive on fumes.

Kansas City Royals

(46-63)

Jul 29W@ Twins4-0

Jul 28L@ Twins2-3

Jul 26W@ Tigers5-4

Jul 25W@ Tigers3-2

Jul 24L@ Tigers1-2

Minnesota Twins

(54-55)

Jul 29Lvs Royals0-4

Jul 28Wvs Royals3-2

Jul 26Wvs Athletics11-8

Jul 25Wvs Athletics2-0

Jul 25Lvs Athletics0-2