Alex Gordon had a two-run single and Lucas Duda added an RBI single as the Kansas City Royals jumped on Jake Odorizzi in the first inning and beat the Minnesota Twins 4-1 Thursday night.
LHP Martin Perez (7-3, 4.09 ERA) will get the start for Minnesota. He’ll face Royals RHP Jakob Junis (4-6, 5.33 ERA) in the second game of the four-game series.
For the second night in a row the Cardinals and Marlins went 11 innings but this time it was the Marlins that came out on top beating St Louis 7-6. The Marlins scored 2 runs in the top of the 11th and the Cardinals scored one in the Bottom of the 11th . St Louis plays at home tonight with the Los Angeles Angels. Michael Wacha gets the Start