Brooks Lee sends Twins to walk-off win, their second in as many days

It took a little something from everyone on Saturday There was Ty France Friday night s hero driving in a pair of runs to pull the Twins within a run after Harrison Bader had homered earlier in the fifth inning There was Jorge Alcala preserving a one-run deficit by throwing a shaky but scoreless sixth retiring the heart of the Royals lineup There was Kody Clemens flipping his bat after connecting with a Michael Wacha fastball to the tie match up in the sixth There was Jhoan Duran stranding the bases loaded to in the ninth to preserve the tie And ultimately there was Carlos Correa and Ryan Jeffers both fresh off the bench drawing walks in the ninth to set the stage for Brooks Lee who made walk-off winners for the Twins for the second straight day The Twins beat the Royals - on Saturday afternoon at Target Field using a Lee single to capture their second win in as plenty of days over their division foes The Twins who were quieted by Wacha for the first four innings of the match eventually broke through in the fifth after Wacha had allowed just two hits through the first four and had needed just pitches to get through those innings Bader s home run got the Twins on the board and after Willi Castro was hit by a pitch and Christian V zquez singled France brought them both home making it - at the time Clemens pulled the Twins even an inning later with his fourth home run of the season The Twins had fallen in a hole in the third when starter Zebby Matthews making just his second major league start of the season allowed a two-out single to Maikel Garcia with the bases loaded scoring a pair of runs Matthews threw four innings in his start making way for Justin Topa who also gave up a pair of runs in his outing Related Articles Ty France s walk-off home run sends Twins to conquest over Royals Carlos Correa returns after a week on concussion injured list Who s on first Three of the newest additions to the Twins roster Trio of Twins position players making progress towards their return Twins Guardians decisively play ball splitting two games