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07/29 21:31 CDT Randy Dobnak picks up first win in 5 years as Royals beat Twins
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Randy Dobnak picks up first win in 5 years as Royals beat Twins 4-0
By PATRICK DONNELLY
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Randy Dobnak pitched seven scoreless innings for his first
major league victory in five years as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota
Twins 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Dobnak (1-0) gave up four hits and a walk while striking out four. He had three
1-2-3 innings and no runner advanced past second base.
Dobnak hadn't won a game in the big leagues since May 21, 2021, when he was
with the Twins. He made 21 starts for Minnesota between 2019 and 2021, then
spent most of the next four seasons pitching for Triple-A St. Paul before the
Twins sent him to Detroit at last year's trade deadline.
Tyler Tolbert doubled and homered and Salvador Perez had two hits, including
his first triple since 2022.
Twins starter Joe Ryan (6-7), pitching for the first time since he tied a major
league record by allowing six home runs in a loss to the Guardians on July 20,
allowed four runs on eight hits with no walks and four strikeouts over six
innings.
Ryan's turn in the rotation was pushed back due to arm fatigue
Tolbert led off the third inning with a line drive that carried into the
bullpen in left-center to open the scoring.
The Royals doubled their lead in the fourth when Perez tripled and scored on
Nick Loftin's sacrifice fly. Kansas City made it 4-0 in the fifth as Carter
Jensen's double and Jac Caglianone's base hit each drove in a run.
Up next
Minnesota RHP Bailey Ober (7-3, 4.56 ERA) was set to start on Thursday against
LHP Noah Cameron (5-8, 4.93) in the series finale.
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