Ervin Santana couldn’t make it until the fourth inning as the Minnesota Twins were beaten by the Kansas City Royals 7-4 Tuesday night at Target Field.
Santana (1-3) gave up six runs on nine hits in 3.2 innings of work.
Lorenzo Cain was 4-for-5 with a double and two RBIs, while Salvador Perez continued to feast on Twins pitching. After five hits in the series opener on Friday night, he was 2-for-4 with a home run for an encore.
Eduardo Escobar was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI.
#MNTwins are 11-34.
The last team with 11 wins or less in the 1st 45 games who finished with LESS than 100 losses…
1987 #Padres (65-97)
— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) May 25, 2016
The Twins will send Tyler Duffey (1-3) to the mound in the series finale on Wednesday against Dylan Gee (1-1).
