• The 2-2 split left the Twins 4½ games behind the first-place Royals in the AL Central.
Chart: Twins-Royals series in review
A look back at the Twins' four-game series at Kansas City.
July 6, 2015 at 5:27AM
• Neither team ever led by more than two runs.
• Both Royals wins were walk-offs. They never led at any point in the series except for the two walk-off runs.
• Kauffman Stadium drew 143,408 fans (an average of 35,852 per game).
• Miguel Sano was 6-for-15 with two doubles and a walk in his debut series and had a hit in all four games.
• Joe Mauer hit .500 (8-for-16) and had his first four-hit game since August 2013.
• Twins starting pitchers gave up six runs in 26 innings (2.08 ERA) but only had a 1-0 record to show for it.
• Ervin Santana had eight strikeouts Sunday. Only Camilo Pascual had more in his Twins debut (12 in 1961).
• The Twins went 6-for-34 (.176) with runners in scoring position.
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Buxton played more games than he had in seven seasons, but still was hit by the injury bug too often.
