The Twins will arrive at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday trying to avoid being swept in this four-game series. Usually, it doesn't happen very often. So I looked up the last time the Twins have been swept in a four-game series at Kauffman Stadium.
It was Aug. 18-21, 2016.
That's not that long ago. That explains a couple of things.
Twins fans get wound up about losing to the Yankees, when a team in it's own division owns them. The Twins are 17-39 at Kauffman Stadium since 2013. They will lose the season series against the Royals, as they are 8-10 against them now. They have lost the season series against Kansas City in five of the last six seasons now.
And this Royals team has played crummy baseball - when they aren't playing the Twins, they are 42-88.
It will be up to Kyle Gibson to be the stopper on Sunday as the Royals send Jakob Junis to the mound.
Zack Littell will not be available tomorrow, for two reasons: He threw 2.2 innings on Saturday and he left the game with a blister on his right index finger.
"It was there before the inning but it wasn't very big," Littell said, "then it just got worse. It wasn't worth making it any more worse."
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