Ragans gave up just five hits and one run while fanning eight across seven innings.
The Twins got a good start from Louie Varland, but the Kansas City Royals got an even better one from lefty Cole Ragans, who held the Twins in check in a 4-1 loss in the series finale Wednesday afternoon in front of an announced crowd of 27,560 at Target Field in Minneapolis.Ragans gave up just one run — a fourth-inning, 404-foot solo homer to Carlos Santana — off five hits while fanning eight across seven innings to improve to 10-7 on the season.
The Royals took an early lead in the second inning when Paul DeJong doubled, Freddy Fermin followed up with a single and DeJong came around to score on a Kyle Isbel groundout.Santana got the Twins back within one with his 16th home run of the season in the fourth.DeJong was 3 for 3 with a double, the home, a walk and two runs scored.
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