MINNEAPOLIS -- Luke Keaschall hit a two-out, two-run homer in the 11th inning as the Twins defeated the Royals, 5-3 , on Sunday afternoon at Target Field.

Keashall drove a fastball from Carlos Estevez over the wall in right-center, touching off a wild celebration as Minnesota clinched its second straight series.

Michael Tonkin pitched two scoreless innings to pick up his first win of the season.

The Royals jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first on Adam Frazier’s two-out RBI single off José Ureña.

Minnesota countered with Ryan Fitzgerald’s first Major League hit, a two-run homer in the third that put the Twins on top, 2-1.

That lead held until seventh, when reliever Cole Sands entered the game with two out and none on. He promptly gave up a single to Maikel Garcia before Vinnie Pasq

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