KANSAS CITY — Minnesota Twins right-hander Joe Ryan made it through just two innings against the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night, his shortest outing since Aug. 7 2024, when he went two innings against the Cubs and exited because of a shoulder muscle strain that sidelined him for the rest of the season.

Ryan indicated the day before he was feeling ill, but there was no immediate concern about a different physical ailment related his poor results.

Ryan left with the Twins trailing 5-2. The club came in having lost five straight, including the series opener Friday.

A day before he took the mound at Kauffman, Ryan complained of feeling sick, something like a cold or the flu.

Ryan said he gave no thought to not pitching against the Royals, but his early results against them also turne

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