Baseball

Kansas City, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Thursday.

Matt Allan walked onto a mound Sunday to throw a pitch in a game for the first time in 2,046 days, a six-year gap caused by a pandemic and three major surgeries. “It was unreal, honestly.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Steven Kwan had a homer and three singles and drove in four runs to help the Cleveland Guardians complete a three-game sweep and hand the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 6-1 victory on Thursday.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jo Adell's home run drought ended all at once Thursday as he hit two of the Los Angeles Angels' four homers in an eight-run fifth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jo Adell became the third player in Angels history to homer twice in the same inning, Mike Trout and Taylor Ward also homered twice and Los Angeles routed the Tampa Bay Rays 11-1 on Thursday.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Emaarion Boyd became the first minor league player in at least 20 years to steal six bases in a game without getting a hit when he pulled off the feat for High-A Beloit (Wisconsin) against Cedar Rapids.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates right-handed pitcher Thomas Harrington was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on Thursday after making one start and one relief appearance.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Emaarion Boyd became the first minor league player in at least 20 years to steal six bases in a game without getting a hit when he pulled off the feat for High-A Beloit (Wisconsin) against Cedar Rapids.

CARY, N.C. (AP) — Former major leaguer Mark DeRosa will manage the United States for the second straight World Baseball Classic, USA Baseball said Thursday. DeRosa led the U.S.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White have placed catcher Korey Lee and outfielder Mike Tauchman on the 10-day injured list. The team announced the moves prior to its series finale at Cleveland on Thursday.