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Same story, different night. A pitcher's duel that saw the Twins scratch a lone run across in the top of the 7th only to see the Royals score in their last at bat (last night the 9th, tonight the 8th) to snatch a victory away.

Hughes pitched a marvelous game. He commanded of all his pitches, throwing only 20 balls all night and not walking a batter. He was efficient, entering the 8th having only thrown 70 pitches, before a couple of soft base hits, a stolen base and a couple more infield hits later and Hughes was out of the game and would end up being charged with 4 runs. Only two of the 5 hits Hughes gave up in the 8th inning left the infield, one of which being Ibanez's bloop line drive. His swinging strikes were low, but again, KC doesn't swing and miss often. His 4 seam was very effective in getting outs, as only hit was recorded on it out of 15 balls put in play. None of his other pitches fared as well in that regard.