ROYALS 2, TWINS 1 (14 INNINGS)
Alcides Escobar homered with two outs in the 14th inning to lift Kansas City over Minnesota.
Escobar connected off Taylor Rogers (1-2), ending a game that took 4 hours, 12 minutes. Rain also delayed the start by 24 minutes.
Scott Barlow (1-0) worked four hitless innings, striking out five straight batters during one stretch, to earn his first major league win.
Twins starter Kyle Gibson pitched seven scoreless innings. The Royals tied it in the eighth when Addison Reed walked Jorge Soler with the bases loaded.
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