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Royals come from behind to take Game 1 from Minnesota

Twins Royals Baseball Salvador Perez
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Salvador Perez homered twice and Hunter Dozier hit anther go-ahead home run to lift the Kansas City Royals over the Minnesota Twins 4-3.

Perez homered in the fourth off Chrs Archer and tied the score 3-3 in the sixth when he went deep against Tyler Duffey (0-2).

One out later, Dozier hit a tiebreaking home run for the second straight game, following up on his two-run drive in the sixth off Detroits Will Vest in a 3-1 win Saturday, Amir Garrett pitched 1 2/3 hitless innings.