KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This Buxton-and-Correa Reunion Tour is off to a great start. Two great starts, in fact.
Carlos Correa's second game back from the injured list and atop the Twins' lineup with Byron Buxton began just like the first one, with the shortstop triggering a first-inning eruption that spotted the Twins' starter a three-run lead before ever taking the mound. This time, the beneficiary of all that first-inning firepower was Devin Smeltzer, and the result was a 6-4 victory, the Twins' fifth in seven games.
Buxton led off the game with a walk against Royals left-hander Daniel Lynch, who shut out the Twins for five innings in April but was nowhere near as sharp in Kauffman Stadium. Correa followed with a single, so did Kyle Garlick to score Buxton, and Gary Sanchez smacked his fifth double in a week to add another.
