KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kyle Isbel went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs, Michael Lorenzen allowed one run in six innings and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2. Vinnie Pasquantino had an early RBI double for the Royals, and Carlos Estévez got three outs for his third save. Estévez gave up a two-out RBI single to Harrison Bader before retiring pinch-hitter Edouard Julien with two on to end it.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Right-handed pitcher Quinn Priester is going from Boston to Milwaukee in a trade that sends the Red Sox outfield prospect Yophery Rodriguez, a competitive balance selection in the upcoming draft and a player to be named. The addition of Priester gives some immediate help to a Brewers pitching staff decimated by injuries. Boston adds a promising 19-year-old to its farm system and gets the 33rd overall pick in this year’s amateur draft. In a move announced later Monday, the Brewers got outfielder Daz Cameron from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for left-handed pitcher Grant Wolfram.
The Colorado Rockies play the Milwaukee Brewers after Ezequiel Tovar had four hits on Sunday in a 12-5 win over the Athletics.
PITCHING PROBABLES: Brewers: Freddy Peralta (0-1, 2.08 ERA, 0.54 WHIP, 16 strikeouts); Rockies: Kyle Freeland (0-1, 2.13 ERA, 0.87 WHIP, 10 strikeouts)
Pregame at 7:05 p.m. First pitch at 7:40 p.m. on AM1240 & 96.5FM.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Florida and Walter Clayton Jr. somehow overcame Houston’s spirit-crushing defense Monday night to will out a 65-63 victory in an NCAA title-game thriller not decided until Clayton’s own D stopped the Cougars from taking a game-winning shot at the buzzer. Clayton finished with 11 points, but what he’ll be remembered for most was getting Houston’s Emanuel Sharp to stop in the middle of his motion as he tried to go up for the game-winning 3 in the final seconds. Clayton ran at him, Sharp dropped the ball and watched it bounce there while the clock ticked to zero. Florida won its third national title and denied Houston its first.