Brown Erases Stairs’ Mistake In 10th Inning Win For Royals

Matt Stairs went from hero to goat in less than an inning but thanks to Dee Brown, Stairs won’t have to run and hide. The Royals 4-3 10th inning win over the Twins could have stayed within the cozy confines of a regular nine-inning game, but Stairs lost Jose Offerman’s fly ball in the Kauffman Stadium lights with one out in the ninth. Offerman raced to a triple and drove in a run. Later in the inning, Shannon Stewart drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 3-3. The gaffe came moments after Stairs gave the Royals a 3-1 lead with a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth. Luckily for Stairs, Brown sent the team home happy with a bases-leaded single in the 10th to give the Royals the win. Dennys Reyes pitched an inning of relief to get the win and improve to 3-4. The Royals took three-of- four from the Twins, knocking them out of first place in the American League Central. Kansas City has won five of their last seven.