Twins' Kody Clemens blasts walk-off grand slam vs. Royals - ESPN

MINNEAPOLIS — Kody Clemens, down to his last strike, hit a game-ending grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Thursday after being no-hit by Noah Cameron until the seventh.

After Cameron threw eight shutout innings in his career-long start, Royals closer Lucas Erceg retired the first two batters, then hit Ryan Jeffers with a 2-0 pitch, gave up a single to Royce Lewis and walked Josh Bell to load the bases.

Matt Strahm (3-4) relieved Erceg before Clemens smacked his 0-2 slider into the flower box above right-center field for his second career slam and the sixth walk-off grand slam in Twins history. Brian Dozier had the last one in 2018.

«That's stuff that you dream about… stuff like that when you're a little kid,» Clemens said after the game. «That's what you envision. That was awesome.»

According to ESPN Research, Clemens is the first player with a walk-off grand slam with his team down to its final strike since Aug. 12, 2018, when the Chicago Cubs' David Bote belted one to beat the Washington Nationals.

Clemens, who is second on the team with 19 home runs, said it was his first walk-off home run in the major leagues.

«It was over the middle, which was surprising,» he said of the pitch. «Obviously, I was behind [0-2], but I got a good pitch to hit.… I hammered it. It was backspun to right center, and I knew it off the bat. It was an unreal feeling.»

The Twins had lost 508 consecutive games — dating to July 2015 — after trailing by three or more runs entering their final at-bats entering Thursday's game, while the Royals had won 242 straight when leading by three or more entering the ninth inning or later, per ESPN Research.

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