Brooks Lee's 2-run single in 8th lifts Twins to 4-3 win over Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brooks Lee's two-run single in the eighth inning lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night.

The Twins trailed 3-1 in the eighth when Josh Bell hit a one-out RBI single against Aaron Bummer (1-2). Nate Pearson entered and hit Royce Lewis with a pitch, and Lee followed with his bases-loaded single to right.

Minnesota stopped a four-game skid and moved within one-half game of Texas for the final AL wild card, tied with AL Central rival Cleveland.

Lewis led off the fifth with his 13th homer, a 421-foot shot to left that extended his hitting streak to a career-best 11 games.

Kody Funderburk (3-1) worked a scoreless seventh, Andrew Morris pitched the eighth and Yoendrys Gómez struck out two in the ninth for his 15th save and second with the Twins.

Bobby Witt Jr. had his second three-hit game for the Royals since returning from a back injury on Tuesday. He singled in the third, stole his AL-best 31st base and scored on Jac Caglianone's two-run single. In the sixth, he doubled and scored on Salvador Perez's single to put the Royals ahead 3-1.

Twins starter Bailey Ober allowed three runs in six innings. He did not walk or strike out a batter.

Michael Wacha gave up a run on three hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. Kansas City has scored fewer than five runs in 15 consecutive starts by Wacha, the longest such streak of his career and longest for any major league pitcher this season. The Royals are 7-16 in his 23 starts.

The Twins have not named a starter for Friday's series opener at Milwaukee. LHP Shane Drohan (6-4, 3.48 ERA) starts for the Brewers.

The Royals haven't named a starter for Friday at Chicago. RHP Kevin Gausman (5-10, 4.38) is set to make his Cubs debut.

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Minnesota Twins' Alex Jackson, right, beats the tag by Kansas City Royals catcher Carter Jensen, left, to score on a two-run single by Brooks Lee during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kansas City Royals' Bobby Witt Jr. celebrates on second after hitting a double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Minnesota Twins' Alex Jackson celebrates in the dugout after scoring on a two-run single by Brooks Lee during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Minnesota Twins' Luke Keaschall celebrates in the dugout after scoring on single by Josh Bell during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Minnesota Twins' Brooks Lee hits a two-run single during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

NONTHABURI, Thailand (AP) — A student shot several people at a high school outside Bangkok on Friday, killing three teachers and three students and wounding several others, police said.

The shooting happened at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the national capital, Royal Thai Police spokesperson Trairong Piwpan told The Associated Press.

He later told news broadcaster Channel 3 the shooter was being hospitalized in serious condition and 15 others were injured, with two in critical condition.

He said the motive was still being investigated. He said the gun was believed to have been taken from a member of the student’s family.

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul offered his condolences and said he had ordered relevant officials to take care of the victims.

Images from the scene about an hour after the shooting showed people standing outside the school comforting one another and police and first responders walking around inside the school.

A witness told reporters that students hid inside a classroom while they heard gunshots from another building before police officers knocked on the door and cleared a way for them to leave the building.

In February, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, briefly taking people hostage in a two-hour attack that killed one person and injured two others.

In 2023, a 14-year-old boy was accused of a shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall.

A parent leaves after picking his child after a shooting at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

First responders and others stand inside after a shooting at the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A schoolgirl cries outside her school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A crowd gathers outside a school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A schoolgirl cries outside her school where deaths and injuries were reported after a shooting in Thailand's Nonthaburi province, Friday, Aug. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)