KANSAS CITY, Mo. — By the time the early innings had come to an end, the only real intrigue left in Sunday’s game was whether or not Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. would hit for the cycle.

The score of the game, after all, had gotten out of hand almost immediately, thanks in large part to an uncharacteristic outing from Twins starter Bailey Ober. The Royals chased Ober from the game in just the second inning in an 11-0 win over the Twins in the series finale at Kauffman Stadium.

Ober gave up a career-high eight runs on Sunday, getting just four outs before manager Rocco Baldelli emerged from the dugout to take the ball from his starter. At that point, Ober had already given up three home runs, tying a career high.

His 1 1/3-inning outing pressed the bullpen into action early, with Kody Funderburk covering 1 1/3 innings, Daniel Duarte and Cole Sands each throwing two frames and Jay Jackson pitching the eighth.

The Royals first runs of the game, which came on a Salvador Perez three-run shot, set the tone early and provided more than enough run support on a day where the Twins couldn’t muster much of anything against Kansas City starter Brady Singer.

The Twins finished with just three hits against Singer in his seven innings pitched. He fanned 10 in the Royals’ win after Minnesota won the first two games of the opening series.

Witt Jr. did not hit for the cycle, despite being 3/4 of the way there just three innings into the game. The young superstar fell a double shy, striking out in his final two at-bats of the day after spending a weekend demolishing Twins pitching.