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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Kansas City 4, Minnesota 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 25, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Brian Knight, 1B - Greg Gibson, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Gerry Davis
Attendance: 15601

Jose Guillen homered and drove in a pair and Brian Bannister (1-1) pitched into the seventh as Kansas City averted a sweep with a 4-3 win over the Twins on Sunday.

Kansas City held on in the ninth when Justin Morneau doubled home Joe Mauer, but Royals closer Joakim Soria fought back to strike out Michael Cuddyer and Jim Thome with the tying run at second for his fifth save.

It marked the fourth time this season Minnesota failed to sweep an opponent after winning the first two games of a series. Still, the Twins have won all six series this season.

Morneau hit his fourth homer of the season for Minnesota, while Guillen’s homer was his seventh. He is one behind Chicago’s Paul Konerko for the major league lead.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Kansas City
Kevin Slowey Player Brian Bannister
Loss W/L Win
5.1 IP 6.1
2 Strikeouts 0
8 Hits 9
6.75 ERA 2.84
Hitting
Minnesota   Kansas City
Justin Morneau Player Alberto Jose Callaspo
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 4
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 12 1 19 .324 20 3 3 4 0 0
Kansas City 9 1 17 .290 17 5 4 4 1 2