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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 7, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Marty Foster
Attendance: 38970
Kevin Slowey allowed three hits over seven masterful innings as the Minnesota Twins cruised past the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Tuesday night.

Slowey (7-3) won his third straight decision by putting together his strongest outing of the season. Aside from a David DeJesus double, Kansas City managed just two singles against the veteran right-hander, who struck out three and didn't walk a batter.

With seven scoreless innings on Tuesday Slowey has surrendered just four runs over his past 26 1/3 innings spanning four starts.

He had plenty of offensive help, as the Twins pounded out 12 hits against Royals pitching. Jason Kubel ended a 5-for-27 drought with two hits, including his seventh home run of the season. Denard Span added two hits and a pair of RBIs.

Zack Greinke (1-8) continued his forgettable campaign. The defending American League Cy Young winner was tagged for six runs on nine hits in five innings as he has already matched his loss total from all of last season.

Jose Guillen and Mike Aviles had two hits and an RBI apiece for the Royals, who have dropped four of six. Matt Tolbert drove in the other Kansas City run on an eighth-inning sacrifice fly.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Minnesota
Zack Greinke Player Kevin Slowey
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 7.0
6 Strikeouts 3
9 Hits 3
10.80 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Kansas City   Minnesota
Mike Aviles Player Danny Valencia
2 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 7 0 9 .206 10 3 3 1 0 1
Minnesota 12 1 16 .343 14 10 7 2 0 1