Minnesota 6, Kansas City 4
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
90°
Umpires:
Home -
Ron Kulpa, 1B -
Dan Bellino, 2B -
Rob Drake, 3B -
Angel Hernandez
Attendance:
15484
By SportsDirect Inc.
Delmon Young hit a three-run homer in the first inning and the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 6-4 win on Wednesday.
The victory concluded Minnesota's dismantling of Kansas City as the Twins pounded out a season-high 20 hits in Monday night's 19-1 win and19 hits in Tuesday's affair before adding 14 more this go-around.
Jason Repko, Denard Span and Young each had three hits apiece for the Twins, who outscored the Royals 36-7 in the series.
Brian Duensing (4-1) allowed two runs and eight hits over six innings in his second start of the season. Jon Rauch pitched the ninth for his 21st save.
The Royals put up a fight after falling behind 5-0, scoring two runs in the fifth on RBI singles by Yuniesky Betancourt and Willie Bloomquist. Rick Ankiel's two-run single in the eighth cut the lead to one, but the Royals would get no closer.
Brian Bannister (7-9) gave up five runs and 11 hits in six innings to take the loss.
Repko hit a solo home run in the second for Minnesota, Span had an RBI single in the fourth and Jason Kubel hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Minnesota |
|
Kansas City |
|
Brian Duensing
|
Player |
Brian Bannister |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
8 |
Hits |
11 |
|
3.00 |
ERA |
7.50 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
14 |
2 |
21 |
.368 |
19 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
12 |
0 |
12 |
.324 |
15 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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