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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 4, Kansas City 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Ed Rapuano, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 38154

Danny Valencia hit a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday.

Luke Hughes drove in a pair of runs, Michael Cuddyer snapped out of a season-long slump by going 4-for-4 and Joe Mauer added a sacrifice fly for Minnesota (4-6), which registered a season-high 13 hits. The Twins entered the night with the second-worst batting average in baseball (.214).

Wilson Betemit, Mike Aviles and Melky Cabrera each drove in a run for Kansas City (6-4), which has lost 14 of the last 19 meetings between the teams.

The Twins' bullpen threw four perfect innings before Delmon Young sparked the winning rally with a one-out single off Robinson Tejada (0-1). Cuddyer drew a four-pitch walk and Jason Kubel’s single to right field loaded the bases for Valencia, who scored pinch-runner Jason Repko with a single to right field.

Valencia’s hit made a winner out of Dusty Hughes (1-0), who was claimed off waivers from Kansas City in the off-season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Kansas City   Minnesota
Jeff Francis Player Brian Duensing
No Decision W/L No Decision
7.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 2
8 Hits 8
3.86 ERA 3.00
Hitting
Kansas City   Minnesota
Wilson Betemit Player Michael Cuddyer
2 Hits 4
1 RBI 0
0 HR 0
2 TB 4
.500 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Kansas City 8 0 9 .216 15 5 3 2 0 0
Minnesota 13 0 14 .333 18 7 4 3 1 1