Kansas City 10, Minnesota 3
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 1, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
50°
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Tschida, 1B -
Jeff Nelson, 2B -
Marty Foster, 3B -
Bill Welke
Attendance:
18108
By SportsDirect Inc.
Mike Aviles homered and had four RBIs and Luke Hochevar pitched into the seventh inning as the Kansas City Royals finished off a three-game sweep of the visiting Minnesota Twins with a 10-3 victory Sunday.
Aviles had three of Kansas City’s 15 hits and Jeff Francoeur also homered as the Royals handed Minnesota its sixth straight loss.
Aviles hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning off Dusty Hughes as Kansas City scored in double digits for the second straight contest.
Hochevar (3-3) gave up three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings while winning for the first time since April 15.
Francoeur’s homer staked Kansas City to a 1-0 lead in the second inning and the Royals pulled away by scoring five runs over the fifth and sixth innings.
Alex Gordon’s sacrifice fly, Billy Butler’s run-scoring double and Wilson Betemit’s RBI single gave the Royals a 5-1 lead in the fifth.
Justin Morneau homered in the sixth for the Twins before Mitch Maier tripled in a run and scored on a single by Aviles in the bottom of the inning.
Alexi Casilla went 2-for-3 with two triples for the Twins, who have the worst record in the majors at 9-18.
Minnesota starter Carl Pavano (2-3) gave up seven runs – six earned – and 12 hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Minnesota
|
5 |
1 |
12 |
.161 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| Kansas City
|
15 |
2 |
28 |
.417 |
18 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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