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Guthrie, Royals seek sweep of Twins
Aug 28, 2014 - 2:33 PM (SportsNetwork.com) - Jeremy Guthrie tries to pitch the Kansas City Royals to a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.Guthrie has been a big part of the Royals' resurgence and enters this evening's tilt having won five of his last six starts. The veteran right- hander defeated Texas on Saturday, as he held the Rangers to a run and five hits in eight innings to run his record to 10-10, while lowering his ERA to 4.32.
He endured two rain delays to beat Minnesota on Aug. 17. Since joining the Royals in 2012, Guthrie is 5-2 against the Twins.
Meanwhile, getting the call for the Twins on Thursday will be lefty Tommy Milone, who lost to Guthrie and the Royals two starts ago and looked bad in doing so, as he was lit up for seven runs (6 earned) in just 1 1/3 innings.
Milone is still searching for his first win with the team. Acquired from Oakland, Milone has gone 0-1 in three starts and has allowed 12 runs (9 earned) in his last two trips to the hill.
The Twins scored 20 runs in his last start on Friday, but Milone couldn't last five innings to get a win and did not get a decision against Detroit, as he gave up five runs (3 earned) and 10 hits in 4 1/3 frames.
Kansas City continued to roll on Wednesday, as Billy Butler and Salvador Perez each knocked in two runs during a six-run eighth inning to carry the Royals to a 6-1 win.
Minnesota starter Phil Hughes (14-9) shut down the Royals for seven innings but imploded in the eighth.
"It's probably the best stuff I've had over this little run," said Hughes. "It just makes it disappointing to spoil a start when you have pretty good stuff."
The six-run inning made a winner out of Wade Davis (8-2), who tossed a perfect eighth. Liam Hendriks was sensational in his Kansas City debut, allowing one run on four hits with five strikeouts over seven innings.
"When you're facing Phil Hughes, who is having a phenomenal year, you look up there and it looks like the pitch count is going down instead of up," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "You gotta grind it out."
The victory, coupled with Detroit's loss, gave the Royals a 2 1/2-game lead over the Tigers in the AL Central.
The Royals are 11-7 versus the Twins this season.
- MINNESOTA: 11
KANSAS CITY: 5
Final/10
Aug 29 12:01 AM - Kurt Suzuki doubled to left scoring Brian Dozier. Runner on second with two outs and Kennys Vargas due up.
Twins 11, Royals 5 Top 10, 2 OutsAug 28 11:52 PM - Brian Dozier doubled to right scoring Eduardo Nunez and Jordan Schafer. Runner on second with two outs and Kurt Suzuki due up.
Twins 10, Royals 5 Top 10, 2 OutsAug 28 11:51 PM - Jordan Schafer singled to left scoring Trevor Plouffe and Joe Mauer. On the play, Eduardo Nunez advances to second. Runners on first and second with one out and Danny Santana due up.
Twins 8, Royals 5 Top 10, 1 OutAug 28 11:46 PM - Eduardo Nunez singled to center scoring Oswaldo Arcia. On the play, Joe Mauer advances to second and Trevor Plouffe advances to third. Bases loaded with one out and Jordan Schafer due up.
Twins 6, Royals 5 Top 10, 1 OutAug 28 11:45 PM - Alex Gordon lead-off Home Run (17) to right center. Billy Butler due up.
Twins 5, Royals 5 Bot 7, 0 OutsAug 28 10:40 PM - Jordan Schafer doubled to right scoring Chris Parmelee. Runner on second with one out and Danny Santana due up.
Twins 5, Royals 4 Top 6, 1 OutAug 28 10:02 PM - Billy Butler singled to center scoring Alcides Escobar. Runner on first with one out and Salvador Perez due up.
Twins 4, Royals 4 Bot 5, 1 OutAug 28 9:56 PM - Christian Colon singled to right scoring Lorenzo Cain. On the play Colon advances to second. Runner on second with two outs and Norichika Aoki due up.
Twins 4, Royals 3 Bot 4, 2 OutsAug 28 9:38 PM - Brian Dozier singled to left scoring Jordan Schafer. On the play, Danny Santana advances to second. Runners on first and second with two outs and Kurt Suzuki due up.
Twins 4, Royals 2 Top 4, 2 OutsAug 28 9:25 PM - Jordan Schafer singled to right scoring Chris Parmelee. Runner on first with two outs and Danny Santana due up.
Twins 3, Royals 2 Top 4, 2 OutsAug 28 9:20 PM - Salvador Perez singled to left scoring Alex Gordon. On the play, Billy Butler advances to second. Runners on first and second with one out and Josh Willingham due up.
Twins 2, Royals 2 Bot 1, 1 OutAug 28 8:32 PM - Alex Gordon singled to right scoring Alcides Escobar. Runner on first with one out and Billy Butler due up.
Twins 2, Royals 1 Bot 1, 1 OutAug 28 8:25 PM - Oswaldo Arcia singled to short scoring Kurt Suzuki. Runner on first with two outs and Trevor Plouffe due up.
Twins 2, Royals 0 Top 1, 2 OutsAug 28 8:15 PM - Kennys Vargas grounded out short to first scoring Brian Dozier. On the play, Kurt Suzuki advances to third. Runner on third with two outs and Oswaldo Arcia due up.
Twins 1, Royals 0 Top 1, 2 OutsAug 28 8:14 PM - MINNESOTA: 0
KANSAS CITY: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Aug 28 8:10 PM
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