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Apr 29, 2012 - 2:09 PM

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(Sports Network) - Playing on the road seems to have its comforts for the Kansas City Royals.

The team is a franchise-worst 0-10 at home this season, but has a 6-4 mark on the road. That includes three straight wins heading into today's series finale against the Twins. This follows a stretch of 12 consecutive defeats.

Meanwhile, the Twins are headed in the opposite direction with six straight losses.

Saturday's game was washed out and rescheduled for June 30 as part of a day- night doubleheader.

That gave the scheduled starters, Kansas City's Bruce Chen and Minnesota's Jason Marquis an extra day of rest.

Marquis pitched five innings in a win over the Yankees on April 18. He has started twice during the regular season in his career vs. the Royals and has won both times.

Chen, who has pitched seven innings in each of his last two starts - both defeats - has recorded 17 strikeouts against just four walks in 25 innings this season.

Over 17 career games, including seven starts, the lefty is 2-4 with a 4.78 ERA against the Twins. Chen carries a 16-inning scoreless streak vs. Minnesota into today's contest.

The Royals won the opener of this series 7-6 on Friday. Mike Moustakas drove- in the go-ahead run as part of a two-run eighth inning.

During their current losing streak, the Twins have been out-scored 41-22 and out-hit 63-50.

"We're scoring six runs, we just have to pitch," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire told the team's website. "It all gets down to the pitching part. I know we haven't hit with men in scoring position, but we're still putting enough runs on the board to win ball games."

On the positive side for the Twins is Joe Mauer's history against KC. He owns a career .349 batting average against the Royals and has hit in 20 of his last 22 against them, batting .482 in that stretch with 22 RBI. Additionally, he's batting .455 (10-for-22) against left-handed pitching this season.

Minnesota was 10-8 against the Royals last season.








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  • Alcides Escobar single to right scored Jeff Francoeur. Runner on first with two out and Jarrod Dyson due up.

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  • Ryan Doumit double to center scored Justin Morneau. Runner on second with two out and Trevor Plouffe due up.

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  • Brayan Pena grounded out pitcher to first to end the inning.

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  • Eric Hosmer grounded into a fielder's choice, second to short scored Alex Gordon. Billy Butler out at second. Runner on first with one out and Jeff Francoeur due up.

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  • Ryan Doumit sacrifice fly to center scored Danny Valencia. None on with two out and Trevor Plouffe due up.

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  • Danny Valencia triple to left-center scored Josh Willingham. Runner on third with one out and Ryan Doumit due up.

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  • Mike Moustakas two-out, solo Home Run (3) to right. Brayan Pena due up.

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  • Danny Valencia single to left scored Josh Willingham. Runner on first with one out and Ryan Doumit due up.

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  • Josh Willingham triple to center scored Jamey Carroll and Joe Mauer. Runner on third with none out and Justin Morneau due up.

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  • Joe Mauer single to first scored Denard Span. On the play, Jamey Carroll advances to second. Runners on first and second with none out and Josh Willingham due up.

    Royals 0, Twins 1  Bot 1, 0 OutsApr 29 2:29 PM


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