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Twins hope to solve road woes against lowly Royals
Aug 8, 2008 - 10:04 AM Minnesota (63-51) at Kansas City (53-62) 8:10 p.m. EDTKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Ticker) -- The Minnesota Twins will be looking to take advantage of the struggling Kansas City Royals on Friday.
The Twins are locked in a battle with the Chicago White Sox (63-50) at the top of the American League Central Division, but have had trouble winning away from the Metrodome.
Minnesota avoided a sweep at Seattle Wednesday with a 7-4 win. Denard Span drove in a career-high four runs and robbed Adrian Beltre of a home run with a catch in right field as the Twins improved their road mark to 24-30.
Kevin Slowey (7-8, 4.21 ERA) will take the ball for Minnesota. The 24-year-old righthander has been up and down, tossing a pair of shutouts in his last six starts while allowing 20 runs over 21 innings in his other four starts.
Slowey tossed a complete game against Kansas City on May 29, allowing one run and six hits while striking out six.
The Royals will counter with righthander Kyle Davies (5-2, 4.41). The 24-year-old has won his last two starts, allowing four runs in 10 1/3 innings.
- AL
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
MINNESOTA 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 1
KANSAS CITY 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 2 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: MIN - KEVIN SLOWEY, CRAIG BRESLOW (6TH), JESSE CRAIN (7TH), DENNYS
REYES (7TH), MATT GUERRIER (8TH), JOE NATHAN (9TH) AND JOE
MAUER
KAN - KYLE DAVIES, JOEL PERALTA
Aug 8 11:38 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SACRIFICE FLY BY JOE MAUER SCORED DENARD SPAN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, N PUNTO ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 4
KANSAS CITY 1 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MORNEAU (.311, 1-FOR-3, BB)
Twins 4, Royals 1 Top 9, 0 OutsAug 8 11:33 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DAVID DEJESUS SCORED MIKE AVILES.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D DEJESUS ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 3
KANSAS CITY 1 BOTTOM, 6TH
DUE UP FOR KANSAS CITY: J GUILLEN (.260, 1-FOR-2)
Twins 3, Royals 1 Bot 6, 0 OutsAug 8 10:16 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
FIELDER'S CHOICE BY JASON KUBEL SCORED NICK PUNTO. ERROR BY
MIKE AVILES ALLOWED JOE MAUER TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, J KUBEL ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 3
KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: D YOUNG (.290, 0-FOR-1)
Twins 3, Royals 0 Top 3, 0 OutsAug 8 8:59 PM - AL
AT KANSAS CITY - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY JOE MAUER SCORED DENARD SPAN.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J MAUER ON FIRST, N PUNTO ON SECOND, 0 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: MINNESOTA 1
KANSAS CITY 0 TOP, 3RD
DUE UP FOR MINNESOTA: J MORNEAU (.311, 0-FOR-0, BB)
Twins 1, Royals 0 Top 3, 0 OutsAug 8 8:55 PM
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