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C.Colon flied out to center fielder J.Schafer

K.Morales singled to center. Moustakas scored.

S.Perez singled to right. Morales to second.

Orlando tripled to right. Perez scored. Morales scored.

Tripled to right. Perez scored. Morales scored.

E.Escobar safe at first on fielder's choice and throwing error by first baseman Hosmer. Plouffe to second. Dozier scored.

Safe at first on fielder's choice and throwing error by first baseman Hosmer. Plouffe to second. Dozier scored.

Pitcher threw a wild pitch. Escobar scored.

Royals

K.Morales doubled to left. Hosmer advanced to third. Moustakas scored.

Doubled to left. Hosmer advanced to third. Moustakas scored.

Pitcher threw a wild pitch. Morales to third. Hosmer scored.

S.Perez hit a sacrifice fly. Morales scored.

Twins second.  Dozier walked on four pitches.  Plouffe singled to center, Dozier to second.  E.Escobar safe at first on fielder's choice and throwing error by first baseman Hosmer's, Dozier scored, Plouffe to second.  Arcia grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop A.Escobar to second baseman C.Colon, Plouffe to third, E.Escobar out.  Suzuki grounded into a double play, shortstop A.Escobar to first baseman Hosmer, Arcia out.  

Royals third.  A.Escobar doubled to left.  Moustakas grounded out, second baseman Dozier to first baseman Mauer, A.Escobar to third.  Hosmer walked on a full count.  On Gibson's wild pitch, A.Escobar scored.  K.Morales grounded into a double play, third baseman Plouffe to shortstop Da.Santana to first baseman Mauer, Hosmer out.  

Royals sixth.  Moustakas safe at first on fielding error by left fielder Arcia's.  Hosmer walked on a full count, Moustakas to second.  K.Morales doubled to left, Moustakas scored, Hosmer to third.  Boyer pitching.  On Boyer's wild pitch, Hosmer scored, K.Morales to third.  S.Perez hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder J.Schafer, K.Morales scored.  A.Gordon flied out to left fielder Arcia.  Orlando grounded out, third baseman Plouffe to first baseman Mauer.  

Royals eighth.  Thielbar pitching.  Moustakas doubled to left.  Hosmer sacrificed, third baseman Plouffe to first baseman Mauer, Moustakas to third.  K.Morales singled to center, Moustakas scored.  S.Perez singled to right, K.Morales to second.  A.Gordon struck out.  Stauffer pitching.  Orlando tripled to right, K.Morales scored, S.Perez scored.  C.Colon flied out to center fielder J.Schafer.  

After dropping the first meeting between the teams this season (12-3) the Twins have now won each of their last two against the Royals by a combined score of 11-6. Minnesota has just five wins in its last 19 road games against Kansas City.

With a win today the Royals would post their third-best 13-game start in franchise history (the club opened the 1978 and 2003 seasons 11-2). After homering in each of its first seven games to open the season (10 total), Kansas City has hit just one homer over its last five contests.

The Twins have won four of their last five games after dropping six of their first seven to open the season. Minnesota has lost two straight and five of its six road games so far in 2015.

Edinson Volquez will square off against Kyle Gibson and Minnesota for a second consecutive start. Volquez, who will be seeking his first career win over the Twins, allowed three runs, five hits and had seven strikeouts in 7.2 innings against them last Wednesday.

Kyle Gibson is 4-0 with a 1.38 ERA in four career starts against Kansas City -- the most wins in his career against any opponent.

Salvador Perez is 0-for-5 in his last two games after having multiple hits in five of his previous six contests. Perez has 23 multi-hit games in his career against Minnesota -- his most against any opponent.

HP - Diaz, 1B - Guccione, 2B - Blaser, 3B - Nelson

(SportsNetwork.com) - Tempers are probably still on simmer for the Kansas City
 Royals after a heated series versus the Oakland Athletics at Kauffman Stadium.

Minnesota Twins (5-7) at Kansas City Royals (9-3), 8:10 p.m. (ET)

Kansas  City, MO  (SportsNetwork.com) - Kendrys Morales and Paulo Orlando each
 knocked  in two runs as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 in
 the opener of a three-game series.

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Minnesota Twins @ Kansas City Royals on April 21, 2015

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