Royals beat Twins in doubleheader opener
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Ross Gload homered and drove in three runs for the Kansas City Royals, who gave Minnesota starter Matt Garza another rough game at home and beat the Twins 9-4 on Friday to start a day-night doubleheader.
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The Minnesota Twins' latest win had a postseason feel and moved them a little closer to a better position for the playoffs. A dramatic 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night lifted the Twins into a tie for first place in the AL Central with the Detroit Tigers.
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MINNEAPOLIS - Terry Tiffee led off the bottom of the ninth with his first major league home run to lift the Minnesota Twins past Kansas City 4-3 on Saturday.    Tiffee, who joined the Twins when rosters expanded on Sept...
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The Minnesota Twins put on an offensive display unlike any seen in a doubleheader in nearly 70 years, and Justin Morneau was a big part of it. Morneau went deep three times in the second game of a day-night doubleheader and the Twins capped a huge day on offense by routing the Chicago White Sox 12-0 Friday night.
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More than 26 hours after the oddly suspended game began, the Twins gave themselves a chance to open the AL playoffs at home by finishing a 6-5 victory over the Indians on Michael Cuddyer's two-out double in the 12th inning Sunday.
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John Buck hit a three-run homer and Angel Berroa had two hits and scored twice in a 10-run fifth inning that carried the Kansas City Royals to a 17-8 rout of the New York Yankees on Monday night.
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Jason Kendall hit his first home run in nearly two years and Frank Thomas hit No. 459 of his career Wednesday in the Oakland Athletics&#039; 7-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals.
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Ichiro Suzuki homered for his 200th hit of the season, but Abraham Nunez hit his second grand slam in two weeks to lead the Kansas City Royals over the Seattle Mariners 7-3 Thursday night.
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Gil Meche won for the first time in almost two months, David DeJesus and Mark Teahen homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 Wednesday to snap a seven-game losing streak.
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Ben Broussard hit a two-run homer to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 5-2 victory over the Twins on a strange afternoon in Minneapolis, sending AL Central champion Minnesota to Yankee Stadium for the start of the playoffs.
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Bucky Jacobsen drove in three runs with a home run and a double to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Kansas City Royals 9-7 Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader.
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Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins' dazzling defense had the New York Yankees seeing double. Santana and the Twins escaped trouble with the help of a record-setting five double plays, Jacque Jones homered in his first start since the death of his father, and the Twins beat the Yankees 2-0 Tuesday night to win their eighth straight opener in a postseason series.
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The Kansas City Royals got off to a great start with a record-setting first inning. Nine innings later, they set a few more marks &#151; ones they'd like to forget.
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Ben Broussard belted a two-run homer  in the third inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 5-2 win  over the Minnesota Twins to salvage a split of a unique  doubleheader on the final day of the American League regular  season.
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Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter   homered to help clinch the Minnesota Twins a playoff berth with   an 8-1 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday.
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Ryan Howard homered in his first three   at-bats to help the Philadelphia Phillies edge the Atlanta   Braves 8-7 in the opening game of a doubleheader on Sunday.
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He had six hits and tied a major league record by scoring six times Thursday, helping the Kansas City Royals break a club mark for runs in a 26-5 rout of the Detroit Tigers in the first game of a doubleheader.