Valencia, Twins stay hot in rout of Royals
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07/28/2010 -
Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Danny Valencia knocked in three and
collected four more hits while Carl Pavano turned in his eighth consecutive
winning decision in an 11-2 Twins victory over Kansas City.
Valencia was coming off a 4-for-4 performance in Monday's 19-1 shellacking of
the Royals and is 8-for-9 in the series. Joe Mauer, who was 5-for-5 with a
career-high seven RBI on Monday, drove in another two runs with two hits in
the middle test to this three-game set.
J.J. Hardy hit a solo home run and added a run-scoring single amid a three-hit
game and Michael Cuddyer added three hits and two RBI to the win, Minnesota's
fourth straight and sixth in the last seven games.
The Twins have racked up 47 runs and 72 hits over their current four-game
torrent and reached double-digit runs for the third straight game. Over the
last seven games, Minnesota has outscored the competition 60-12.
Pavano (13-6), meanwhile, reached 98 pitches in five innings, but held the
Royals to five hits and a run over that time to stretch an unbeaten streak to
10 starts dating back to June 9. The Twins have gone 9-1 in those games.
Bruce Chen (5-5) was knocked around for 11 hits and six runs in 5 1/3 innings
to take the loss, Kansas City's fifth in six games. Scott Podsednik had two
hits and drove in a run, extending his hitting streak to 14 games.
Minnesota paced itself in the early going with a mere four runs in the first
three innings. Cuddyer chased home Mauer with a two-out single and Valencia
did the same to score Delmon Young in the game's first frame.
Valencia and Hardy had back-to-back RBI singles with one out in the third for
a 4-0 margin. Jose Guillen interrupted the visitors' scoring with a sacrifice
fly in the fifth, but the Twins were right back at it in their next at-bat.
Jason Repko singled in Drew Butera and Mauer added a sac fly in the sixth
after Kyle Farnsworth took over for Chen.
Podsednik knocked in Alex Gordon with a two-out hit in the bottom half, but
Hardy blasted a home run off Robinson Tejeda in the seventh to erase the run
and make it 7-2.
Minnesota tacked on four more in the eighth as Mauer, Young, Cuddyer and
Valencia strung together consecutive two-out RBI hits off Victor Marte.
Game Notes
The Twins had 19 hits Tuesday a night after tying their season high with
20. Young had two hits and scored three runs...Minnesota improved to 9-3 since
the All-Star break...Pavano walked three and struck out two. He had pitched
into the seventh inning in each of his previous 12 trips to the mound. The
veteran right-hander has also won five straight decisions on the road, where
he's compiled a 7-3 record in 11 starts thus far in 2010. It was Pavano's
fourth overall matchup with the Royals this season, as he improved to 3-1 in
2010 and 7-5 in 13 lifetime games (12 starts) against them...The Twins have
won eight of 10 versus the Royals this year, as well as 16 of the last 20
overall meetings between the teams. Minnesota is also 18-5 at Kauffman Stadium
since the start of the 2008 season.
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