Royals Put Beating On Twins 10-5
The Kansas City Royals beat the Twins 10-5 Wednesday afternoon at Target Field. Kansas City scored 6 runs in the 4th inning and added 3 more in the 9th. Mike Aviles went 2-4 with 3 RBIs for the Royals and Denard Span was 4-5 with 2 runs scored for Minnesota. Delmon Young went 2-4 with 2 RBIs for the Twins. Francisco Liriano took the loss allowing 8 hits and 7 earned runs in 5 innings. He's 0-3 on the season. Minnesota is 4-7 and will begin a 4-game series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida at 5:40 tonight, pregame on WJON at 5:10. Righthander Carl Pavano (1-1) gets the start on the mound for the Twins and righthander James Shields (0-1) toes the rubber for the Rays.