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MINNEAPOLIS — <\/span>Kody Clemens and Matt Wallner homered, Ryan Jeffers had three hits and two RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 on Friday night.<\/p>\n Rookie Luke Keaschall continued his hot hitting with two singles and two RBIs. He has six hits and eight RBIs in three games after returning from a three-month stint on the IL due to a broken bone in his right forearm<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joe Ryan (11-5) allowed one run on four hits with no walks and five strikeouts over five innings for the Twins, who have won three straight. <\/p>\n Mike Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr. homered for the Royals, who have lost three of four.<\/p>\n The Twins roughed up Royals starter Seth Lugo (8-6), scoring multiple runs in three of the four innings he pitched. <\/p>\n Keaschall had RBI singles in the first and second innings. Jeffers also had a RBI single in the second as the Twins built a 5-1 lead.<\/p>\n Clemens set a career high with his 13th homer, a two-run shot in the fourth.<\/p>\n After Yastrzemski hit a leadoff homer in the first, the Twins responded immediately when Wallner hammered a sinker into the bullpens in left-center with one out in the bottom of the inning.<\/p>\n Ryan is 8-0 with a 1.34 ERA in 10 career starts against the Royals.<\/p>\n LHP Noah Cameron (5-5, 2.68 ERA) will start for the Royals against RHP Bailey Ober (4-6, 5.38) in the second game of the series on Saturday night.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n