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KANSAS CITY \u2014 Byron Buxton and Kody Clemens homered Sunday afternoon and the Minnesota Twins beat Kansas City 5-1 to drop the Royals two games back for the last A.L. wild card spot.<\/p>\n
Kansas City (73-69) fell two games behind Seattle (75-68) for the third A.L. wild card position.<\/p>\n
Buxton led off the game against Michael Lorenzen (5-10) with his 30th homer, extending his career high. He was hit by a 91.8-mph sinker in the fifth inning and was replaced for the bottom of the sixth because of what the Twins said was a bruised left knee.<\/p>\n
Buxton has 17 leadoff homers in his career, including eight this season.<\/p>\n
Clemens hit his 16th homer in the fourth, a 451-drive that gave Minnesota a 3-0 lead. Minnesota padded its advantage in the fourth with a double steal, with Royce Lewis on first and Luke Keaschall on third.<\/p>\n
Bailey Ober (5-7) gave up one run and four hits in 5 1\/3 innings,<\/p>\n
Lorenzen allowed four runs and five hits in 5 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Kansas City scored on Vinnie Pasquantino\u2019s RBI single in the sixth.<\/p>\n
The Royals had the potential tying run at the plate with one out in the eighth before Kody Funderburk struck out Pasquantino and Justin Topa retired Salvador Perez on a groundout.<\/p>\n
Twins RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4, 4.53 ERA) starts today against the Los Angeles Angels and RHP Caden Dana (0-0, 4.91).<\/p>\n
Royals RHP Ryan Bergert (2-1, 2.61) will be on the mound today for the start of a four-game series at Cleveland, which starts RHP Slade Cecconi (5-6, 4.78).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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