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MINNEAPOLIS — Starling Marte belted a three-run shot for his first home run of the season, and the Kansas City Royals held on for a 6-5 win Sunday afternoon against the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n
Nick Loftin went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI for Kansas City, which finished its series with three wins in four games. Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-4 with two runs and a double.<\/p>\n
Josh Bell hit a three-run homer for Minnesota. Ryan Kreidler and Victor Caratini each drove in a run.<\/p>\n
Royals left-hander Noah Cameron (3-4) allowed one unearned run on three hits in six innings. He walked none and struck out seven, and he threw 65-of-104 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n
Twins left-hander Connor Prielipp (2-4) gave up two runs on four hits in 4\u2153 innings. He walked one and struck out seven.<\/p>\n
Royals right-hander Lucas Erceg got the final two outs for his 12th save.<\/p>\n
Minnesota opened the scoring with a run in the second. Kreidler hit an RBI groundout to score Kody Clemens.<\/p>\n
Loftin evened the score at 1 with an RBI double in the fourth.<\/p>\n
The Royals took command with four runs in the fifth to grab a 5-1 lead. All of their runs came with two outs.<\/p>\n
Maikel Garcia started the big inning with an RBI single to right to drive in Carter Jensen. Moments later, Marte smashed a three-run, 441-foot homer over the wall in center.<\/p>\n
The blast ended Marte\u2019s power drought that spanned his first 28 games of the season. It also marked his first homer since joining the Royals in the offseason.<\/p>\n
Carter Jensen added a sacrifice fly to give the Royals a 6-1 lead in the eighth.<\/p>\n
The Twins tried to rally in the ninth. Orlando Arcia drew a leadoff walk, Clemens singled to left, and Bell crushed a 442-foot homer to right to cut the deficit to 6-4.<\/p>\n
Caratini ripped an RBI single up the middle later in the inning to make it 6-5. Two batters later, Brooks Lee flied out to the warning track in left to end the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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