DeJesus, Royals down Twins

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09/12/2007 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - David DeJesus went 2-for-5 with a homer and three RBI as Kansas City topped Minnesota, 6-3, in the finale of a three-game set at Kauffman Stadium.

Mark Teahen collected three hits including a homer and scored twice for the Royals, who snapped a seven-game losing streak and salvaged a game in the series. Emil Brown added two hits and scored once, while Billy Butler and Ross Gload each drove in a run.

Gil Meche (8-12) allowed five hits and two runs over 6 2/3 innings, striking out seven with one walk to record his first win since July 20 at Detroit. Meche had been 0-6 with three no-decisions in his last nine starts.

Twins Starter Carlos Silva (11-14) took the loss, giving up three runs on five hits in two innings before leaving the game with a pulled right groin. It was Silva's shortest outing of the season.

Torii Hunter, Chris Heintz and Brian Buscher each knocked in a run for the Twins, whose three-game win streak came to an end.

Kansas City picked up a pair of runs in the first on Butler's RBI single and Gload's sacrifice fly.

Brown singled to start the second and scored on DeJesus' two-out triple for a 3-0 Royals lead.

Kevin Slowey took over for Silva to begin the third, and Teahen launched his seventh homer of the season to lead off the frame for a 4-0 game.

After John Buck began the sixth with a single, DeJesus lofted his seventh homer of the season, a two-run shot, for a 6-0 KC advantage.

The Twins finally dented Meche in the seventh. Jason Kubel led off with a double and scored on Hunter's double. Two outs later, Heintz singled in Hunter to make it 6-2. After Nick Punto walked, Meche was lifted for David Riske, but he got pinch-hitter Garrett Jones to ground out and end the inning.

Minnesota picked up a run in the ninth on Buscher's pinch-hit RBI single, but Joakim Soria closed out the game by inducing a flyout from pinch-hitter Rondell White.

Game Notes

DeJesus has amassed a career-best 57 RBI, surpassing the 56 RBI he recorded in 2005 and 2006...Royals third-baseman Alex Gordon doubled in the seventh, giving him 34 on the season and establishing a new team record for Royals rookies...Attendance was 10,102.

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