Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Minnesota 7, Kansas City 2
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, June 4, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 92°
Umpires: Home - Chris Guccione, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Mike Everitt
Attendance: 27861

Alexi Casilla tied a career high with four hits and drove in two runs in the Minnesota Twins’ 7-2 win at Kansas City on Saturday, their third win in a row.

Casilla singled three times and doubled, Michael Cuddyer homered and Nick Blackburn (5-4) pitched five innings to win his fourth consecutive decision. It was Casilla's first four-hit night since 2007, and bumped his average to .414 since May 24.

The Twins have won the first three games in the series for their first three-game winning streak since May 17-19.

Alex Gordon and Eric Hosmer each had two hits for the Royals, but Luke Hochevar (3-6) allowed six runs in six innings to extend his winless drought. Hochevar hasn’t won a game since May 1, and has surrendered five or more runs 29 times in 78 career starts.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Kansas City
Nick Blackburn Player Luke Hochevar
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 6.0
2 Strikeouts 2
7 Hits 11
3.60 ERA 9.00
Hitting
Minnesota   Kansas City
Alexi Casilla Player Melky Cabrera
4 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
5 TB 2
.800 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 13 1 19 .325 20 6 7 1 0 0
Kansas City 8 0 8 .242 17 6 2 5 2 1