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- Updated: August 13, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — The homers keep coming for the Twins, who had Miguel Sano and Brian Dozier keep up their torrid power production against the Royals on Friday, but the losses keep mounting this week as well.
Minnesota’s offense has been one of the hottest in baseball, keyed by a Major League-leading 27 homers since June 26, but a rough week for the pitching staff continued in a 7-3 loss to Kansas City at Target Field. It handed the Twins their fourth straight loss, and despite hitting seven homers in those games, they’ve been outscored by a 39-17 margin.
Twins manager Paul Molitor said he’s been happy to see the power surge continue, but added his club needed to find other ways to score runs, as the Twins have hit .200 (7-for-35) with runners in scoring position during their losing streak.
“It’s unfortunate that’s been the majority of our output there,” Molitor said. “With runners in scoring position and those opportunities are areas that still need improvement. We like …
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