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- Updated: August 14, 2016
MINNEAPOLIS — Nothing will slow down Brian Dozier these days.
Dozier doubled and homered, and Eddie Rosario blasted a two-run homer as the Twins powered past the Royals, 5-3, on Saturday night at Target Field. The win snapped Minnesota’s four-game losing streak.
Dozier now has 17 home runs since June 25, the most in baseball over that span. His homer in the sixth was his career 100th.
Tyler Duffey cruised through the Royals lineup, allowing six hits and two runs through seven innings. He walked one and struck out six.
Right-hander Dillon Gee started for Kansas City and gave up 11 hits and five runs through 5 1/3 innings. Gee walked one and struck out six.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDDozier hits the century mark: The Twins’ second baseman put an exclamation mark on his prolonged power surge when he smashed a fastball a Statcast-projected 426 feet into Target Field’s second deck for his 25th of the year. The homer followed Rosario’s two-run shot to chase Gee and give the Twins a 5-1 lead. Dozier became the 16th player in Twins history and the eighth active second baseman to hit the 100-homer plateau.
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