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- Updated: August 21, 2016
KANSAS CITY — After the Twins won both games in Atlanta earlier this week, it gave them 16 wins over their previous 24 road games.
But despite that recent success away from Target Field, the Twins just can’t find a way to beat the Royals this season, especially at Kauffman Stadium. Those woes continued on Sunday in a 2-1 loss, leaving the Twins 2-11 vs. the Royals this year, including an 0-7 mark in Kansas City. It was the Kansas City’s first four-game sweep of Minnesota since 1999 and its first four-game sweep over the Twins at Kauffman Stadium since 1975.
“I’m very frustrated,” manager Paul Molitor said. “I can’t tell you. To come in here and have to endure these four games. Some of these situations and environment where guys need to step up, our mental toughness needs to improve. Hopefully we do that as we get more experience from our younger core. That’s what it takes to win on the road against a team that’s playing well.”
It gave the Royals a season-high eighth straight win, but they’re still on the fringes of …
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