Who said the Twins wouldn’t play meaningful games in September? If Minnesota wants to avoid finishing in last place in the AL Central, they have to beat the team in front of them: Kansas City. The Twins start a two game series against the Royals tonight in K.C.

How do you turn around an awful April? By sweeping Kansas City at home. The Twins and Royals start a three-game set at Target Field tonight.

Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano will get a chance to improve his 2-7 record when he's back on the mound at Target Field Sunday afternoon. Minnesota is going for their third consecutive win over the Kansas City Royals after sweeping Saturday's doubleheader. Kansas City will try to split the four-game set with lefty Bruce Chen on the hill.

Three games behind the fifth-place Kansas City Royals, with 15 games to go. Halloween is six weeks away, but this is as scary as it's been for the Twins since 2000. It'll just get grimmer if K.C. wins today's matinee.

The Twins' three game winning streak came to a screeching halt last night as they were routed by the Royals, 9-to-1 at Target Field. Royals starter Will Smith shutout the Twins over the first seven innings. Minnesota didn’t score until the eighth inning when Ryan Doumit singled in a run.

The Twins took two from the Kansas City Royals Saturday in a doubleheader at Target Field. Solid pitching by Scott Diamond and a home run by Trevor Plouffe helped the Twins beat the Royals 7-2 in the daytime opener, while Cole De Vries scattered five hits over six innings and Josh Willingham hit a homer in the Twins' 5-1 win the nightcap.

Twins left-hander Scott Diamond gave up four runs and a season-high 10 hits in six innings in the team's loss 7-3 to the Kansas City Royals Saturday night at Kaufmann Stadium. Diamond, who has been the club's most consistent starter this season, fell to 8-4 with the loss.