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Royals 10, Twins 1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Carlos Beltran homered and tripled on his 27th birthday to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 10-1 on Saturday night for their second victory in 10 games.

Beltran, tied for the American League lead with seven homers, hit a solo shot into the right-field seats in the third off right-hander Seth Greisinger (0-1).

Beltran, also the AL leader with 20 runs, tripled to right in the fifth to score Tony Graffanino.

Rookie reliever Shawn Camp (1-0), who replaced injured starter Darrell May in the fifth, worked 3 2-3 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits, to pick up his first major league victory.

May left because of a strained muscle in his left groin area. He allowed one run on four hits and two walks in 4 1-3 innings.

Joe Randa doubled in the second and scored on Ken Harvey’s single for the first Royals’ run. Harvey, who has hit safely in 10 of his 11 starts, had three hits, raising his average to .413.

Michael Ryan’s two-out triple in the third scored Cristian Guzman for the only run May allowed.

The Royals hiked their lead to 5-1 in the sixth on Graffanino’s two-run single. One of the runs was unearned after Guzman committed his second error of the game. Graffanino also had an RBI single in the Royals’ four-run eighth.

Matt Stairs homered in the seventh and had a run-scoring single in the eighth for the Royals.

Notes: The Royals’ game that was rained out Wednesday at Cleveland will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader on July 24 at Jacobs Field. … Twins C Rob Bowen made his second start, giving Henry Blanco a rest. … Royals 2B Desi Relaford, on the disabled list because of a pulled left hamstring, reported Saturday to the Royals’ Omaha affiliate, to begin a rehab assignment. If Relaford has no setbacks, he will rejoin the team Tuesday. … The Royals turned four double plays, with Blanco having a hand in each.

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