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Article: Twins pound Bannister in opener against Royals
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- September 10, 2008
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The Minnesota Twins started a must-win series against Kansas City in convincing fashion.
Denard Span had three hits and scored two runs and Justin Morneau homered to lead the Twins to a 7-2 victory over the Royals on Tuesday night to close within a game of Chicago in the AL Central race.
The White Sox were swept by the Blue Jays in a doubleheader.
Jose Guillen had three hits and an RBI and Miguel Olivo homered for Kansas City.
Since taking a half-game lead on the White Sox on Aug. 22, the Twins had lost 11 of their next 15 to fall 2 1/2 back with 19 games to go coming into Tuesday. So they needed to pile up wins in a hurry, especially at home against last-place Kansas ...