Article: KANSAS CITY 4, TWINS 3; No end to the problems; Sidney Ponson ran into more difficulties, giving up two home runs in a loss to the Royals, but afterwards manager Ron Gardenhire focused on hitting problems and keeping the players together.(SPORTS)

Byline: La Velle E. Neal III; Staff Writer

Hold off on running Sidney Ponson out of town. That's not why Twins manager Ron Gardenhire addressed the team after Wednesday's 4-3 loss to Kansas City.

There's a clubhouse full of hitters who aren't hitting. Some of them are first-pitch hacking too much. Others are hitting balls well but right at people.

The last four starting pitchers the Twins have faced - Kansas City's Odalis Perez, Cleveland's Fausto Carmona and Jeremy Sowers and Kansas City's Jorge De La Rosa - have posted a 2.51 ERA against them. The Twins failed to score more than three runs in any of those games, batting .212 and scoring a ...

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