Beltran celebrates in Royals' 10-1 victory

He homered and tripled on his 27th birthday against the Twins.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- 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 32/3 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 41/3 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.
MINNESOTAKANSAS CITY
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Ryan lf4021Grffnno 2b5233
Rivas 2b4000Beltran cf5122
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Totals29161Totals38101510
Minnesota001000000--1
Kansas City01101214x--10
E--Mientkiewicz (1), CGuzman 2 (3). DP--Minnesota 2, Kansas City 4. LOB--Minnesota 3, Kansas City 8. 2B--JGonzalez (3), Randa (7). 3B--Ryan (1), Beltran (1). HR--Beltran (7), Stairs (2). SB--Koskie (4), Graffanino (2). S--Dejesus. SF--Randa.
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Minnesota
Greisinger L,0-14 2-373304
Mulholland1 1-322120
JRoa121101
Pulido144201
Kansas City
May4 1-341121
Camp W,1-03 2-320000
Field100000
Umpires--Home, Kerwin Danley; First, Marvin Hudson; Second, Dana DeMuth; Third, Jim Joyce. T--2:51. A--25,525.
Rangers 3, Mariners 0
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Hank Blalock hit a tie-breaking home run in the eighth inning as Texas moved two games over .500 for the first time in almost four years.
Jay Powell (1-0) allowed one hit in two innings, and Jeff Nelson finished the seven-hitter against his former team for his first save. Rangers starter Joaquin Benoit allowed five hits over six innings in his first start this season, striking out five and inducing a pair of double-play grounders.
Seattle, which has hit into 11 double plays over the past four games, lost its fourth straight and was blanked for the second time this season. Texas got its second shutout.
SEATTLETEXAS
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Seattle000000000--0
Texas00000003x--3
E--Laird (2). DP--Texas 2. LOB--Seattle 6, Texas 7. 2B--Dellucci (2), Mench (6), Nix (5). HR--Blalock (4). SB--McCracken (1).
IPHRERBBSO
Seattle
FGarcia L,0-17 2-383313
JMateo010000
MMyers1-300000
Texas
Benoit650015
JPowell W,1-0210001
Nelson S,1110001
JMateo pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. WP--FGarcia. Umpires--Home, Bruce Froemming; First, Mike Winters; Second, Hunter Wendelstedt; Third, Tim Timmons. T--2:30. A--28,479.
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