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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City left-hander Danny Duffy is seeking his 10th straight victory when the Royals conclude a four-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.The Royals are going for the sweep and have won 10 of 12 games against this season against the Twins. Their seven-game winning streak is their best this season.Since June 1, Duffys 10 victories rank second in the majors. He is fourth in strikeouts (109) and seventh in batting average against (.209) during that timetable.Duffy tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief on April 9 against the Twins, but has not started against them this year. He is 4-1 with a 2.33 ERA all-time against Minnesota.The Twins will counter with right-hander Ervin Santana, who has won his past three starts. In that span, he has allowed three earned runs on 16 hits and four walks, while striking out 19 in 19 1/3 innings. Santana threw seven scoreless innings Tuesday at Atlanta, holding the Braves to four hits, while walking two and striking out six.Santana will try to silence the bat of Alex Gordon, who had been quiet most of the year but has erupted with an 11-game hitting streak, including five home runs in the past five games.I hope it lasts the whole year, Gordon said. Weve got a good thing going right now, winning games and having fun. Hopefully I can keep this up and the team can keep it up, too.He homered twice Saturday in the Royals 10-0 victory.Hes dialed in, Royals manager Ned Yost said.Meanwhile, Minnesota Twins manager Paul Molitor is looking to tighten his outfield defense.There were two glaring bad plays in the series opener against the Royals, although only one was an error in the box score.Center fielder Eddie Rosario committed a throwing error on Thursday with the ball sailing all the way to the screen, while left fielder Robbie Grossman took a bad route to Kendrys Morales double in the eighth inning Thursday.We talked briefly after the game about our defense and the plays that happened are not that uncommon, Molitor said. One of the reasons that Rosario is such an exciting player is that he makes plays, offensively and defensively. We saw last year that his ability to throw runners out was an asset and I think sometimes he takes it a little bit too far.The misread by Robbie, Im not sure what he saw off the bat that got him so far off line in terms of trying to make a play. I dont really relate it to where were at in terms of the season. I think, when you have people trying to play defense it doesnt really matter if youre in your 130th game or in your tenth game. Theres going to be some physical mistakes. Weve had more than our fair share.Robbies not the fastest. He doesnt throw the hardest, but you kind of trust him to make good decisions and be able to make the routine plays. And theres been a couple that have gotten away from him in the last week or so. You start thinking about those things maybe more than you should instead of just going out and playing. Shea Theodore Golden Knights Jersey . Instead of dwelling on the negative, Oates focused on what was good about the clubs recent play. It worked. 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Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. Jonathan Marchessault Jersey .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. Melbourne will ramp up their interest in wantaway Essendon defender Michael Hibberd at the end of the AFL season and not before.The Demons have long been linked to the backman, who made public his desire to leave Essendon last week.To date, he is the only one of 12 banned Bombers to declare they want out of the club home to the supplements scandal that resulted in season-long bans for involved players.Melbourne assistant coach Simon Goodwin confirmed his clubs interest in the 26-year-old on Sunday.I obviously coached him at Essendon and I rate him extremely highly, Goodwin told Triple M.Hes a quality backman that kicks the ball well. Hes tough and brave he goes when itts his turn.ddddddddddddHes got some important elements that a lot of clubs would like.Missing from Hibberds statement on Saturday was his desired destination.Goodwin, who will inherit the Demons senior coaching role from the departing Paul Roos at the end of the season, said it was too early to say Hibberd would wind up under his coaching once more.He hasnt made the decision where he wants to go yet, he said.Well have those discussions at the end of the year.If he fits and he wants to come and wants to be a part of it, hed be a good asset. ' ' '