News & Neuigkeiten » unforced errors. She also had seve

MINNEAPOLIS -- Down six runs in the eighth inning, the few remaining fans at Target Field wanted a curtain call from Brian Dozier. And after hitting his third homer of the game, he was encouraged to take it by Twins manager Paul Molitor.It was kind of awkward. I really didnt know what to do, Dozier said. But at the same time, it sinks in that, Hey, even if youre on the losing side of it, weve got loyal fans that pay good money to come watch us play. To show them the respect with the curtain call. Mollie said to get out there.Dozier became the sixth Minnesota player to hit three home runs in a game, and the first to do it at home, in an 11-5 loss to the Kansas City Royals.Dozier homered into the bleachers on the first pitch from Ian Kennedy (10-9), then hit a two-run shot to the second deck in the third and a solo drive into the upper deck in the eighth.Its amazing to watch, said Eric Hosmer, who homered for Kansas City. I think we can all appreciate the third one a little more because we were up by a little bit and it wasnt as close of a game. Youre talking about a guy who plays the game the right way every single day. . You saw the talent in him, you saw the tools and hes certainly figured out how to put them together the past couple of years.Dozier has eight home runs in seven games and 38 this season, the most by a Twins player since Harmon Killebrew hit 41 in 1970. Doziers 10 home runs against Kansas City this year are the most ever by a Royals opponent.Yet its been hard to enjoy personal success on a team that has the worst record in the majors.I hate losing more than anything, said. It tastes a lot better at the end of the day when you go home and have a cold one and you knew you won.Dozier has hit a majors-most 24 home runs since the All-Star break. Hes connected 36 times as a second baseman and twice as a designated hitter. The AL record for homers in a season by a second baseman is 39 by Alfonso Soriano in 2002 for the Yankees.Dozier became the second Twins player with a three-homer game this year. Rookie Max Kepler did it at Cleveland.Kendrys Morales hit a three-run drive off Jose Berrios (2-5) in the fifth for a 5-4 lead. Hosmer, who had four RBI, hit a three-run homer in the eighth.Berrios was called up from Triple-A to start. The Royals tagged him for five earned runs on nine hits in five innings.Considered the Twins top pitching prospect, Berrios allowed 21 earned runs in 22 innings over five August starts before being sent down.Too many ball ones, pitching from behind. He had to pay the price for that along the way, Molitor said. You got a chance there with two outs in the fifth to hold on, and got a changeup he left up to Morales. That kind of changed the direction of the game.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: OF Lorenzo Cain missed his fifth straight game because of left wrist inflammation. He was allowed to swing a bat Monday and remains day to day.Twins: Kepler got the day off. Kepler, who leads AL rookies in home runs (16), RBI (59) and walks (37), has played in all but one game since July 28. He struck out five times Sunday. We talk about young players and the challenge of playing September baseball for the first time, Molitor said. Well try to keep them fresh as we can.UP NEXTDillon Gee (6-7, 4.33) is scheduled to start for Kansas City on Tuesday against Ervin Santana (7-10, 3.54). Gee was 2-2 with a 3.94 ERA in five August starts and pitched an inning of relief Friday. Santana is 3-1 in his last five starts with a 3.09 ERA.Michael Perez Rays Jersey . Nine days before the opening ceremony, organizing committee chief Dmitry Chernyshenko said Wednesday that Sochi is "fully ready" and will deliver safe, friendly and well-run games that defy the grim reports that have overshadowed preparations. Hoby Milner Rays Jersey . Brad Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., team took control of the game early. https://www.cheapraysonline.com/1096i-blake-snell-jersey-rays.html . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. "Demp (Ryan Dempster) came out before he went to the bullpen and was just yelling that they lost. Jesus Aguilar Jersey . -- Matt Kuchar and Harris English ran away with the Franklin Templeton Shootout, shooting a 14-under 58 on Sunday in the final-round scramble to break the tournament course record. Wade Boggs Rays Jersey . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos.Caroline Wozniacki eliminated eighth-seeded American Madison Keys and ?Angelique Kerber took care of two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova as half of the womens quarterfinal draw was set at the US Open during Sunday play.Wozniackis 6-3, 6-4 win over Keys stretched her deepest run at a Grand Slam tournament in two years.Wozniacki is a two-time runner-up at Flushing Meadows, but she is unseeded and ranked only 74th after a season filled with injuries and poor results.I know it sounds bad, but honestly, at this point Im like, I really dont care what my ranking is, Wozniacki said. Because if Im not in the top five, I feel like its not where I want to be, so at that point, whether Im 20 in the world or 100 in the world, it doesnt matter because Im going to play the same people anyway.The main thing is that when Im on court I have to believe in myself. Thats what I care about, that I know that I can do it. I know I can beat anyone. I think it just sucks for some of the other players who have to play me early.She hadnt won a match at a major in 2016 until arriving in New York. She lost in the US Open finals in 2009 against Kim Clijsters and in 2014 against Serena Williams.With Kerber making the quarters, Williams will need to advance to the final to retain the No. 1 ranking.On Sunday, Wozniacki made only seven unforced errors, 26 fewer than Keys.Wozniacki will next play Anastasija Sevastova, who posted her second big upset of the tournament by beating 13th-seeded Johanna Konta 6-4, 7-5 to become the first Latvian woman to make the final eight at a Grand Slam since Larisa Savchenko in 1994.I still cannot believe it, she said. Mentally Im spent. Totally spent. But its amazing.Sevastovas previous best showing at a major was the round of 16 in the 2011 Australian Open. But after a series of injuries that drained the fun out of tennis, she retired in 2013.During her break of nearly two years, Sevastova took classes in Austria in leisure management -- studyying accounting and marketing in hopes of perhaps going into sports management.ddddddddddddWhen her health improved, she came out of retirement at the start of last season, never expecting shed be making a deep run at a Grand Slam so soon.Shes more mature, both mentally and physically, Sevastova said. And it also helped that I saw that there is life without tennis.As in her second-round upset of third-seeded Garbine Muguruza, Sevastova wobbled under the pressure at first, failing to serve out the match. But as in that victory over the French Open champ, she finally closed out the win with a service break.Sevastova broke Konta seven times in 11 service games.In the end I just stop thinking and I just try to play tennis, Sevastova said.In the evening match, Angelique Kerber beat two-time Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova 6-3, 7-5.Kerber, the tournaments second-seeded player, was content to run Kvitova around the court and wait for her to make mistakes.The Australian Open champ had only eight winners, but that was just fine in light of Kvitovas 43 unforced errors. She also had seven double faults -- the last on match point.Kerber will face off against seventh-seeded Roberta Vinci, last years US Open runner-up, who beat 99th-ranked Lesia Tsurenko 7-6 (5), 6-2.Vinci has never reached the quarters at any of the other three Grand Slams, but she has now done it four times at Flushing Meadows.She made her first major final here last year at age 32, stunning Serena Williams in the semis to thwart the Americans Grand Slam bid.Vinci has been bothered by an injured left Achilles tendon and struggled physically at times Sunday.Exhausted after the match, she had tears in her eyes. The 27-year-old Tsurenko had never been past the third round at a major before this tournament.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '