Salvador Perez's three-run homer highlighted a five-run first inning against Minnesota Twins All-Star Joe Ryan, who had never previously lost to Kansas City, as the host Royals rolled to an 11-2 victory on Saturday night.

Kansas City starter Stephen Kolek (5-5) yielded two runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts over seven strong innings in his second start since arriving from the San Diego Padres at the trade deadline on July 31.

Ryan (13-8) allowed nine earned runs over 60 1/3 innings while going 8-0 over 10 career starts against the Royals -- all Minnesota victories -- entering this contest. However, Kansas City nearly erased that misery in the first.

He issued back-to-back walks to Mike Yastrzemski and Maikel Garcia, then Vinnie Pasquantino lined an RBI double to right fi

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