Bailey Ober continued his recent success versus Kansas City by allowing one run over 5 1/3 innings while Byron Buxton clubbed his 30th homer and Kody Clemens also went deep in the visiting Minnesota Twins' 5-1 win over the Royals on Sunday.

Ober (5-7) struck out six while yielding just four hits and one walk to earn his first win since May 3 and help the Twins (63-80) snap a six-game skid. The right-hander has allowed four earned runs in 31 innings over his last five starts against the Royals (73-70), who had won three straight.

Buxton, meanwhile, opened the game by reaching 30 homers for the first time. He joined late Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett as the only Twins with 30 home runs and 20 stolen bases in a season, but Buxton exited in the sixth after being hit in the knee by a Michael Lo

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