Cave attempts diving catch, misses on inside-the-park HR

Odorizzi K's 8 over 6 innings KANSAS CITY -- It was the kind of play that could sum up the Twins' season.

Center fielder Jake Cave had good intentions, trying to make a diving catch on a sinking liner from catcher Drew Butera with two out in the seventh, but it skipped past him for a three-run inside-the-park homer to hand the Twins a 5-3 loss on Sunday afternoon at Kauffman Stadium. With three straight defeats to the last-place Royals to open the second half, Minnesota appears destined to sell at the non-waiver Trade Deadline on July 31, trailing the first-place Indians by 9 1/2 games in the American League Central.

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