y for his sore right elbow. Both Molitor and Sano called the move precautionary, although its the same elbow that required Tommy John surgery and caused

MINNEAPOLIS -- With the Minnesota Twins long out of the playoff picture, manager Paul Molitor wants his players to understand exactly whats on the line.Namely, their jobs.Hector Santiago lost his third consecutive start since being acquired by Minnesota two weeks ago, and the Twins committed four errors in an 11-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.We have a lot of people that have a lot to play for here, Molitor said. Theres a lot of things up in the air.Paulo Orlando and Lorenzo Cain each got four hits and drove in three runs as the Royals won their first road series since late June. Edinson Volquez (9-10) threw six solid innings to snap his five-game winless streak, giving up two earned runs and five hits.Minnesota, meanwhile, closed its homestand 2-7 after starting August 5-2.We had a lot of misplays around the field today, so you dont want to point any fingers, Molitor said. Not a good game, not a good homestand. We come home 5-2 and things kind of turned the other way.Santiago (10-7) remained winless with Minnesota since coming over in a four-player trade with the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 1. Hes allowed 15 earned runs in 14 1/3 innings in his first three starts for Minnesota.I thought I made some good pitches, Santiago said. They fouled them off, and then made some bad pitches and they didnt miss them.Orlando hit a three-run homer off Santiago in the fourth, capping a six-run inning.Brian Dozier hit his 26th home run for Minnesota and Joe Mauer had a pair of hits, including an RBI single in the fifth that pulled the Twins to 7-4.Then came the errors. Kansas City took advantage of three Twins errors in the sixth, two by third baseman Jorge Polanco, to pull away.Polancos second misplay loaded the bases for Cain, who singled off reliever Michael Tonkin to drive in a pair of runs. Two batters later, left fielder Robbie Grossman failed to come up with Kendrys Morales flyball, resulting in two more runs. Grossman also had an error during a six-run fourth.You see the ball start to come out of gloves and were not fielding balls cleanly, Molitor said. Im sure it becomes mental to some degree. We just had trouble catching the ball even on routine plays.ROSTER MOVEThe Twins designated LHP Andrew Albers for assignment during game, bringing the 40-man roster to 38.TRAINERS ROOMTwins: OF Miguel Sano was scheduled for an MRI on Monday for his sore right elbow. Both Molitor and Sano called the move precautionary, although its the same elbow that required Tommy John surgery and caused the Twins slugger to miss the 2014 season in the minors. Sano tweaked the elbow during warmups last weekend in Tampa Bay and the pain hasnt gone away. 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I thought I would be fourth and fifth again.Sundays event took place amid difficult conditions, including a strong tail wind.Kot, who achieved 136 meters on his second jump, had his best result so far in a World Cup event.Markus Eisenbichler finished third for his first podium finish, which the Germann said was still a bit hard to believe.dddddddddddd He was 3.7 points behind Stoch.The conditions were tricky for the last group of competitors in the first round, including Slovenias Domen Prevc and Daniel Andre Tande of Norway.Tande, who is second in the overall World Cup, was 23rd after the first round but moved to fourth overall with a second-round best jump of 141 meters.The 17-year-old Prevcs sixth place was enough to keep him in the overall lead in the World Cup with 360 points, followed by Tande on 308 points. 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