MINNEAPOLIS -- That streak-o-meter is pointing northward again for the Kansas City Royals after they completed a three-game sweep over the Minnesota Twins with a 3-1 victory on a steamy Thursday afternoon at Target Field. That makes five victories in a row, after a seven-game skid that was part of a 2-10 slide. That followed a 19-5 sprint once play resumed after the All-Star break. (And they lost five in a row, remember, just prior to the break.) Why? "I don't know," left fielder Alex Gordon said, "but we're playing good baseball...
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