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Sunday lineup: Jason Vargas on the mound as Royals try avoid sweep in Minnesota

The Royals hope to avoid a sweep as they face the Twins on Sunday afternoon at Target Field. The game begins at 1:10 p.m., and can be seen on Fox Sports Kansas City.

Here are the lineups as Jason Vargas (1-0, 1.20 ERA) faces Kevin Correia (0-1, 6.17 ERA):

ROYALS (4-6)

1. Nori Aoki, RF.

2. Omar Infante, 2B.

3. Eric Hosmer, 1B.

4. Billy Butler, DH.

5. Alex Gordon, LF.

6. Salvador Perez, C.

7. Mike Moustakas, 3B.

8. Lorenzo Cain, CF.

9. Alcides Escobar, SS.

TWINS (5-6)

1. Brian Dozier, 2B.

2. Joe Mauer, 1B.

3. Trevor Plouffe, 3B.

4. Chris Colabello, RF.

5. Jason Kubel, LF.

6. Josmil Pinto, DH.

7. Kurt Suzuki, C.

8. Aaron Hicks, CF.

9. Pedro Florimon, SS.

To reach Andy McCullough, call

816-234-4370

rmccullough@kcstar.com

This story was originally published April 13, 2014 at 11:21 AM with the headline "Sunday lineup: Jason Vargas on the mound as Royals try avoid sweep in Minnesota ."

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