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 losses to the last-place Royals to open the second half, the Twins appear destined to be sellers at the non-waiver Trade Deadline on July 31.