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MINNEAPOLIS -- Brian Doziers milestone home run led to his first career curtain call and a satisfying win for the Minnesota Twins.Dozier hit his 25th homer of the season and the 100th of his career, leading Tyler Duffey and the Twins over the Kansas City Royals 5-3 Saturday night and ending a four-game losing streak.After slumping badly to start the season, Dozier has been one of the top hitters in the majors for almost two months. Hes hit 17 homers since June 25, most in the majors over that span, and hes even baffled a Hall of Fame hitter with his surge.Im not sure what it feels like to be in the groove that hes in, said Twins manager Paul Molitor, who got 3,319 hits in big league career.I know back there in May he talked about having a couple days where he worked on some things, some things started to click, and its been an extended period now where hes been one of the better offensive players in the league, he said.Dozier doubled to lead off the first inning and scored on the first of Robbie Grossmans three hits. In the sixth inning he followed Eddie Rosarios two-run shot with a towering drive deep into the second deck in left.Teammate Eduardo Escobar pushed Dozier out of the dugout to acknowledge the crowd after he circled the bases.Just dont ask him to explain his turnaround.If I had a clear-cut answer Id tell you, Dozier said. You make adjustments, you start seeing the ball, you stay behind the ball . everything feels very comfortable.For the second time this season, the Twins homered three times off Royals starter Dillon Gee (4-6), who gave up five earned runs on 11 hits and one walk in 5 1/3 innings.The first five innings ... we were battling pretty good and the curveball was good, Gee said. We were able to battle our way through five, and in the sixth it just fell apart.Duffey (8-8) won for the third time in three starts this month. He allowed two runs on six hits in seven innings, striking out six.His outing was especially timely given the recent troubles of Minnesotas starting staff. In the previous three games, Twins starters lasted a combined 10 innings.The more that the short outings get compounded, the more that it taxes your team collectively, Molitor said. You need a little relief. Long starts are right up there with off days.Ryan Pressly pitched a scoreless eighth and Brandon Kintzler allowed an unearned run in the ninth but held on for his 11th save in 12 chances.Cheslor Cuthbert hit his 10th home run of the season in the third inning to tie it at 1. But Grossman hit a leadoff home run in the fifth to put the Twins on top for good.CUTHBERT CRUSHINGCuthbert took over third base for the injured Mike Moustakas in late May, and the rookie has been on a tear since the All-Star break. After going 1 for 4 on Saturday hes hitting .336 since July 15. He also had four straight multihit games earlier this week and hasnt gone hitless in consecutive games since June 15-16.BULLPEN SHUFFLEThe Twins switched lefties in their bullpen on Saturday, calling up Ryan ORourke from Triple-A Rochester and designating Andrew Albers for assignment. ORourke had a 4.91 ERA in eight appearances with the Twins earlier this season. 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The slumping Atlanta Hawks are glad to get back home for a game after four straight losses on their western swing.The Pistons, who started the season 1-8 away from home, have their record up to 10-10 heading into Fridays game in Atlanta. The Hawks, however, have fallen to 10-9 with their road woes after a 9-2 start.You never feel good when you have a tough road trip and youve lost a few in a row, Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said after Wednesdays 109-107 loss in Phoenix. But I think we are looking forward to going home. This is a pretty mature group and they will be ready on Friday.The Pistons have won four of their past five games after victories at Charlotte and Boston. They can move past .500 for the first time since early November with a victory over the Hawks.Its good, coming in with the problems weve had on the road, to play the way weve played the last two nights against two teams that are over .500 and have good personnel, coach Stan Van Gundy said after Wednesdays 121-114 victory against the Celtics.Andre Drummond had 20 points and 17 rebounds against Boston after being ejected early in Tuesdays 112-89 victory at Charlotte for a flagrant elbow.The Pistons shot 55.2 percent at Boston and out-rebounded the Celtics 52-33.The last two games, weve gotten going shooting the ball a little bit, which has been good, Van Gundy said. If you play as well ass we did offensively, youre going to win most nights.ddddddddddddhe Hawks were the first team to defeat the champion Cavaliers in Cleveland this season, but the four losses to end the five-game trip dropped Atlantas road record to 4-7 compared to 6-2 at home.The Hawks hope to have Paul Millsap back against the Pistons after he sat out the loss at Phoenix with a sore left hip.Millsap, averaging 16.1 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists, took a fall at Utah in the first of the four straight losses, but played in Los Angeles against the Lakers and at Golden State.Dennis Schroder scored 14 of his career-high 31 points in the fourth quarter and also had nine assists, but it wasnt enough to get the Hawks a win at Phoenix.The Hawks also got a good game off the bench from Tim Hardaway Jr., who had 21 points.I thought it was one of his better overall games, including defensively, Budenholzer said.The Pistons beat the Hawks in Atlanta to open last season, but then dropped the next three games between the teams, including both at home.The Pistons are 7-2 at home this season with games against Orlando and Chicago coming up, and should soon see the return of Reggie Jackson, who has missed all season after knee surgery.Were having fun, Drummond said after the win at Boston. 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