Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Eduardo Escobar had three hits and drove in the game-winning run in the seventh to support Jose Berrios’ strong outing as the Minnesota Twins beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Monday night. Escobar plated Joe Mauer with a seventh-inning single as Minnesota took advantage of Kansas City’s struggling bullpen to win its fifth straight game.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kaito Yuki is headed to the Kansas City Royals organization instead of attending high school in Japan. The team signed Yuki, a 16-year-old right-hander pitcher out of junior high to a minor league contract with a $322,500 signing bonus. He is thought to be the youngest Japanese player to sign with a major league club _ and the first to do so out of junior high school.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Stock car racing team Venturini Motorsports has had a tradition of employing women that stretches back for decades. The ARCA outfit recently made history _ starting three female drivers in the same race for the first time in the modern era of the sport. Natalie Decker, Leilani Münter and Toni Breidinger competed at Chicagoland Speedway. By starting as a trio, they helped raise the profile of women in a sport long dominated by men.