DENVER, May 18 (UPI) -- Emil Brown highlighted a five-run eighth with a three-run homer Friday, rallying Kansas City to a 5-2 win over Colorado.
It was Kansas City's third straight victory and the Royals' fifth in six games. Mark Teahen and Shane Costa both drove in runs during the big inning.
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Colorado starter Jeff Francis gave up one run on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings, but the Rockies coughed up the lead when Manny Corpas (0-2) could retire only one batter while giving up four runs on five hits.
The comeback made a winner out of Brandon Duckworth (1-3), who retired the last two men in the seventh and then worked a scoreless eighth.
Joakim Soria worked out of a jam in the ninth to claim his ninth save.
