(Best E Casino) - Jose Guillen may not be the only Royal player disappointed with his team's current losing streak, but he just might be the angriest. One day after unleashing a verbal assault against his club, Guillen will try to help Kansas City halt its 10-game losing streak tonight in the finale of a three-game set with the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium.

The Royals, who are on their longest losing streak since dropping 13 games in a row from May 12-25, 2006, have suffered back-to-back tough losses in this series.

In Tuesday's opener, Kansas City rebounded from three runs down to force extra innings on Mark Teahen's three-run inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the ninth, but the Twins won it in the 12th inning.

Then on Wednesday, the Royals carried an 8-3 edge into the ninth inning, only to see Minnesota plate five runs with two outs to tie the game. The Twins then posted the 9-8 victory on Justin Morneau's solo homer in the 10th inning.

Mike Lamb and Carlos Gomez each drove in a run in that ninth frame, while Craig Monroe forced the extra playing time with a pinch-hit, three-run homer. Lamb ended 3-for-4 with two runs batted in, and Gomez had two hits and two RBI for the Twins, who have won four of their last five.

Guillen, meanwhile, was not pleased with his club after the contest. An 11-year veteran who joined the Royals as a free agent this offseason, Guillen leads the club with six homers and 36 RBI.

"We have too many (bleeping) babies here who don't know how to play the (bleeping) game," he said. "We're going to teach them the hard way and we're going to teach them the easy way. This (stuff) is going to change in here. I can tell you that. I can promise you that. It's going to change. Soon. Believe me when I tell you that."

Alex Gordon and Joey Gathright each had three hits and an RBI, as every member of the Royals lineup but Tony Pena had at least one hit.

Kansas City starter Zack Greinke threw eight innings and gave up just three runs on five hits, while striking out eight. But Ramon Ramirez was touched for four runs in the ninth inning to ruin the outing, and Joel Peralta (0-2) picked up the loss after allowing the final two runs.

Minnesota shoots for its first three-game sweep of the Royals since April 26-28, 2005, also in Kansas City, with Kevin Slowey on the hill.

Slowey finally captured his first victory of the season last time out after losing each of his first four starts to the season while also spending time on the disabled list. He defeated Detroit on Friday, as the right-hander twirled six shutout innings, allowing four hits and three walks while lowering his earned run average to 4.21.

Slowey has never started against the Royals, but has thrown 3 1/3 innings of relief against them, giving up three runs in that span, including homers by Teahen and David DeJesus.

The Royals start Luke Hochevar tonight. The top pick of the 2006 draft twirled six shutout innings versus Detroit on May 14 to win his third career game, but has been rocked for 12 runs (8 earned) in two starts since -- both on the road. In Toronto on Saturday, he was tagged for five runs (4 earned) on six hits and four walks over six frames, falling to 3-4 with a 4.54 ERA on the year.

The right-hander, who has never faced the Twins before, has fared much better at home this year, going 2-1 with a 2.37 ERA in three starts.

The Twins have won six of eight meetings with the Royals so far this season and took two of three tests at Kauffman Stadium from April 11-13. Since the start of the 2005 campaign, Minnesota has compiled a 22-12 record in Kansas City.