Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe went 1 for 4 at the plate Monday in Minnesota's 12-3 loss to the Royals.
Plouffe opened up the seventh inning with a solo home run off of Danny Duffy on a 1-1 pitch to left field, his only hit of the game. Plouffe has struggled at the plate early on, hitting just .130 in 23 at-bats with seven strikeouts so far this season.
"We're not sugarcoating anything," Plouffe said to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "It's been bad. These first seven games now have been bad. We do have to clean those things up."