KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Edinson Volquez pitched seven sharp innings, and designated hitter Kendrys Morales drove in two runs with two hits as the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1 Monday night.

Royals rookie right fielder Paulo Orlando added a two-run triple in a three-run eighth. Orlando, who is the only the third major-leaguer born in Brazil and spent nine years in the minors, leads the majors with five triples.

Volquez (2-1) held the Twins to one run on seven hits. He struck out five and walked one while lowering his ERA to 1.99. In three starts, Volquez has 17 strikeouts and three walks in 22 2/3 innings.

Morales, who hit a two-run, eighth-inning double Sunday against the Oakland A's, doubled home third baseman Mike Moustakas in the sixth Monday, giving Kansas City a 2-1 lead. Moustakas reached first on left fielder Oswaldo Arcia's fielding error to start a three-run rally. After first baseman Eric Hosmer drew his second walk, Morales drilled a double to left to finish Twins right-hander Kyle Gibson (1-2).

Right-hander Blaine Boyer replaced Gibson, and he uncorked a wild pitch that allowed Hosmer to score. Catcher Salvador Perez's sacrifice fly to center knocked in Morales for a 4-1 lead.

Gibson, who went to the University of Missouri, was charged with four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks in five-plus innings. He entered the game 4-0 with a 1.38 ERA against Kansas City.

In the eighth, Morales' fly-ball single to shallow center off left-hander Caleb Thielbar scored Moustakas, who began the inning with an opposite-field double. After Perez singled, Orlando tripled off right-hander Tim Stauffer for the game's final runs.

Hosmer's throwing error in the second inning allowed Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier to score, giving the Twins a 1-0 lead.

Dozier led off with a walk and advanced to second on third baseman Trevor Plouffe's single. Hosmer fielded designated hitter Eduardo Escobar's grounder and threw to second to start a double play. The ball sailed past shortstop Alcides Escobar, allowing Dozier to come home.

In the third inning, the Royals tied the game when Escobar, who led off with a double, advanced to third when Moustakas grounded out and then scored on a Gibson wild pitch.

The Twins got a scare in the second when catcher Kurt Suzuki went down in the on-deck circle when he was struck in the lower right leg by Arcia's foul line drive. A trainer checked on Suzuki, who remained in the game.

NOTES: Twins RHP Ricky Nolasco, who is on the disabled list with elbow inflammation, will make a rehab start Saturday with Class A Cedar Rapids. ... SS Alcides Escobar returned to the Royals' lineup after missing two games with a sprained left knee, which was injured from a hard slide Friday by A's 3B Brett Lawrie. ... Kansas City 2B Omar Infante was held out due to a strained left groin. ... Royals CF Lorenzo Cain was out of the lineup for a rest Monday after starting the first 12 games. ... Twins LHP Tommy Milone, who starts Tuesday, is 4-2 with a 3.92 ERA in eight career starts against the Royals, who will counter with LHP Jason Vargas. Vargas is 6-6 with a 4.53 ERA in 16 starts with Kansas City at Kauffman Stadium.