By DOUG TUCKER

AP Sports Writer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — OK, so what if they did all their damage against a couple of last-place clubs?

The Minnesota Twins don’t care. Hitting 12 home runs while going 6-1 on a seven-game road swing to Baltimore and Kansas City sent them flying back home with a refreshing, renewed sense of confidence.

‘‘You can tell around the clubhouse,’’ said Brian Duensing, who got the victory in a 6-4 win Wednesday that completed a three-game sweep of the Royals.

‘‘The energy level, the way guys are pulling for each other. You can just tell. Things are kind of going our way right now.’’

Delmon Young and Jason Repko hit home runs and Joe Mauer was 2 for 4, giving last year’s AL MVP nine hits in 13 at-bats in the three games.

‘‘This was a great road trip for us,’’ said Mauer, who had a career-best seven RBIs in Monday night’s 19-1 debacle. ‘‘Our starters did a great job. I think everything is starting to click.