Newcastle have announced themselves as A-League finals contenders with a persuasive 4-0 trouncing of perennial powerhouse Brisbane, in a rudderless Roar performance slammed by coach John Aloisi as the worst hes seen.Three second-half goals in 24 minutes dismantled one of last seasons semi-finalists, who had the share of possession at McDonald Jones Stadium on Sunday but too often lacked an accurate pass or finishing touch.Young winger Andrew Nabbout was the star of the show, playing a part in most attacking raids and notching an assist for Devante Clut, who completed the rout in the 86th minute.It was a rare clean sheet for the Jets, who were defensively sturdy despite the absence of key players Daniel Mullen and Jason Hoffman.Jones, parachuted into the job a fortnight before the season started, was ecstatic as his side made an early case for finals after six seasons in the doldrums.You cant not be happy after that, it was magnificent, Jones said.But more importantly we had a clean sheet, which was the goal of the day and we achieved that.Cluts straightforward strike on his 21st birthday followed goals from Jets captain Nigel Boogaard and Olyroo Steven Ugarkovic, and a disastrous Roar own goal that started the visitors rot inside eight minutes.Jack Hingert intercepted Nabbouts cross and attempted to clear, only to poke the ball past goalkeeper Michael Theo.Hingert had done his best to stop the damage after a poor pass out of defence from last weekends hero Luke DeVere gave Newcastle a wide opening.Brett Holman looked for an immediate reply, feeding Jamie Maclaren an excellent pass that the striker nipped wide, while Tommy Oar would have scored from outside the box had young gloveman Jack Duncan not stretched a fingertip to lift it onto the crossbar.But Newcastle were buoyed by their unexpected lead and stroked the ball around with confidence.Nabbout marauded down the right and dribbled into the box to strike just wide of Theos goal.But it was defender Boogaard who doubled the advantage in the second half, heading home a curling Ben Kantarovski cross for his fifth career goal and first since joining the Jets at the start of last year.As the Roar descended into a state of apathy, Ugarkovic made the lead unassailable, pouncing on a poor clearance attempt by Corey Brown and dinking a low, firm left-footed strike.For good measure, Nabbout entered the box again, drew Theo out and slid the ball to Clut who strolled into an empty net.Thats definitely the worst Ive seen the team play, a visibly disappointed Aloisi said.They looked dangerous, we didnt.They looked like they had the bit between their teeth, we didnt.We didnt turn up. 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They remained seven games behind Detroit in the AL Central and 4 1/2 games back of second-place Cleveland, the current holder of the second wild card spot. "Were just hoping to continue it every day," said Billy Butler, who drove in two runs. "Everybody in here doesnt want to be the guy that ends the streak. Thats the type of pressure we want to put ourselves in." Pedro Florimon homered in the fifth for the Twins, but he struck out with the bases loaded to end the sixth. In the seventh, with Gordon on third, the shortstop shuffled to his left to get his body behind a grounder up the middle hit by Eric Hosmer. Florimon failed to pick up the ball, though, as his momentum carried him past it. Gordon scored, and so did Hosmer one batter later on Butlers single off reliever Caleb Thielbar (1-1). Aaron Hicks took a bad angle toward Gordons drive off the centre field wall, and the ball ricocheted past him to let Gordon get another base. Guthrie (11-7) won his third start in a row and improved to 7-3 in his career against the Twins, including 3-1 this season. He surrendered six hits, two runs and two walks in six innings, and struck out five. The Twins started the sixth with three straight singles and tied the game on Chris Herrmanns one-out walk. But Hicks popped out to second base, and Florimon fanned on three pitches. The Royals have the leagues second-best team ERA. Their starters have allowed 11 earned runs in 72 innings over the last eight games. Guthrie had help for this one, particularly in the fifth one batter before Florimon went deep. Catcher Salvador Perez leaped out of his crouch to pick up a perfect bunt byy Hicks, pivot and fire a straight-on throw to first base for the out.dddddddddddd "I said theres no way. And then out of nowhere, ba-ba-boom, he got him. Phenomenal play," manager Ned Yost said. "That saved the game for us." Ryan Doumit and Trevor Plouffe greeted Kelvin Herrera in the eighth inning with doubles, slicing the lead to 4-3. Hicks added a one-out infield single. But Aaron Crow came in to strike out the last two batters. Greg Holland pitched the ninth for his 28th save in 30 tries. Joe Mauer took second base on a one-out single and a throwing error by shortstop Alcides Escobar, but Justin Morneau and Ryan Doumit struck out to end the game. "Theyre hot right now. Things are going their way. Theyre definitely into the games over there," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. Twins starter Kevin Correia gave up 10 hits over six innings, but he struck out three without a walk and somehow limited the damage to two runs on an RBI single by Miguel Tejada and a sacrifice fly by Butler. Tejada was thrown out at home on a comebacker to the mound, Hosmer was thrown out at third on the sacrifice fly, and Butler grounded into a double play. David Lough was caught stealing, too. The Royals are 9-3 against the Twins this season and 26-19 against the division. "I faced them early in the year. I threw well against them, and it seems like every guy on that team has gotten better since then. Now its a very good offensive team," Correia said. "Its a bunch of young guys continuing to get better. They have a good approach in what theyre doing. You cant really go out there and take advantage of them just because theyre kind of inexperienced." NOTES: The Royals rested 2B Chris Getz (sore left knee) and CF Lorenzo Cain (sore groin) again as a precaution, but Yost said they have both improved. He said he would wait until Friday to play Getz. ... Florimon has seven homers, just three off the team lead shared by Trevor Plouffe and Josh Willingham. Florimons minor league season high for home runs was nine. ... 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