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04/28 00:04 CDT Santana homers again as Twins rout Angels 16-5
Santana homers again as Twins rout Angels 16-5
By DOUG PADILLA
Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Carlos Santana hit a home run in his third consecutive
game and drove in four runs as the Minnesota Twins scored 10 times over the
first four innings to extend their winning streak to six with a 16-5 victory
over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
Max Kepler and Ryan Jeffers also hit home runs and Edouard Julien had three
hits and three RBIs as the Twins improved to 7-1 following a five-game losing
streak that included a three-game sweep by the Baltimore Orioles.
Twins starter Chris Paddack (2-1) wobbled a bit by giving up four runs on eight
hits and a walk but went five innings.
Joe Adell hit a home run and drove in three runs for the Angels, who lost for
the eighth time in their past nine games. Los Angeles starter Jose Soriano
(0-4) gave up four runs with three walks over a season-low 1 2/3 innings. He
has walked 11 batters over his last three starts.
Outfielder Aaron Hicks pitched the ninth inning for the Angels, giving up
Jeffers's two-run homer.
The Twins loaded the bases three batters into the game but scored just once on
Kepler's walk. Alex Kirilloff, Julien and Trevor Larnach each drove in runs in
the second inning for a 4-0 lead.
Santana had an RBI double in a three-run third inning and hit a three-run homer
in the fourth for a 10-4 lead.
Adell's third home run of the season for the Angels, a two-run shot, came in
the second inning. He added an RBI single in the third.
Kepler hit a home run in the sixth inning and Julien had a two-run double off
the top of the wall in left-center during a three-run seventh.
The Twins won a road series over the Angels for the first time since a
three-game sweep in 2019.
TRAINERS ROOM
Twins: RHP Jhoan Duran (oblique) had two strikeouts over two innings during a
rehab appearance for Triple-A St. Paul, throwing five of his 15 pitches at 100
mph or more.
Angels: 3B Miguel San was out of the lineup against his former team with left
knee soreness.
UP NEXT
Twins: RHP Pablo Lopez (1-2, 4.39 ERA) will look to improve on a 5.49 ERA over
his last four starts on Sunday.
Angels: LHP Reid Detmers (3-1, 2.12 ERA) is out to rebound from his worst start
of the season when he gave up four runs Monday to the Orioles.
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