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04/28 00:53 CDT Santana homers again, drives in 4, as Twins rout Angels 16-5
Santana homers again, drives in 4, 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 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.
The Twins have at least 10 hits in every game of the winning streak and had six
different players drive in runs over the first three innings on Saturday.
"It just meant that we did a good job being relentless in the way we approached
the at-bats," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. "To have that kind of
production (three runs) in four different innings, honestly, what more can you
ask for? There were no breaks. We didn't make it easy on them."
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' two-run homer.
"You just go home and get yourself some rest but the first thing you do is look
yourself in the mirror," Angels manager Ron Washington said. "If you feel like
you did everything you can do, then you go home and get some rest. It happens.
I'm just hoping for the time we can do that."
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.
"I've been preparing and I feel good, my body feels good," said the 38-year-old
Santana, who is in his 15th season. "I have to continue to help when the team
needs me and I have to help with defense or hitting. We're in a great spot. We
won six games straight but tomorrow is a new day."
Adell's third home run of the season, 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.
A two-run double for the Twins' Kyle Farmer in the third inning snapped an
0-for-17 run. Farmer reached base four times on two hits and two walks.
"He's another guy that has been working hard and it's coming to him," Baldelli
said. "The times this year when he has had good at-bats and did exactly what he
wanted to do, it hasn't worked out. But today it sure did."
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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