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04/28 21:42 CDT Julio Rodriguez has 3 doubles, Josh Naylor homers as Mariners
beat Twins 7-1
Julio Rodriguez has 3 doubles, Josh Naylor homers as Mariners beat Twins 7-1
By PATRICK DONNELLY
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Julio Rodriguez hit three doubles, scored twice and drove
in two runs, and Josh Naylor had a homer and four RBIs on Tuesday night as the
Seattle Mariners beat the Minnesota Twins 7-1.
Four Seattle relievers combined to retire the last 12 Twins hitters. Eduard
Bazardo (2-1) pitched a scoreless sixth inning.
Minnesota starter Joe Ryan (2-3) gave up two runs in six-plus innings. Byron
Buxton homered and singled for the Twins, who have lost 10 of 12.
Mariners starter Logan Gilbert gave up one run in five innings in his first
start since a line drive got caught in his jersey last Wednesday, leaving him
with a bruised stomach and a cut on his left hand.
Seattle led 2-1 in the eighth when J.P. Crawford drew a leadoff walk, Rodriguez
hit a one-out double and Naylor hit a no-doubt homer to right field off Cole
Sands.
Rodriguez added a two-run double in the ninth.
Buxton led off the fifth by hitting Gilbert's first pitch to deep left for his
seventh homer of the season and second in as many nights. Trevor Larnach just
missed a home run on the next pitch, driving it high off the wall in
right-center for a double. But Gilbert stranded him at second, one of six
runners in scoring position the Twins left on base between the third and sixth
innings.
Seattle tied it with a two-out rally in the sixth, when Rodriguez laced a
double down the left-field line and scored on Naylor's single.
Cole Young's two-out RBI single in the seventh made it 2-1.
Up next
The Mariners will send RHP George Kirby (4-2, 2.97 ERA) to the mound against
Twins RHP Taj Bradley (3-1, 2.91) in Wednesday's series finale.
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