Aug 25, 2023; Minneapolis, Minn., USA; Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) defeats Minnesota Twins second baseman Jorge Polanco (11) for a double in the first inning at Target Field. Image: Bruce Kluckhohn – USA TODAY Sports
Carlos Correa, Edouard Julien and Max Kepler hit homers and Sonny Gray allowed a seven-inning run to earn his seventh win as the Minnesota Twins handed the Texas Rangers a 12-2 defeat in Minneapolis on Friday night.
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Matt Wallner had a bases-clearing triple and a double and scored three goals with three RBIs in the loss. Ryan Jeffers and Donovan Solano each had two hits and two RBIs, and Royce Lewis had a single, a walk and two runs for Minnesota.
Gray (7-6) allowed six hits and knocked out four. He didn’t walk a hitter, instead hitting Mitch Garver, who had previously hit a home run, on the hip with a fourth-round pitch. Garver took a step toward the mound before being guided to first place by home plate umpire Carlos Torres when both benches briefly emptied. No players were thrown out, although two batters earlier, center fielder Joey Gallo and Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, were sent off for calling for a so-called third strike late in the previous inning.
Leody Taveras had two doubles, while Corey Seager and Nathaniel Lowe had two each for Texas. Dane Dunning (9-6) suffered the loss, allowing four runs with five hits and six walks. He crossed out six.
Minnesota took a 4-0 lead in the first inning, taking advantage of Dunning’s ferocity. Four batters marched in the inning, setting the stage for a bases-loaded triple from Wallner to the right corner that gave the Twins a 3-0 lead. Then Jeffers scored with a single from Wallner to make it 4-0.
Texas reduced it to 4-1 in the second game when Garver hit his 11th home run just over Wallner’s glove on the left field wall.
The Twins opened the game with a seventh run of six that included a leadoff home run by Correa, RBI singles by Jeffers and Solano, and a 435-foot, three-run home run by Julien into the second deck at right center.
The Rangers reduced the lead to 10-2 in the eighth round with an RBI single from Lowe. The Twins responded with two runs in the bottom half against catcher Austin Hedges, including Kepler’s 21st home run of the season to take the inning lead and another RBI hit from Solano.
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