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04/27 21:41 CDT Kody Clemens homers, drives in 5 runs to power the Twins to an
11-4 win over Mariners
Kody Clemens homers, drives in 5 runs to power the Twins to an 11-4 win over
Mariners
By PATRICK DONNELLY
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Kody Clemens homered and drove in five runs, Byron Buxton
also went deep and Connor Prielipp earned his first big league win as the
Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 11-4 on Monday night.
Prielipp (1-0) entered the season as the Twins' No. 5 prospect, according to
MLB.com. He was called up from Triple-A St. Paul and made his MLB debut against
the Mets on Wednesday. Against the Mariners, the 25-year-old left-hander gave
up two runs on one hit with three walks and five strikeouts.
Ryan Jeffers had two hits and two RBIs for Minnesota.
Luis Castillo (0-2) gave up seven runs on seven hits over five innings for the
Mariners. Cal Raleigh hit his seventh homer of the season and Randy Arozarena
added two hits.
Luke Keaschall's two-out double drove in Josh Bell from first base to give
Minnesota a 1-0 lead in the second. Castillo needed 30 pitches to get out of
the inning, but limited the damage by retiring Buxton on a pop fly, leaving the
bases loaded.
In the third, the Twins' Trevor Larnach tripled with one out, Bell walked and
Jeffers flared an RBI single to right. Clemens followed with a 379-foot homer
to right, giving Minnesota a 5-0 lead after three innings.
Buxton made it 7-0 with a two-run homer off Castillo in the fourth.
Prielipp held the Mariners hitless through four innings. After walking the
first two batters in the fifth, Mitch Garver hit an RBI single and Cole Young
added a sacrifice fly as Seattle cut its deficit to 7-2.
Raleigh's two-run homer in the eighth off reliever Andrew Morris cut the Twins'
lead to 8-4, but Clemens added a two-run single in Minnesota's three-run eighth.
Up next
RHP Joe Ryan (1-1, 3.90) of the Twins faces Seattle RHP Logan Gilbert (1-3,
4.36) on Tuesday.
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