WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — — Zebby Matthews allowed six hits and one run over seven innings, Josh Bell drove in three runs, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Athletics 9-6 on Monday night time.
Byron Buxton had three hits and scored 4 instances, rookie Kaelen Culpepper had 4 hits for the primary time in his 14th sport, and Ryan Kreidler homered to assist the Twins snap a three-game skid.
Matthews (8-8) struck out seven and gave up one stroll. The right-hander has received all 4 of his August begins.
Tommy Nance pitched a scoreless eighth, however Yoendrys Gómez surrendered a two-run double to Jeff McNeil and back-to-back RBI doubles to Zack Gelof and Lawrence Butler within the ninth earlier than Andrew Morris retired Tommy White on a lineout to first for his fourth save.
Kody Clemens drove in Buxton with RBI singles within the fifth and eighth innings. Culpepper singled residence Bell within the eighth for the Twins’ closing run.
Buxton drew a stroll from Jeffrey Springs (3-12) with one out within the first after a profitable problem on a 3rd strike name, and Bell hit his twenty seventh double — a shot off the highest of the wall in left-center discipline for a 1-0 lead.
Bell added a run-scoring groundout for a 2-0 lead within the second and a sacrifice fly to the wall in left discipline following a two-run double by Luke Keaschall for a 7-1 lead within the sixth.
Butler had an RBI single within the third for the A’s, and White had an eighth-inning sacrifice fly.
Springs gave up 4 runs on seven hits and two walks over 4 2/3 innings. The left-hander had three straight wins to start April however hasn’t in 21 begins since.
Twins RHP Taj Bradley (9-5. 3.90 ERA) begins Tuesday reverse Athletics LHP Gage Jump (5-8, 4.83).
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