Twins Get Beat By Seattle

The Seattle Mariners scored six runs in the top of the third inning and went on to beat the Twins in Minneapolis last night 11-2. Julio Rodriguez had a home run and four R-B-I in the victory, while Luke Raley, Cal Raleigh, and Dominic Canzone also went deep for the M’s. Bryan Woo earned his seventh win after allowing two runs on six hits in six innings. The 40-37 Mariners have won three of four. The 37-41 Twins have lost four straight and ten of their past 11. In fact, Minnesota is 3-14 in their past 17 games. Twins Trevor Larnach and Carlos Correa each homered in the losing effort, while Bailey Ober was charged with his fifth loss after surrendering seven runs on seven hits in seven innings. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli says starting and losing pitcher Bailey Ober is struggling just like the rest of the team.

Game two of the four-game series is tonight at Target Field at 6:40 P-M. Coverage begins at 6pm on KNUJ and SAM 107.3.