Michael Cuddyer had an RBI double in his first at bat, and then hit a solo home run in his second at bat. Scott Baker was excellent through eight innings. The Twins beat the Rangers 4-1 a night after beating them 5-3.
Baker improved to 8-7 with this win. In eight innings, he gave up just one run on six hits. He walked two and struck out eight. The only run came on a solo home run to Nelson Cruz (his 23rd home run of the season). Joe Nathan came in and, despite an entertaining 9th inning that saw manager Ron Gardenhire ejected, he recorded his 25th save.
Cuddyer got the scoring started for the Twins in the 2nd inning. He doubled in Justin Morneau. Two batters later, Carlos Gomez blooped a single into RF to score Cuddyer. After Cruz’s home run, Cuddyer hit his 15th home run of the season to give the Twins a 3-1 lead. In the 7th frame, Justin Morneau singled in Alexi Casilla to give the Twins the 4-1 lead that they would hold.
Morneau, Cuddyer and Gomez each had two hits in the game. The Twins improve to 47-44 with the win, while the Texas Rangers fall to 48-41. On Sunday night, Francisco Liriano will take the mound against Derek Holland.
Topics: Francisco Liriano, Joe Nathan, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, Nelson Cruz, Scott Baker
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