Matt Wallner’s three-run home run highlighted a seven-run fourth inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the San Diego Padres 11-4 on Wednesday.
With the win, Minnesota ended a three-game losing streak and avoided a sweep in San Diego. The Twins finished their seven-game road trip 4-3.
The Padres lost for only the seventh time in 29 games.
Minnesota starter Simeon Woods Richardson (5-3) benefited from the Twins’ 18-hit attack to win his second straight start. The 23-year-old right-hander shut out the Padres for four innings, allowing one run on three hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.
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The Twins took a one-run lead in the third inning before winning the game in the fourth inning when they sent ten batters to the plate, scored seven runs and extended their lead to 8-0.
With one out, Minnesota got two singles and two doubles with runs scored by Austin Martin and Willi Castro. Royce Lewis added an RBI single before Wallner’s hit, his eighth of the year, landed deep in the right field seats.
Minnesota scored two more runs in the fifth inning on Martin’s double – his third RBI of the game – and Trevor Larnach’s RBI single.
Minnesota Twins right fielder Manuel Margot botches a catch on a hit for a triple by Jake Cronenworth of the San Diego Padres during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in San Diego.
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Larnach and Edouard Julien each had four hits. Carlos Santana was the only starter without a hit for the Twins.
Matt Waldron (7-11) allowed 10 runs and 12 hits, one walk and one hit batter with three strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings, which is a career high.
Jackson Merrill and Donovan Solano hit home runs for the Padres.
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