Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners Match Player Stats On Jun 06, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 7, 2017

SEATTLE -- Robinson Cano and Kyle Seager hit three-run homers as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins 12-3 Tuesday night at Safeco Field.

Seager also had an RBI double for the Mariners, who won their fourth consecutive game and eighth out of nine. The Twins, who lead the American League Central, lost for just the seventh time in 24 road games.

Seattle's Danny Valencia added a three-run double to back left-hander James Paxton (5-0).

Paxton, making his second start since a stint on the disabled list with a left forearm strain, allowed three runs on five hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out four.

Paxton, who hadn't allowed a run in five of his previous seven starts this season, faced the minimum number of batters through the first three innings, thanks to a double-play ball in the third.

Staked to a five-run lead, Paxton ran into a bit of trouble in the fourth.

Brian Dozier led off the inning with a sky-high homer down the left-field line that just cleared the fence. It was his ninth home run of the season.

An out later, Miguel Sano lined a double into the gap in right-center field. Sano moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a fielder's choice to make it 5-2.

The Mariners pulled away with a seven-run fifth -- with all the runs scoring before the Twins could record an out. Valencia lined a bases-loaded double into the gap in left-center field off Randy Rosario and Seager hit his sixth homer of the season to right off Alex Wimmers to make it 12-2.

Twins starter Hector Santiago (4-6) allowed just three hits over 2 2/3 innings, but he struggled with his control. The left-hander walked four batters, with all of them coming around to score.

In the first, Santiago walked the first two batters, Guillermo Heredia and Valencia, and then allowed Cano's three-run homer. It was Cano's 11th home run of the season, a liner over the right field wall.

It was nearly the same scenario in the third, as Santiago walked Cano and Nelson Cruz back-to-back with one out. Seager followed with a two-run double down the right field line.

Taylor Motter added a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left field to make it 5-0 and end Santiago's night.

Rosario ended the inning with a strikeout, but he didn't record an out in the next inning. He was charged with five runs on four hits in one-third of an inning.

Minnesota's Chris Gimenez caught the first seven innings and then pitched the eighth, his fourth appearance on the mound this season. Gimenez retired the side in order.

NOTES: Multiple reports have the Mariners and injured SS Jean Segura close to an agreement on a multi-year contract extension. A report from the Dominican Republic, Segura's homeland, puts the extension at $70 million over five years. Segura, who leads the American League with a .341 average despite being on the disabled list with a right high ankle sprain, is making $6.2 million this year and will become a free agent after the 2018 season. ... Twins SS Jorge Polanco was scratched from the lineup Tuesday and headed home to the Dominican Republic after the death of his grandfather. ... Mariners RHP Felix Hernandez and OF Mitch Haniger both started for Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday while on rehabilitation assignments. Hernandez allowed five runs on four hits in two innings and Haniger was 1-for-4 and scored a run against Reno. ... Twins 3B Miguel Sano jumped past Baltimore's Manny Machado and into first place at his position in the latest voting for the American League's All-Star team. ... Twins LHP Adalberto Mejia (1-1, 3.95 ERA) is scheduled to face Mariuners RHP Yovani Gallardo (2-6, 6.24) on Wednesday.