Minnesota Twins vs San Diego Padres Match Player Stats On Aug 01, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Aug 2, 2017

SAN DIEGO -- Jhoulys Chacin threw seven scoreless innings, and Austin Hedges smacked a two-run homer as the San Diego Padres beat the Minnesota Twins 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Chacin (11-7) was stellar, giving up three hits and two walks. He struck out three.

Jose Berrios (9-5) was the hard-luck loser, as he pitched nearly as well as Chacin. Berrios lost for the third time in four starts despite allowing only a run and two hits over seven innings. He walked two with four strikeouts.

The Twins have dropped three straight and seven of eight.

After Chacin exited, Kirby Yates and Brad Hand finished off the Twins, with Hand throwing a perfect ninth to earn his seventh save.

Hedges, whose 14th homer came in the eighth, and Hunter Renfroe each had two of the Padres' four hits.

Minnesota made some noise in the seventh when Eduardo Escobar and Byron Buxton singled. However, Zack Granite hit into a double play between the hits, and Jason Castro struck out after Buxton stole second.

The Padres got their first hit in the sixth when Renfroe's dribbler to third resulted in an infield single. Hedges followed with a rocket to right-center that Max Kepler nearly snagged in a spectacular fashion. However, it went off his glove for a double, with Renfroe advancing to third.

Renfroe scored on Manuel Margot's run-scoring fly for the game's first run.

Berrios had little trouble with the Padres. After allowing a walk to Carlos Asuaje, the second batter he faced, he retired the next 13 batters, with a long fly to the fence by Jose Pirela being the only threat.

The Twins squandered a prime chance in the third when the Padres got sloppy on defense.

Third baseman Cory Spangenberg, playing near second in the shift, overthrew first baseman Wil Myers on Castro's grounder to open the inning. Then Myers threw wildly to second when trying to erase Castro on Berrios' bunt.

But it didn't faze Chacin, as he retired the top of the order as Brian Dozier popped up, Kepler struck out and Miguel Sano produced a comebacker.

NOTES: Twins OF Byron Buxton (groin, migraines) was reinstated off the disabled list and he started in center, going 1-for-2. ... Minnesota RHP Dillon Gee was recalled from Triple-A Rochester. He will be used in long relief. ... Padres OF Manuel Margot was named the NL Player of the Week for the first time in his career after hitting .500 with six extra-base hits. ... Struggling Padres 1B Wil Myers was back in the lineup after being benched for two games. He was hitless in three plate appearances.