Kody Clemens went 2-for-5 with a homer and five RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins cruised to an 11-4 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night in Minneapolis.
Byron Buxton hit a two-run homer and Trevor Larnach went 2-for-4 with a triple and an RBI for Minnesota, which snapped a five-game losing streak. Ryan Jeffers went 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs.
Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer for Seattle, whose four-game winning streak ended.
Twins left-hander Connor Prielipp (1-0) earned his first big-league victory in his second career start. The 25-year-old allowed two runs on one hit in five innings, and he walked three and struck out five.
Mariners right-hander Luis Castillo (0-2) continued his bumpy start to the season. He surrendered seven runs on seven hits in five innings, and his ERA increased from 5.01 to 6.35.
Minnesota opened the scoring in the second. Josh Bell hit a leadoff single and sprinted around the bases to score on Luke Keaschall’s double to right field.
In the third, the Twins piled on four more runs to pull ahead 5-0.
Jeffers started the big inning when he stepped to the plate with runners on first and third and one out. He delivered with a single to right to drive in Larnach.
Moments later, Clemens hit a three-run homer to right to give the Twins a five-run lead.
Buxton added a two-run shot in the fourth to give Minnesota a 7-0 advantage. It was his sixth home run of the season and his third in the past six games.
Seattle pulled within 7-2 in the fifth. Mitch Garver hit an RBI single to score Randy Arozarena, and Cole Young hit a sacrifice fly to drive in J.P. Crawford.
The Twins made it 8-2 in the sixth on an RBI single by Larnach.
Raleigh clubbed a two-run homer to right to cut Seattle’s deficit to 8-4 in the eighth. The shot marked his seventh homer of the season and his fifth in the past seven games.
Minnesota tacked on three more runs in the eighth. Jeffers hit an RBI single, and Clemens followed in the next at-bat with a two-run single.
