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05/09 21:24 CDT Chris Paddack pitches Twins past Giants 3-1 for season-best 6th
straight win
Chris Paddack pitches Twins past Giants 3-1 for season-best 6th straight win
By DAVE CAMPBELL
AP Sports Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- Chris Paddack took a three-hitter into the eighth inning,
and the Minnesota Twins beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday night for
their sixth straight victory.
Matt Chapman homered with two outs in the seventh to spoil the shutout bid for
Paddack (1-3), who had six strikeouts without a walk in his first win since
last June 10.
The lanky, long-haired right-hander was pulled with one runner on and one out
in the eighth, his second-longest start in four injury-limited seasons with the
Twins. Paddack had a perfect game going until a sharp two-out single in the
sixth inning by rookie Christian Koss.
Byron Buxton, who reached base three times, hit the first pitch from Giants
starter Jordan Hicks (1-4) off the wall in right-center field for a triple and
scored on a single by Trevor Larnach.
Hicks went six innings for his longest appearance since his first start of the
season on March 31. The right-hander allowed a two-out RBI single to Carlos
Correa in the fourth and another run in the fifth when he hit one batter and
uncorked a wild pitch.
The Twins (19-20) matched their longest winning streak since six straight from
last June 12-18.
The Giants (24-15) were a season-best 10 games above .500 entering the series.
Key moment Buxton, who wasn't credited with an RBI on his one-out single because Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos bobbled the scoop for an error, got Harrison Bader home for a 3-0 lead in the fifth.
Key stat Buxton has multiple hits in 13 of his last 23 games, going 31 for 92 with three doubles, three triples, seven homers, 20 runs and 19 RBIs during that span.
Up next Logan Webb starts for the Giants on Saturday night, when Joe Ryan will pitch for the Twins. Ryan's start was pushed back two days by an illness. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
Key moment Buxton, who wasn't credited with an RBI on his one-out single because Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos bobbled the scoop for an error, got Harrison Bader home for a 3-0 lead in the fifth.
Key stat Buxton has multiple hits in 13 of his last 23 games, going 31 for 92 with three doubles, three triples, seven homers, 20 runs and 19 RBIs during that span.
Up next Logan Webb starts for the Giants on Saturday night, when Joe Ryan will pitch for the Twins. Ryan's start was pushed back two days by an illness. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
