Minnesota Twins starter Ervin Santana was strong, but the Twins couldn’t do enough to help him out as they fell to the Texas Rangers 3-2 Friday night at Target Field.
Santana held the Rangers to two runs on three hits in 6.1 innings. He also struck out five.
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With Texas leading 2-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh the Twins pulled even on a two-run home run from Trevor Plouffe. He finished the night 3-for-4 with the home run and both Twins’ RBIs.
The game stayed tied until the 10th, when Ian Desmond hit a solo shot off Fernando Abad, giving the Rangers the lead for good.
Worst 79 gm starts in #MLB in the last 10 yrs (2007-2016):
2009 #Nationals – 24-55
2010 #Orioles – 24-55
2016 #MNTwins – 25-54— Keith Leventhal (@KeithLeventhal) July 2, 2016
Tyler Duffey (3-6) takes the mound for the Twins on Saturday afternoon against Texas’ Chi Chi Gonzalez.
