RHP Marcus Stroman (2-3, 2.28 ERA) gets the start Sunday for the Cubs, looking for his first win since April 7. Kepler exited Thursday’s game with what was called a cramp, and he pinch hit Friday against the Cubs. Twins: Placed outfielder Max Kepler on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain and recalled outfielder Trevor Larnach from Triple-A St. Sands entered in the eighth inning Saturday and walked the bases loaded before escaping the jam. To make room, right-hander Dereck Rodríguez was optioned to Rochester. Minnesota recalled right-hander Cole Sands from Triple-A Rochester to give the Twins bullpen depth. Rain delayed the start by 1 hour, 21 minutes. It was the sixth career ejection for Hosmer, and the 11th for Ross during his managerial career.Ĭhicago's lone run came in the top of the seventh off reliever Jovani Moran. Ross and Cubs designated hitter Eric Hosmer were both ejected in the eighth after Hosmer argued with plate umpire Edwin Jimenez about a called third strike that ended the inning with the bases loaded. “We haven’t had many clunkers like that early on where we’re out of the game. “A lot of balls over the heart of the plate, a lot of hard contact, really good swings," Cubs manager David Ross said of Wesneski. He allowed a career-high seven earned runs. Coming in, he had given up six homers in seven starts. Wesneski surrendered four of the Twins’ home runs. “It felt like that contagious nature of offense that we do see in this game,” Baldelli said. Kirilloff was limited to 45 games last season due to a left wrist injury, but he's showing he's fully healthy. ![]() The 2016 first-round pick made his season debut on May 6 and had yet to collect an extra-base hit in his first six games. ![]() It was Kirilloff’s third career multi-homer game and his first since July 5. His second homer came three pitches after Gallo’s towering drive to the second deck in right-center in the third. ![]() Kirilloff, appearing in just his seventh game this season, opened the scoring with an opposite-field solo shot to left in the first. “It’s good to see us putting up some good runs there. “It just kept coming and we kept hitting, so it was awesome to have that,” Ryan said of the run support. Ryan struck out 10 in six scoreless innings, including striking out the side in the sixth. Joey Gallo, Jorge Polanco and Carlos Correa also homered for the Twins, who provided plenty of run support for Joe Ryan (6-1). MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Alex Kirilloff hit two of Minnesota's season-high five home runs to lead the Twins to an 11-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
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