MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Eddie Rosario drove in two runs and Glen Perkins got four outs for his 10th save to help the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Thursday.Eduardo Escobar also drove in two runs, and the Twins overcame a rough start from Ricky Nolasco to win for the seventh time in eight games. Nolasco (2-1) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings, but the Twins still finished their longest homestand of the season at 8-3.Drew Pomeranz (1-3) walked a career-high five while giving up six runs - four earned - and three hits in 4 1-3 innings for the Athletics. Ike Davis had a homer, a double and two RBIs, and Billy Butler added two hits and an RBI. 
Rosario was called up on Tuesday to replace the injured Oswaldo Arcia, and the Twins said at the time it likely would be a short-term stay. But in his first big-league at-bat on Wednesday night, he homered on the first pitch he saw, jumpstarting the Twins to a 13-0 romp. Rosario followed that up on Thursday with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and a sharp single in the fourth that tied the game at 4.Pomeranz was done in by a lack of control and some sloppy Oakland defense. A throwing error by second baseman Brett Lawrie allowed Escobar to score during Minnesota's three-run second inning, and shortstop Eric Sogard bobbled a ground ball for an error in the fifth that led to another run.Pomeranz left after walking two of the first three batters in the fifth inning. Dan Otero walked Kennys Vargas before Escobar punched a single through the right side of the infield to give the Twins a 6-4 lead.Nolasco was making his second start since coming off of the disabled list with elbow problems, and he did little to show that the time off and rehab made any kind of difference for the struggling right-hander. He was hit hard early and often by the Athletics and quickly gave away a 3-2 lead when Butler and Davis drove in runs in the third inning.
Rosario was called up on Tuesday to replace the injured Oswaldo Arcia, and the Twins said at the time it likely would be a short-term stay. But in his first big-league at-bat on Wednesday night, he homered on the first pitch he saw, jumpstarting the Twins to a 13-0 romp. Rosario followed that up on Thursday with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and a sharp single in the fourth that tied the game at 4.Pomeranz was done in by a lack of control and some sloppy Oakland defense. A throwing error by second baseman Brett Lawrie allowed Escobar to score during Minnesota's three-run second inning, and shortstop Eric Sogard bobbled a ground ball for an error in the fifth that led to another run.Pomeranz left after walking two of the first three batters in the fifth inning. Dan Otero walked Kennys Vargas before Escobar punched a single through the right side of the infield to give the Twins a 6-4 lead.Nolasco was making his second start since coming off of the disabled list with elbow problems, and he did little to show that the time off and rehab made any kind of difference for the struggling right-hander. He was hit hard early and often by the Athletics and quickly gave away a 3-2 lead when Butler and Davis drove in runs in the third inning.
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