MINNEAPOLIS -AP- Aaron Hicks had four of Minnesota's 17 hits, Miguel Sano homered twice and Mike Pelfrey picked up his first win since June as the Twins routed the Texas Rangers 11-1 on Wednesday night.Sano's second home run drove in three in the fourth inning and reached the upper deck down the left field line. It gave the Twins a 7-0 lead. 
Hicks got the Twins going with a leadoff homer in the first. He jumped on a 2-0 fastball from Nick Martinez (7-7) and drove it 432 feet off the facing of the upper deck in right-center for his seventh homer of the season.Minnesota extended its lead to 4-0 in the fourth with a rally Hicks ignited with a leadoff single. Brian Dozier followed with a double, and after Joe Mauer's run-scoring groundout, Sano topped Hicks' blast with a 437-foot home run to the second deck in left-center.Pelfrey (6-7) had gone 0-5 with 6.22 ERA in his last 10 starts, but he was sharp on Wednesday, scattering four hits and one walk while striking out four in seven innings.The Rangers bunched three hits for a run in the sixth, but Twins left fielder Eddie Rosario threw out Shin-Soo Choo at the plate to end the threat.
Hicks got the Twins going with a leadoff homer in the first. He jumped on a 2-0 fastball from Nick Martinez (7-7) and drove it 432 feet off the facing of the upper deck in right-center for his seventh homer of the season.Minnesota extended its lead to 4-0 in the fourth with a rally Hicks ignited with a leadoff single. Brian Dozier followed with a double, and after Joe Mauer's run-scoring groundout, Sano topped Hicks' blast with a 437-foot home run to the second deck in left-center.Pelfrey (6-7) had gone 0-5 with 6.22 ERA in his last 10 starts, but he was sharp on Wednesday, scattering four hits and one walk while striking out four in seven innings.The Rangers bunched three hits for a run in the sixth, but Twins left fielder Eddie Rosario threw out Shin-Soo Choo at the plate to end the threat.
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