MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins picked up right where they left off Friday night, as the offense again pounded the Tigers in a 12-4 win on Saturday afternoon in the first game of a split doubleheader at Target Field.After becoming the first team in the Majors this season to score 20 runs in a game on Friday, the Twins knocked around Tigers right-hander Buck Farmer, who became the second straight Detroit starting pitcher to last just 1 1/3 innings. 
Kennys Vargas paced the offense with a career-high five RBIs, while Joe Mauer and Jordan Schafer added three RBIs apiece. Eduardo Escobar also picked up three hits a day after setting a career-high with five hits. Chris Parmelee was the only Twins position player without a hit.Minnesota scored in a hurry in the first inning on an RBI single by Mauer that scored Brian Dozier from first base, as he was running on the pitch.The Twins broke out for six more runs in the second, chasing Farmer after he recorded just one out in the inning. Minnesota loaded the bases with nobody out and Schafer brought home three runs with a triple.After Danny Santana struck out, Dozier walked before Mauer plated Schafer and Dozier with a double to left field. Reliever Pat McCoy replaced Farmer, but promptly served up an RBI double to Vargas to give the Twins their third inning with at least six runs scored in the series.The Twins padded their lead with two more runs in the third inning. Dozier brought home the first run with a double down the left-field line to knock McCoy out of the game. Reliever Kyle Lobstein came in for his Major League debut and intentionally walked Mauer to load the bases for Vargas, who came through with a sacrifice fly.The offense backed right-hander Yohan Pino, who was recalled from Triple-A Rochester to make the start as the club's 26th player on the roster. Pino went five innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks to get his second career big league win.The Tigers scored in the second on an RBI double by Nick Castellanos, who was thrown out at third trying to stretch it to a triple. They scored three unearned runs in the fifth, keyed by a throwing error by Dozier on a forceout play at second base.All three runs in the fifth came with two outs on three straight RBI singles by Ian Kinsler, Ezequiel Carrera and Miguel Cabrera.The Twins broke the game wide open in the seventh, as Vargas connected on a three-run double off Lobstein to right-center field. The rookie has 22 RBIs in 21 career games.Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
Kennys Vargas paced the offense with a career-high five RBIs, while Joe Mauer and Jordan Schafer added three RBIs apiece. Eduardo Escobar also picked up three hits a day after setting a career-high with five hits. Chris Parmelee was the only Twins position player without a hit.Minnesota scored in a hurry in the first inning on an RBI single by Mauer that scored Brian Dozier from first base, as he was running on the pitch.The Twins broke out for six more runs in the second, chasing Farmer after he recorded just one out in the inning. Minnesota loaded the bases with nobody out and Schafer brought home three runs with a triple.After Danny Santana struck out, Dozier walked before Mauer plated Schafer and Dozier with a double to left field. Reliever Pat McCoy replaced Farmer, but promptly served up an RBI double to Vargas to give the Twins their third inning with at least six runs scored in the series.The Twins padded their lead with two more runs in the third inning. Dozier brought home the first run with a double down the left-field line to knock McCoy out of the game. Reliever Kyle Lobstein came in for his Major League debut and intentionally walked Mauer to load the bases for Vargas, who came through with a sacrifice fly.The offense backed right-hander Yohan Pino, who was recalled from Triple-A Rochester to make the start as the club's 26th player on the roster. Pino went five innings, giving up four runs (one earned) on six hits and two walks to get his second career big league win.The Tigers scored in the second on an RBI double by Nick Castellanos, who was thrown out at third trying to stretch it to a triple. They scored three unearned runs in the fifth, keyed by a throwing error by Dozier on a forceout play at second base.All three runs in the fifth came with two outs on three straight RBI singles by Ian Kinsler, Ezequiel Carrera and Miguel Cabrera.The Twins broke the game wide open in the seventh, as Vargas connected on a three-run double off Lobstein to right-center field. The rookie has 22 RBIs in 21 career games.Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
