MINNESOTA -- Chris Iannetta plated the go-ahead run with a sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth, Huston Street closed it out in the bottom half, and the Angels edged the Twins, 5-4, at Target Field on Thursday night.David Freese, who entered the game riding an 0-for-20 slump, led off the decisive frame with a ground-rule double off lefty reliever Glenn Perkins and was replaced by pinch-runner Tony Campana. The next batter, pinch-hitter John McDonald, laid down a perfect bunt on an 0-2 count to get Campana to third. 
Then Iannetta -- pinch-hitting for Hank Conger -- laced a liner to left, and the speedy Campana scored on a headfirst slide.The win, which came after back-to-back losses to the Astros, put the Angels five games up on the idle A's in the American League West.Hector Santiago had a four-run lead when he took the ball for the fifth, when he gave up one run, then he allowed four runs before recording an out in the sixth.The Twins got on the board on an RBI double by second baseman Brian Dozier in the fifth before tying it on a three-run homer by shortstop Eduardo Nunez in the sixth. Santiago began the sixth by walking third baseman Trevor Plouffe, then gave up a single to Kurt Suzuki. The next batter, Nunez, blasted a 2-0, chest-high changeup way out to left-center for just his fourth homer in 59 games.Santiago entered the game with a 1.19 ERA in his last four starts and a 2.45 mark since being recalled from Triple-A on June 10. Thursday's game marked the first time since July 5 he's allowed more than three earned runs.The Angels plated all four runs off Kyle Gibson in the fourth, on a two-run double by Howie Kendrick (one of the runs scored on a throwing error), a run-scoring single from Erick Aybar and an RBI double from Freese, who had his first multihit game since Aug. 26.Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
Then Iannetta -- pinch-hitting for Hank Conger -- laced a liner to left, and the speedy Campana scored on a headfirst slide.The win, which came after back-to-back losses to the Astros, put the Angels five games up on the idle A's in the American League West.Hector Santiago had a four-run lead when he took the ball for the fifth, when he gave up one run, then he allowed four runs before recording an out in the sixth.The Twins got on the board on an RBI double by second baseman Brian Dozier in the fifth before tying it on a three-run homer by shortstop Eduardo Nunez in the sixth. Santiago began the sixth by walking third baseman Trevor Plouffe, then gave up a single to Kurt Suzuki. The next batter, Nunez, blasted a 2-0, chest-high changeup way out to left-center for just his fourth homer in 59 games.Santiago entered the game with a 1.19 ERA in his last four starts and a 2.45 mark since being recalled from Triple-A on June 10. Thursday's game marked the first time since July 5 he's allowed more than three earned runs.The Angels plated all four runs off Kyle Gibson in the fourth, on a two-run double by Howie Kendrick (one of the runs scored on a throwing error), a run-scoring single from Erick Aybar and an RBI double from Freese, who had his first multihit game since Aug. 26.Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
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