Twins rout Mariners in finale after lengthy rain delay
MINNEAPOLIS -- Trevor Larnach, Brooks Lee and Matt Wallner homered on Thursday afternoon as the Twins beat the Mariners, 10-1.
The teams waited out a 4-hour, 22-minute rain delay -- 28 minutes short of the longest ever at Target Field -- and played a tight contest until Minnesota broke it open with an eight-run sixth inning.
Twins starter Simeon Woods Richardson (3-4) pitched five scoreless innings, giving up two hits and walking one while striking out six.
In the fifth inning, Byron Buxton earned a one-out walk and moved to second on an errant pickoff attempt by Mariners starter Emerson Hancock (3-4). The bonus base didn’t matter, however, as Larnach followed with a towering homer to right-center, his 12th of the season.
Lee greeted reliever Zach Pop by driving the first pitch of the sixth inning into the seats in right to give the Twins a 3-0 lead.
After a pair of one-out walks, Buxton doubled home a run. Another scored on third baseman Ben Williamson’s throwing error. Willi Castro hit an RBI double, and Carlos Correa followed with a two-run single. Wallner capped the scoring with a two-run homer into the bullpen in left-center.