Scott Baker has been pretty productive so far this season, but for the second straight night, one bad inning put the Twins in an early hole. Baker lasted just 4.1 innings allowing eight hits and five runs. He also struck out seven before leaving with a groin injury.

After Baker's exit, the bullpen kept the game close and waited for the offense to come around. Matt Guerrier went an inning and a third and allowed a hit and two walks, but managed to escape allowing no runs. Dennys Reyes then went two-thirds of an inning and got into a small jam with runners at first and second and just one out. Jesse Crain came in however and struck out the next two hitters to get out of the inning. Neshek kept the Rangers scoreless in the eighth and then Bobby Korecky made his major league debut in the ninth and gave up one run.

Offensively, the Twins were fairly quiet until the sixth inning. The Twins went into the inning trailing 5-2, but in the next three innings scored ten runs to secure the victory. Six Twins collected multiple hits on the night including Harris, Mauer, Kubel, Young, Lamb and Monroe. The big blast that finally put the game away was the three-run bomb by Michael Cuddyer in the eight, his first of the season.

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