Ryans arm Keplers bat lead Twins past Ti

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Ryan's arm, Kepler's bat lead Twins past Tigers 5-0 April 27 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Joe Ryan threw seven innings of one-hit ball and Max Kepler stayed hot with a pair of home runs as the streaking Minnesota Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-0 on Wednesday night.Ryan Jeffers homered, doubled and drove in three runs for the Twins, who won their sixth game in a row.Michael Pineda (1-1) took the lo s for Detroit. He John Kruk Jersey gave up four runs, including all three Twins homers, in five innings against his former team.Ryan (3-1) was dominant from the start, holding the Tigers hitle s until Miguel Cabrera laced a single in the fourth. The right-hander walked just one batter and struck out nine, two shy of his career high. He extended his scorele s streak to 17 2/3 innings and lowered his ERA to 1.17.Kepler, who homered and doubled Zack Wheeler Jersey Tuesday, started the scoring when he led off the second inning by driving Pineda's fastball 401 feet to the opposite field in left-center. Kepler struck again with two outs in the fourth. This time, Pineda threw a fastball down and in, and Kepler turned on it. The ball hit the facing of the second deck in right-center, 423 feet away.Minnesota took a 4-0 lead in the fifth when Trevor Larnach led off with a double and Jeffers followed with a line-drive home run to left.Larnach led off the seventh with his second double of the night and Jeffers drove him in with another double to make it 5-0.Joe Smith and Danny Coulombe each pitched an inning of relief to finish the two-hitter for Minnesota.Pineda spent the last three seasons in Minnesota, winning 22 games in 53 starts. He signed a one-year deal with the Tigers in March and joined the Detroit rotation with five shutout innings against the Yankees in his 2022 debut on Carlos Santana Jersey April 21.Ryan, who pitched for Team USA in the Tokyo Olympics last summer, made five starts for the Twins in September, going 2-1 with a 4.05 ERA. This year, he became the second rookie in Twins history to start on opening day. TRAINERS ROOMTwins manager Rocco Baldelli said catcher Gary Sanchez (abdominal tightne s) would go through his usual pregame workout and is expected to be ready to play in Thursday's series finale.UP NEXTTigers: LHP Tarik Skubal (1-1, 2.30 ERA) takes the mound Thursday afternoon. In his most recent start, Skubal went six innings for the first time, blanking the Rockies on five hits while striking out six.Twins: RHP Bailey Ober (1-1, 2.81) will make his fourth start of the season. Over his last two outings, Ober has allowed nine hits and one earned run while walking one and fanning nine in 11 innings.___More AP baseball:make_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, ' ', 'https://apnews.com/MLB', '', ' class="postlink"') andmake_clickable_callback(MAGIC_URL_FULL, ' ', 'https://twitter.com/AP_Sports', '', ' class="postlink"') in this topic Max Kepler Minnesota Twins American League Joe Ryan Major League Baseball Trevor Larnach Michael Pineda Max Kepler Ryan Jeffers Tarik Skubal Gary Snchez Miguel Cabrera Danny Coulombe Minnesota Twins Detroit Tigers share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts Steve Carlton Jersey the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win Sean Rodriguez Jersey 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS