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Lewis homers to back sharp outing by Paddack as Twins beat Rockies 5-0

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Royce Lewis homered in the eighth inning to break open the game, and Chris Paddack bounced back from a rough outing with a sharp performance to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 5-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

Lewis, who was injured in the season opener and missed two months with a severe right quad strain, has now homered four times in seven games. Lewis took Rockies reliever Nick Mears deep to left for a 435-foot, two-run blast to cap a three-run eighth inning.

Christian Vásquez, Carlos Correa and Trevor Larnach each drove in a run for the Twins, who have won two in a row after dropping five straight games.

Paddack (5-3) allowed six hits and struck out six in 6 1/3 innings. He pitched out of trouble in the first inning when Colorado’s Charlie Blackmon singled to lead off the game and eventually ended up at third base. But the Twins right-hander struck out Ryan McMahon to strand Blackmon on third.

Rockies right-hander Dakota Hudson (2-8) took the loss despite allowing just four hits in 6 2/3 innings. One of the two runs he allowed was unearned.

Manny Margot scored the game’s first run after doubling to the corner in right and advancing to third on an error by right fielder Hunter Goodman. Margot scored one batter later on a sacrifice fly by Vázquez.

The Twins manufactured another run in the fourth. Lewis reached first base on a force out, advanced to second on Max Kepler's groundout, and scored on Correa’s two-out double.

TRAINERS ROOM

Rockies catcher Elias Díaz left the game with left calf tightness. Díaz was injured in the top of the first inning when he grounded into a double play. He was examined by team trainers and was replaced behind the plate in the bottom of the first by Jacob Stallings.

UP NEXT

RHP Cal Quantrill (5-4, 3.58 ERA) starts the second game of the series for Colorado, looking to follow his strong outing last time out in a win against St. Louis. Minnesota had yet to announce a starter for Tuesday’s game, with a roster move expected postgame.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rockies COL23-43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Twins MIN35-31	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	X	5	7	0

Target FieldMinneapolis, MN

W: C. Paddack (5-3)L: D. Hudson (2-8)S: (0)
HR: MIN - R. Lewis (16)

COLRockies

MINTwins

.C. PaddackChris Paddack
P
6.1 IP, 6 SO, 93 P
.D. HudsonDakota Hudson
P
6.2 IP, ER, 2 BB, SO, 75 P

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
C. Blackmon DH	4	2	0	1	0	.259	.329	.383	.712	1.5
E. Tovar SS	4	1	0	0	1	.293	.324	.484	.808	1.0
E. Diaz C	1	0	0	0	2	.303	.352	.439	.791	0.0
J. Stallings C	2	1	1	1	1	.287	.370	.437	.807	1.5
R. McMahon 3B	4	0	0	2	3	.258	.342	.426	.768	-1.0
B. Doyle CF	4	0	0	3	1	.264	.336	.396	.732	-1.5
M. Toglia 1B-RF	3	1	0	0	0	.159	.197	.381	.578	1.0
J. Cave LF	2	1	0	0	1	.237	.306	.299	.605	1.0
a- E. Montero PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	.204	.267	.293	.560	0.0
H. Goodman RF-LF	3	0	0	1	1	.159	.209	.317	.526	-0.5
A. Amador 2B	3	0	0	2	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-1.0

HITTERS	AB
C. Blackmon DH	4
E. Tovar SS	4
E. Diaz C	1
J. Stallings C	2
R. McMahon 3B	4
B. Doyle CF	4
M. Toglia 1B-RF	3
J. Cave LF	2
a- E. Montero PH-1B	1
H. Goodman RF-LF	3
A. Amador 2B	3

a-popped out for Cave in the 7th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
W. Castro 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.341	.395	.737	2.0
T. Larnach LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.267	.328	.442	.770	2.0
R. Lewis 3B	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	.333	.375	.952	1.327	8.0
M. Kepler RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.252	.314	.415	.729	0.0
C. Correa SS	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	.270	.338	.448	.787	3.5
C. Santana 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214	.296	.383	.679	-0.5
A. Kirilloff DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.206	.276	.394	.669	1.0
M. Margot CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.230	.296	.311	.608	4.0
C. Vazquez C	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.180	.202	.254	.456	4.0

HITTERS	AB
W. Castro 2B	4
T. Larnach LF	3
R. Lewis 3B	4
M. Kepler RF	4
C. Correa SS	4
C. Santana 1B	3
A. Kirilloff DH	2
M. Margot CF	2
C. Vazquez C	2

Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. McMahon, B. Doyle

2B - C. Correa (12), M. Margot (5), C. Vazquez (3)
HR - R. Lewis (4)
SF - T. Larnach (2), C. Vazquez (3)
RBI - T. Larnach (19), R. Lewis 2 (6), C. Correa (27), C. Vazquez (9)
2-Out RBI - C. Correa
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Santana, M. Margot

DP - (Hudson-Amador-Toglia)
E - H. Goodman

DP - 2 (Castro-Correa-Santana; Lewis-Castro-Santana)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Hudson (L, 2-8)	6.2	4	2	1	2	1	0	4.87	1.46	11.5
N. Mears	1.1	3	3	3	0	1	1	5.79	1.71	-1.5

PITCHERS	IP
D. Hudson (L, 2-8)	6.2
N. Mears	1.1

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Paddack (W, 5-3)	6.1	6	0	6	4.79	1.37	26.0
S. Okert (H, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	2.57	1.19	2.0
G. Jax (H, 12)	1.0	0	0	3	2.22	0.88	4.5
D. Castillo	1.0	0	1	1	2.57	1.71	2.5

PITCHERS	IP
C. Paddack (W, 5-3)	6.1
S. Okert (H, 4)	0.2
G. Jax (H, 12)	1.0
D. Castillo	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - D. Hudson 75-48, N. Mears 29-20
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - D. Hudson 11-5, N. Mears 1-5
Batters Faced - D. Hudson 25, N. Mears 7

Pitches-Strikes - C. Paddack 93-61, S. Okert 10-7, G. Jax 15-11, D. Castillo 21-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Paddack 5-6, S. Okert 1-0, D. Castillo 0-2
Batters Faced - C. Paddack 23, S. Okert 2, G. Jax 3, D. Castillo 4

.C. PaddackChris Paddack
P
6.1 IP, 6 SO, 93 P
.D. HudsonDakota Hudson
P
6.2 IP, ER, 2 BB, SO, 75 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Rockies COL23-43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
Twins MIN35-31	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	X	5	7	0

Target FieldMinneapolis, MN

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
C. Blackmon DH	4	2	0	1	0	.259	.329	.383	.712	1.5
E. Tovar SS	4	1	0	0	1	.293	.324	.484	.808	1.0
E. Diaz C	1	0	0	0	2	.303	.352	.439	.791	0.0
J. Stallings C	2	1	1	1	1	.287	.370	.437	.807	1.5
R. McMahon 3B	4	0	0	2	3	.258	.342	.426	.768	-1.0
B. Doyle CF	4	0	0	3	1	.264	.336	.396	.732	-1.5
M. Toglia 1B-RF	3	1	0	0	0	.159	.197	.381	.578	1.0
J. Cave LF	2	1	0	0	1	.237	.306	.299	.605	1.0
a- E. Montero PH-1B	1	0	0	0	0	.204	.267	.293	.560	0.0
H. Goodman RF-LF	3	0	0	1	1	.159	.209	.317	.526	-0.5
A. Amador 2B	3	0	0	2	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-1.0
Total	31	6	1	10	10	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
C. Blackmon DH	4
E. Tovar SS	4
E. Diaz C	1
J. Stallings C	2
R. McMahon 3B	4
B. Doyle CF	4
M. Toglia 1B-RF	3
J. Cave LF	2
a- E. Montero PH-1B	1
H. Goodman RF-LF	3
A. Amador 2B	3
Total	31

a-popped out for Cave in the 7th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
W. Castro 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.341	.395	.737	2.0
T. Larnach LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.267	.328	.442	.770	2.0
R. Lewis 3B	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	.333	.375	.952	1.327	8.0
M. Kepler RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.252	.314	.415	.729	0.0
C. Correa SS	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	.270	.338	.448	.787	3.5
C. Santana 1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.214	.296	.383	.679	-0.5
A. Kirilloff DH	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.206	.276	.394	.669	1.0
M. Margot CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.230	.296	.311	.608	4.0
C. Vazquez C	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	.180	.202	.254	.456	4.0
Total	28	5	7	5	1	2	2	7	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
W. Castro 2B	4
T. Larnach LF	3
R. Lewis 3B	4
M. Kepler RF	4
C. Correa SS	4
C. Santana 1B	3
A. Kirilloff DH	2
M. Margot CF	2
C. Vazquez C	2
Total	28

Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. McMahon, B. Doyle

2B - C. Correa (12), M. Margot (5), C. Vazquez (3)
HR - R. Lewis (4)
SF - T. Larnach (2), C. Vazquez (3)
RBI - T. Larnach (19), R. Lewis 2 (6), C. Correa (27), C. Vazquez (9)
2-Out RBI - C. Correa
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - C. Santana, M. Margot

DP - (Hudson-Amador-Toglia)
E - H. Goodman

DP - 2 (Castro-Correa-Santana; Lewis-Castro-Santana)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Hudson (L, 2-8)	6.2	4	2	1	2	1	0	4.87	1.46	11.5
N. Mears	1.1	3	3	3	0	1	1	5.79	1.71	-1.5
Total	8.0	7	5	4	2	2	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
D. Hudson (L, 2-8)	6.2
N. Mears	1.1
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
C. Paddack (W, 5-3)	6.1	6	0	6	4.79	1.37	26.0
S. Okert (H, 4)	0.2	0	0	0	2.57	1.19	2.0
G. Jax (H, 12)	1.0	0	0	3	2.22	0.88	4.5
D. Castillo	1.0	0	1	1	2.57	1.71	2.5
Total	9.0	6	1	10	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
C. Paddack (W, 5-3)	6.1
S. Okert (H, 4)	0.2
G. Jax (H, 12)	1.0
D. Castillo	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - D. Hudson 75-48, N. Mears 29-20
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - D. Hudson 11-5, N. Mears 1-5
Batters Faced - D. Hudson 25, N. Mears 7

Pitches-Strikes - C. Paddack 93-61, S. Okert 10-7, G. Jax 15-11, D. Castillo 21-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - C. Paddack 5-6, S. Okert 1-0, D. Castillo 0-2
Batters Faced - C. Paddack 23, S. Okert 2, G. Jax 3, D. Castillo 4

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

3RD INNING
Vazquez hit sacrifice fly to right, Margot scored 0 1
4TH INNING
Correa doubled to deep right center, Lewis scored 0 2
8TH INNING
Larnach hit sacrifice fly to center, Vazquez scored, Castro to second 0 3
Lewis homered to left center, Castro scored 0 5

3RD INNING
	Vazquez hit sacrifice fly to right, Margot scored	0	1

4TH INNING
	Correa doubled to deep right center, Lewis scored	0	2

8TH INNING
	Larnach hit sacrifice fly to center, Vazquez scored, Castro to second	0	3
	Lewis homered to left center, Castro scored	0	5

1ST INNING
Rockies
C. Paddack Pitching:
C. Blackmon: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Blackmon singled to center
E. Tovar: Ball, Strike looking, Tovar reached on bunt single to pitcher, Blackmon to second
E. Diaz: Ball, Diaz grounded into double play third to second to first, Blackmon to third, Tovar out at second
R. McMahon: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, McMahon struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
Jacob Stallings catching
W. Castro: Strike looking, Castro grounded out to second
T. Larnach: Strike looking, Strike looking, Larnach grounded out to second
R. Lewis: Strike swinging, Ball, Lewis grounded out to shortstop
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Rockies
C. Paddack Pitching:
B. Doyle: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Doyle struck out swinging
M. Toglia: Foul, Toglia lined out to shortstop
J. Cave: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Cave singled to center
H. Goodman: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Goodman popped out to first
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
D. Hudson Pitching:
M. Kepler: Ball, Foul, Kepler fouled out to third
C. Correa: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Correa popped out to first
C. Santana: Santana grounded out to first
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Rockies
C. Paddack Pitching:
A. Amador: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Amador flied out to left
C. Blackmon: Ball, Blackmon singled to right center
E. Tovar: Tovar flied out to center
J. Stallings: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Stallings struck out looking
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error)
Twins
D. Hudson Pitching:
A. Kirilloff: Foul, Foul, Kirilloff grounded out to first
M. Margot: Ball, Margot doubled to deep right, Margot to third on left fielder Goodman fielding error
C. Vazquez: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Vazquez hit sacrifice fly to right, Margot scored
W. Castro: Ball, Castro grounded out to first
End of the 3rd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Rockies
C. Paddack Pitching:
R. McMahon: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, McMahon struck out swinging
B. Doyle: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Doyle struck out looking
M. Toglia: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Toglia singled to right
J. Cave: Cave flied out to deep center
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
D. Hudson Pitching:
T. Larnach: Larnach singled to left
R. Lewis: Lewis reached on fielder's choice to pitcher, Larnach out at second
M. Kepler: Kepler grounded out to first, Lewis to second
C. Correa: Strike looking, Strike (foul tip), Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Correa doubled to deep right center, Lewis scored
C. Santana: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Santana struck out swinging
End of the 4th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Rockies
C. Paddack Pitching:
H. Goodman: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Goodman flied out to deep right
A. Amador: Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Amador struck out swinging
C. Blackmon: Ball, Blackmon popped out to third
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
D. Hudson Pitching:
A. Kirilloff: Ball, Kirilloff flied out to left
M. Margot: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Margot walked
C. Vazquez: Strike looking, Foul, Vazquez grounded into double play pitcher to second to first, Margot out at second
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Rockies
C. Paddack Pitching:
E. Tovar: Ball, Tovar flied out to center
J. Stallings: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Stallings singled to right
R. McMahon: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, McMahon grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Stallings out at second
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Twins
D. Hudson Pitching:
W. Castro: Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Castro lined out to left
T. Larnach: Strike swinging, Ball, Larnach grounded out to first
R. Lewis: Strike looking, Lewis flied out to center
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Rockies
C. Paddack Pitching:
B. Doyle: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Doyle flied out to deep center
Steven Okert relieved Chris Paddack
M. Toglia: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Toglia grounded out to shortstop
Elehuris Montero hit for Jake Cave
E. Montero: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Montero popped out to second
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
Michael Toglia in right field
Elehuris Montero at first base
Hunter Goodman in left field
M. Kepler: Kepler flied out to left
C. Correa: Ball, Strike looking, Correa singled to center
C. Santana: Santana grounded out to first, Correa to second
A. Kirilloff: Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Kirilloff walked
Nick Mears relieved Dakota Hudson
M. Margot: Strike swinging, Foul, Margot flied out to deep right
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Rockies
Griffin Jax relieved Steven Okert
H. Goodman: Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Goodman struck out swinging
A. Amador: Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Amador struck out swinging
C. Blackmon: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Blackmon struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Twins
N. Mears Pitching:
C. Vazquez: Ball, Foul, Foul, Vazquez doubled to deep right
W. Castro: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Castro singled to shallow left, Vazquez to third
T. Larnach: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Larnach hit sacrifice fly to center, Vazquez scored, Castro to second
R. Lewis: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Lewis homered to left center, Castro scored
M. Kepler: Kepler flied out to center
C. Correa: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Correa struck out swinging
End of the 8th (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Rockies
Diego Castillo relieved Griffin Jax
E. Tovar: Ball, Foul, Tovar flied out to deep right
J. Stallings: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Stallings walked
R. McMahon: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, McMahon flied out to left
B. Doyle: Ball, Stallings to second on fielder's indifference, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul tip, Doyle struck out on foul tip
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)