Minnesota Twins vs Philadelphia Phillies Box Score on Apr 06, 2019

Eddie Rosario hit a three-run homer and Michael Pineda picked up his first victory in 21 months as the visiting Minnesota Twins defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 6-2, on Saturday afternoon.

Pineda, making his second start since undergoing Tommy John surgery in July 2017, allowed two runs on four hits over five innings in picking up his first victory since June 30, 2017, as a member of the New York Yankees. He walked one and struck out five, leaving after throwing 80 pitches, 51 of which were strikes.

Max Kepler had two hits, including a home run, and Willians Astudillo also homered for the Twins.

Rhys Hoskins homered and Bryce Harper had two hits for Philadelphia, which had its streak of six straight games of scoring five or more runs snapped. Jake Arrieta (1-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits and three walks over seven innings. He struck out one.

Minnesota took a 3-0 lead in the third inning. Byron Buxton singled with one out, extended his consecutive stolen base streak to 31 with a swipe of second, advanced to third on a groundout by Pineda and then scored on a wild pitch. Kepler then drilled his second homer of the season 425 feet into the front row of the second deck in right-center. Astudillo followed two pitches later with his first home run of the season, a 394-foot drive to left.

Hoskins made it 3-1 in the fourth when he lined his second home run of the season into the bleachers in left.

The Phillies loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth on a single by Jean Segura, a hustle double to right-center by Harper and an intentional walk to Hoskins. Odubel Herrera then drove in Segura with a sacrifice fly to make it 3-2. Cesar Hernandez then flew out to center and Buxton gunned down Harper at the plate to end the threat.

The Phillies loaded the bases again with two outs in the eighth. Harper reached base with a dribbler off the glove of reliever Taylor Rogers, Hoskins followed with a walk and Herrera then bounced an infield single about 30 feet up the third base line. But Rogers got out of the jam by getting Hernandez to ground out to first.

Rosario belted a three-run, pinch-hit homer high off the right field foul pole off reliever Seranthony Dominguez in the ninth, driving in Jonathan Schoop, who had walked to open the inning, and Ehire Adrianza, who was hit by a pitch trying to sacrifice.

--Field Level Media