San Diego Padres at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

San Diego Padres

76-61, 33-39 Away

Final
2 - 7

Minnesota Twins

62-74, 35-32 Home

Buxton sets career high for homers and Ryan throws 7 shutout innings as Twins beat Padres 7-2

San Diego Padres vs. Minnesota Twins: Game Highlights

Buxton and Royce Lewis each had two hits for the Twins, who took two of three games in the series. San Diego dropped two games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West.

Ryan (13-7) scattered five hits and struck out eight. He threw a season-high 104 pitches while bouncing back from a pair of rough outings.

The All-Star right-hander allowed 11 earned runs in nine innings over his previous two starts.

San Diego dropped to 2-5 in its past seven games. Freddy Fermin and Bryce Johnson had RBI in the ninth.

Buxton sent a changeup from Kyle Hart (3-3) three rows deep into the left-field seats for a two-run shot that gave Minnesota a 2-0 lead in the third. It was his fourth homer in four games, surpassing his previous season best of 28 home runs in 2022.

Recalled from Triple-A El Paso earlier in the day, Hart permitted three runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief as the Padres went with a bullpen game. He hit Luke Keaschall with a pitch to start the Minnesota fourth, and he scored on a single by James Outman.

Keaschall and Lewis had RBI singles in a three-run fifth to make it 6-0.

Key moment Down 2-0, San Diego had runners on first and second with no outs in the fourth, but Ryan struck out Ramón Laureano and Gavin Sheets before Jake Cronenworth flied out.

Key stat The Twins won their first series since Aug. 8-10 against Kansas City. Minnesota is 5-12 since then.

Up next Padres: RHP Dylan Cease (6-11, 4.82 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday’s home game against Baltimore. RHP Kyle Bradish (0-1, 3.00) is the scheduled Orioles starter.

Twins: RHP Bailey Ober (4-7, 5.14 ERA) faces White Sox RHP Aaron Civale (3-9, 5.26) on Monday in the opener of a four-game series at home.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Arraez flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Johnson to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Johnson singled to right, Fermin scored.
	9th Inning	Fermin doubled to left, McCoy scored.
	9th Inning	Iglesias grounded into double play, third to first, McCoy to second, Sheets out at third.
	9th Inning	McCoy hit by pitch, Sheets to second.

Statistics

SD		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
12	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	10
2	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
35	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
141	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	12
38	Plate Appearances	38
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
2.9	Runs Created	5.1
.229	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.314	Slugging Percentage	.387
.143	Secondary Average	.258
.289	On Base Percentage	.368
.604	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.756
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
2.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.7
22.0	Batter Rating	41.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.71	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.97
.086	Isolated Power	.129
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.105
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
4.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
73.8	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0