Carlos Correa's bomb lifts Twins over Padres
Carlos Correa hit a two-run bomb and the Minnesota Twins snapped a three-game losing streak with a 7-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday evening.
The Padres got on the board first with a Manny Machado home run in the third inning but Byron Buxton answered, launching his 26th bomb of the year in the fourth inning to tie the game.
The #BuckTruck is rolling: 🚚🚚🚚
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 31, 2022
Home runs in 3-of-Buxton's-4 games since the All-Star Break. pic.twitter.com/AWzaNFt1mP
The Twins took the lead on a Gilberto Celestino RBI single in the fifth and rode Sonny Gray's five innings of one-run ball to take the lead into the eighth. Once the Twins got there, Correa delivered some insurance, launching a 414-foot blast to give Minnesota a 4-1 lead.
The C4 insurance plan. #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/L3FeDXLd1x
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) July 31, 2022
Correa's bomb set the tone for a five-run eighth inning and despite a three-run homer by Jurickson Profar in the ninth, Tyler Duffey was able to close out the victory.
Minnesota will wrap up its three-game set in San Diego when Dylan Bundy takes the mound against Sean Manaea on Sunday afternoon.
