Josh Naylor went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 7-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
Julio Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with three doubles and two RBIs for Seattle, which evened the three-game series at one win apiece with the rubber match set for Wednesday. Cole Young finished 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Byron Buxton went 2-for-5 with a solo home run to lead Minnesota. Buxton also swiped his first base of the season.
Mariners right-hander Eduard Bazardo (2-1) got the victory with one scoreless inning of relief. He was one of four relievers to follow starter Logan Gilbert, who allowed one run on six hits in five innings.
Twins right-hander Joe Ryan (2-3) allowed two runs on six hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out six.
The Twins opened the scoring in the bottom of the fifth.
Buxton led off with a 389-foot solo shot to left field. It marked his seventh home run of the season, his second in the past two days and his fourth in the past seven games.
The Mariners responded quickly to make it 1-all in the top of the sixth.
Rodriguez started the comeback with a two-out double to left. Four pitches later, Naylor ripped an RBI single to even the score.
Seattle took a 2-1 lead in the seventh and chased Ryan from the game.
Randy Arozarena hit a leadoff double to center, which marked Ryan’s final hitter. Left-hander Kody Funderburk entered the game and retired the next two batters, but Arozarena advanced to third. Young singled to left in the next at-bat to make it 2-1.
Naylor padded the Mariners’ lead to 5-1 with a three-run homer in the eighth. His 390-foot blast to right also scored J.P. Crawford and Rodriguez.
Rodriguez capped the scoring with a two-run double to left in the ninth.
