MINNEAPOLIS — Editor's note: The video above first aired on KARE 11 April 8, 2022.
Byron Buxton and Luis Arraez each had three hits and Dylan Bundy earned his first win in a Twins uniform as Minnesota won its series finale against the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Monday night.
The Twins, who hit six home runs Sunday, entered the day leading the majors with nine homers. Minnesota didn’t go deep Monday for the first time all season but scored enough runs anyway as it split the four-game series with the Mariners.
After Jorge Polanco doubled in Buxton for the game’s first run in the first inning, the Twins scored on three straight singles in the fifth. Arraez, Polanco and Gio Urshela all picked up RBI singles as Minnesota built a 4-0 lead.
That was enough run support for Bundy, who tossed five scoreless innings to win his Twins debut. The right-hander allowed just one hit, a two-out double in the second. He struck out two and walked one.
Bundy (1-0) posted a career-worst 6.06 ERA in 23 games last year with the Angels, but the Twins signed the veteran this offseason with the hopes he could bounce back to bolster Minnesota’s starting rotation.
Chris Flexen (0-1) took the loss in his season debut. The righty allowed three runs on five hits and was lifted after 4 1/3 innings. Flexen is coming off a 14-win season in his first year with Seattle in 2021 after spending the 2020 season pitching in Korea.
Two of Buxton's three hits were doubles. He scored two runs and also got his first stolen base of the season in the sixth inning.
Seattle had just two runners reach third base all game. Julio Rodríguez was stranded on third in the third, and the Mariners couldn’t drive in Cal Reigh from third in the eighth against reliever Joe Smith.
The Twins continue their home stand with a 2-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tuesday's game has a scheduled first pitch of 6:40 p.m. as new Twins pitcher Chris Archer (0-0) takes on the Dodgers' Dodgers: Andrew Heaney (0-0).
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