WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- — Tyler Soderstrom hit a grand slam and a two-run homer, Max Muncy hit a three-run shot in the first inning, and the Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 14-3 on Thursday to snap a nine-game losing streak. Brent Rooker had three hits, three RBI and scored three runs for the Athletics.

Whenever you get a little bit of sunshine, it’s nice to get out there,” Ty France said, prior to Saturday’s game versus Toronto.

Outside of a homer by Matt Wallner and RBI hits from Ty France and Brooks Lee, there wasn't anything positive to come from Thursday's matinee in West Sacramento as the Oakland A's pummeled the Minnesota Twins 14-3.

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The A’s will be going with the opener strategy again for the second straight evening. Right-hander Justin Sterner will get the call to start this game for the Green & Gold and he’ll try to get his squad out to a good start.

BOTTOM LINE: The Minnesota Twins will try to keep a three-game road win streak alive when they play the Athletics. The Athletics have a 23-40 record overall and a 9-22 record at home. The Athletics have the third-ranked team batting average in the AL at .253.

The Minnesota Twins enter Wednesday night's game against the Athletics with a 33-27 record that ranks second in the American League Central division. Six games back of the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota owns a half-game lead over the Cleveland Guardians who won the division last season.

López appears headed for the 15-day IL. Before leaving Tuesday's game he improved to 5-3 after allowing two earned runs against the A's.

The post Twins’ Pablo Lopez exits Athletics game with apparent injury appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Minnesota Twins are caught up in a late-night affair with the Athletics on Tuesday night, and they have now fallen on hard times despite holding onto 9-3 lead late in the contest.

Byron Buxton matched his career high with five RBIs and the Minnesota Twins extended the Athletics’ losing streak to seven games with a 10-4 victory.