Brian Duensing struck out six in eight innings and Jason Kubel hit a three-run homer to get the Minnesota Twins rolling in a 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Duensing (7-1) allowed one run on seven hits to improve to 4-0
since moving into the starting rotation on July 23. His ERA dropped
to 1.92 as the Twins bounced back from an 11-0 loss to the White
Sox on Thursday night.
Dan Haren (1-4) got knocked around in his sixth start for the
Angels. He gave up seven runs on 11 hits in seven innings with
three strikeouts.
Howie Kendrick had three hits for the Angels (61-62), who fell
back below .500 and are 6-18 in their last 24 road games.