ANAHEIM, California — Bailey Ober took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, Carlos Santana homered and the Minnesota Twins extended their winning streak to five games by beating the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Friday.
Santana drove in two runs, while Byron Buxton, Ryan Jeffers and Willi Castro each had an RBI to help the Twins win the first game of the three-way series and the start of a 6-game road series.
Ober (2-1) allowed two runs and three hits in 7 1/3 innings, with eight strikeouts to continue his recent dominance after allowing eight runs and nine hits in 1 1&3 innings in his season debut against Kansas City. This is his fourth start since then and he has a 1.47 ERA in 24 1/3 innings in which he has allowed just 11 hits.
Left-hander Caleb Thielbar had the final out for his first save of the season and second of his career.
For the Twins, the Dominicans Manuel Margot 3-0, Carlos Santana 4-2 with one run scored and two RBIs. The Puerto Ricans José Miranda 4-2 with one run scored, Christian Vázquez 4-1, Willi Castro 4-3 with two runs scored and one RBI.
For the Angels, Venezuelan Miguel Sanó 2-0, his compatriot Ehire Adrianza 2-0 and Luis Rengifo 3-1 with one run scored.
, Santana (HR) led Twins’ victory over Angels){kind=link}