Twins Pitching shuts down Bucs

Four shut-out innings from Martin Perez and the Minnesota were well on their way to a 10-1 bouncing of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Perez picked up the win to go to 1-0 on the spring

The Twins got to Pittsburgh starter Clayton Holmes and the big blow was a three-run homer by LaMonte Wade in the second inning. Holmes, the loser, gave up 3 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits on three innings of work.

Minnesota pitching was stellar, while Perez got the win going three scoreless innings, walking one and striking out three, the bullpen of Trevor Hildenberger, Fernando Romero and Chase DeLong combined for five innings, one run and one hit.