Today
● Who: D'backs vs. Minnesota
● Where: Bank One Ballpark, Phoenix
● When: 1:30 p.m.
● TV: Ch 58
● Radio: KFFN (1490-AM)
Key play
Rookie Twins catcher Joe Mauer hit a two-run homer with no outs in the top of the third inning to put Arizona down 5-0.
At the plate
No D'back managed more than one hit. ... Steve Finley went 0 for 4 to drop below .300 on the season. Danny Bautista is now the only regular Arizona starter batting above .300. ... Luis Gonzalez hit his 15th home run, a solo shot off Twins starter Terry Mulholland, in the fourth inning to put the Diamondbacks on the board. ... Minnesota's Doug Mientkiewicz bruised Arizona for the second night by hitting a home run, knocking in three runs and scoring one. ... Arizona had more strikeouts (eight) than hits.
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On the mound
Andrew Good only made it through 2 2/3 innings. He gave up back-to-back home runs to Mientkiewicz and Luis Rivas in the second, and a solo shot to Mauer in the third. Good allowed six hits and six runs and walked two batters. ... Terry Mulholland wasn't much better for the Twins, allowing four runs and four hits through five innings, but he still got his first win of the season.
Line of the day
Mientkiewicz: 4 1 2 3, HR, 2B
