SEATTLE -- Paul Molitor wanted to mix things up on Saturday night, so he put some fresh faces in the lineup, changed some things around, and watched with satisfaction as his Minnesota Twins responded with eight runs against the Mariners and an 8-5 victory to even the three-game series at 1-1 going into Sunday.
For example, he started Eduardo Escobar at shortstop in place of struggling Danny Santana and watched Escobar hit a solo home run off Seattle starter James Paxton. He watched Shane Robinson hit safely in the fifth of his last six games and up his batting average to .