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Santana spins shutout, helps own cause

Santana, who fouled out on a sacrifice-bunt attempt in his initial plate appearance in the third inning, helped himself by clearing the bases one inning later with his two-out fly ball to the right-center-field gap that Denard Span couldn't quite reach. Santana equaled his career RBI total (three) while connecting with the first pitch from Giants starter Matt Moore (2-7), who lasted six innings and allowed all four Twins runs.

Santana's bases-clearing double
Ervin Santana drops a double into right-center field that scores three runs, extending the Twins' lead to 4-0 in the top of the 4th inning

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Two-out trouble: Moore's walk to Jason Castro set up Santana's big hit.