MINNEAPOLIS (Interstat) — Kody Clemens homered and drove in five runs, Byron Buxton added a two-run homer and Connor Prielipp earned his first big league win as the Minnesota Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 11-4 on Monday night at Target Field.

Prielipp entered the season rated as the Twins’ prospect by MLB.com. Called up from Triple-A St. Paul last week, the 25-year-old left-hander made his major league debut Wednesday against the Mets and returned to the mound Monday to face the Mariners. He allowed two runs on one hit with three walks and five strikeouts over five innings, improving to 1-0 on the season.

Clemens, starting at first base, went 2 for 5 with a home run and five RBIs, giving him his most productive game of the young season after a slump that saw him collect just one hit in his previous four games. Ryan Jeffers had two hits and two RBIs, and Luke Keaschall also drove in a run for Minnesota.

Seattle’s Luis Castillo took the loss, falling to 0-2. He gave up eight runs on seven hits and four walks with four strikeouts over five innings. Cal Raleigh hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning for the Mariners.

The Twins struck first in the second inning against Castillo. With two outs, Josh Bell singled and advanced on a double by Keaschall that scored Bell. Keaschall’s double was initially reviewed on a tag play at the plate, but the call was upheld. Matt Wallner was hit by a pitch and Tristan Gray walked to load the bases, but Buxton popped out to end the inning with Minnesota leading 1-0.

Minnesota broke the game open in the third inning. Trevor Larnach tripled to right-center field — the ball was deflected by center fielder Julio Rodríguez — and Bell walked. Jeffers singled to right, scoring Larnach and moving Bell to second. Clemens then crushed a 3-1 pitch over the right-field wall for a three-run homer, his third of the season, extending the lead to 5-0. The Twins sent eight batters to the plate in the inning.

Buxton added to the lead in the fourth inning. Gray led off with a single, and Buxton followed by launching a 1-1 pitch over the left-field wall for his sixth home run of the year, making it 7-0.

Seattle finally got on the board in the fifth inning. Randy Arozarena walked, J.P. Crawford walked, and Mitch Garver singled to left, scoring Arozarena. Cole Young then hit a sacrifice fly to third base, scoring Crawford and cutting the deficit to 7-2. But Prielipp worked out of further trouble, striking out Leo Rivas and Rob Refsnyder to end the inning.

Minnesota answered in the sixth. Gray singled, Buxton walked and Brooks Lee reached on a fielder’s choice that forced out Buxton, putting runners at the corners. Larnach singled to second base, scoring Gray for an 8-2 lead.

The Mariners mounted a brief rally in the eighth inning. Refsnyder singled, and Raleigh hit a two-run homer to right-center field, his seventh of the season, pulling Seattle within 8-4. Josh Naylor walked, and Arozarena singled before being thrown out at second base on an impressive throw from right fielder Matt Wallner to shortstop Brooks Lee, ending the inning.

Minnesota responded emphatically in the bottom of the eighth. Buxton struck out, but Lee walked and Larnach walked. Bell lined out to right field. Jeffers then singled to center, scoring Lee for a 9-4 lead, and Clemens followed with a two-run single to center, scoring James Outman — who had entered as a pinch-runner for Larnach — and Jeffers to push the lead to 11-4. Keaschall walked, but Wallner grounded out to end the inning.

Twins relievers Andrew Morris, Taylor Rogers and others closed out the game. Morris pitched three innings, allowing two runs on four hits with two strikeouts. Rogers threw a scoreless ninth inning, striking out one.

The game lasted 2 hours, 45 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 14,160 at Target Field in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Seattle fell to 14-16 on the season. The Mariners had won their previous three games against the St. Louis Cardinals, part of a stretch in which they had taken five of their last six before Monday’s loss. Seattle’s offense managed only five hits, with Raleigh providing the only extra-base hit.

Minnesota improved to 13-16. The Twins had lost four of their previous five games, including three straight to the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak.

Clemens’ performance was the highlight for Minnesota. Entering the game in a 1-for-12 slide over his previous four contests, he delivered the decisive blow with his three-run homer in the third and added two more RBIs with his eighth-inning single. Buxton’s homer was his team-leading sixth of the season. Jeffers has now driven in 13 runs on the season.

For Seattle, Raleigh’s home run was his seventh of the year. Garver had an RBI single, and Young drove in a run via sacrifice fly. The Mariners’ bullpen, which had been solid in recent games, allowed three runs in the eighth inning, with Cole Wilcox giving up a run on three hits in 1⅓ innings.

Both teams continue their series Tuesday at Target Field. Seattle wraps up the four-game set Wednesday before returning home for a 10-game homestand. Minnesota hosts the Mariners through Wednesday, then welcomes the Toronto Blue Jays for a four-game series starting Thursday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Seattle Mariners 4, Minnesota Twins 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Seattle with a 59.00 percent probability to win. Seattle had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 15 went under the over/under line of 8.5.