BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Josh Naylor drove in four runs with a three-hit night, including a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning, and the Seattle Mariners defeated the Minnesota Twins 7-1 on Tuesday night at Target Field.

Naylor went 3 for 5 with a home run and four RBIs, lifting Seattle to a 15-16 record and snapping a two-game losing streak. The Mariners had lost the series opener to Minnesota 11-4 on Monday. Julio Rodriguez matched Naylor with three hits, driving in two runs and doubling three times.

Seattle starter Logan Gilbert allowed one run on six hits over five innings, striking out four. The Mariners bullpen of Gabe Speier, Matt Brash, Eduard Bazardo and Cooper Criswell combined for four scoreless innings, allowing just one hit.

Minnesota fell to 13-17 and lost for the fourth time in five games. Twins starter Joe Ryan took the loss despite a solid outing, giving up two runs on six hits with six strikeouts over six innings. Byron Buxton homered for the Twins, his seventh of the season.

The game remained scoreless through four innings as Ryan and Gilbert traded zeroes. Minnesota broke through in the fifth when Buxton led off with a home run to left field. Trevor Larnach followed with a double, but Gilbert stranded him by retiring the next three batters.

Seattle answered in the sixth. Rodriguez led off with a double and scored on Naylor’s single to left, tying the game 1-1. Naylor was thrown out trying to steal second to end the inning.

The Mariners took the lead in the seventh. Randy Arozarena led off with a double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Cole Young’s single to left, making it 2-1.

The game’s decisive moment came in the eighth. J.P. Crawford walked to lead off, and after a flyout, Rodriguez doubled to center field, putting runners at second and third. Naylor then launched a 1-2 pitch from reliever Kody Funderburk over the right-field wall for his fourth home run of the season, extending the Seattle lead to 5-1.

Arozarena followed with a triple but was left stranded.

Seattle added two more runs in the ninth. Young singled, Leo Rivas was hit by a pitch, and after two outs, Rodriguez doubled to left, scoring both runners for a 7-1 lead.

Minnesota went down in order in the ninth against Criswell. Buxton struck out swinging to end the game.

Bazardo earned the win, pitching a scoreless seventh inning with one hit allowed. Ryan took the loss, his third of the season.

For Minnesota, Buxton finished 2 for 5 with the homer. Royce Lewis singled and walked, and Austin Martin had two hits.

The Mariners outhit the Twins 12-7. Seattle pitchers combined for 12 strikes, 40 balls and 12 balls in play, while Minnesota pitchers threw 16 strikes, 41 balls and 16 balls in play.

Seattle’s attack was balanced beyond Naylor and Rodriguez. Young had two hits and scored twice. Arozarena doubled and tripled. The Mariners did not commit an error.

The Twins had chances early, putting runners on base in the third and fourth innings but could not score. In the third, Lewis and Buxton singled with one out, but Larnach flied out and Martin grounded out. In the fourth, Josh Bell singled and Kody Clemens reached on a fielder’s choice with an error by second baseman Young, putting two on with one out. But Victor Caratini flied out, Luke Keaschall walked to load the bases, and Tristan Gray struck out to end the threat.

Gilbert worked out of the jam, and Seattle’s bullpen silenced the Twins the rest of the way. Brash struck out two in a perfect eighth inning, and Speier and Criswell each threw a scoreless frame.

The game lasted 2 hours, 48 minutes in front of an announced crowd of 17,821.

Naylor’s recent performances had been inconsistent. He was 0 for 3 in Monday’s loss to the Twins but had hit safely in three of his previous four games, including a home run and an RBI on April 24 at St. Louis.

The Mariners continue their series against the Twins on Wednesday before returning home to face the Kansas City Royals on Friday. The Twins host the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 5-3 Seattle victory. The ELO system gave the Mariners a 57.60 percent probability to win. Seattle was a pregame favorite at minus-1.5 on the run line. The total of eight runs went under the over-under line of 7.5.