BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Taj Bradley pitched seven innings of six-hit ball, striking out six, to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon at Target Field. Andrew Morris earned the save with two scoreless innings.

The Angels struck first with a run in the second inning, but the Twins answered with three in the third. Trevor Larnach singled in a run and Ryan Jeffers doubled in two more to put Minnesota ahead 3-1. Los Angeles cut the lead to 3-2 in the seventh on a solo home run by Denzer Guzman, but Minnesota added an insurance run in the eighth on a run-scoring hit by Jeffers.

José Soriano took the loss, allowing three earned runs over five innings. Chase Silseth threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings with four strikeouts for the Angels, who managed seven hits. Larnach went 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs.

The win improved the Twins to 48-49, while the Angels fell to 38-59. Attendance was 20,509, and the game lasted 2 hours, 29 minutes.