MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Elías Díaz homered twice and the San Diego Padres beat the Minnesota Twins 12-3 on Saturday night.

Ramón Laureano also homered for San Diego, which scored 11 runs against Minnesota relievers.

Manny Machado had two hits to top 1,000 with the Padres. He had an RBI single in the Padres' seven-run seventh inning that gave the Padres a 10-3 lead.

Byron Buxton homered and James Outman and Trevor Larnach each had two hits for the Twins.

Reliever Adrian Morejon (11-4) pitched a scoreless sixth inning to pick up the win for the Padres, who began the day two games behind the first-place Dodgers in the AL West and two games behind the Cubs for the top NL wild-card spot.

Twins starter Taj Bradley allowed just one run and one hit over five innings, and Buxton's two-run homer off

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