MINNEAPOLIS — Chris Paddack took a three-hitter into the eighth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory.
Matt Chapman homered with two outs in the seventh to spoil the shutout bid for Paddack (1-3), who had six strikeouts without a walk in his first win since last June 10.
The lanky, long-haired right-hander was pulled with one runner on and one out in the eighth, his second-longest start in four injury-limited seasons with the Twins. Paddack had a perfect game going until a sharp two-out single in the sixth inning by rookie Christian Koss.
Byron Buxton, who reached base three times, hit the first pitch from Giants starter Jordan Hicks (1-4) off the wall in right-center field for a triple and scored on a single by Trevor Larnach.
Hicks went six innings for his longest appearance since his first start of the season on March 31. The right-hander allowed a two-out RBI single to Carlos Correa in the fourth and another run in the fifth when he hit one batter and uncorked a wild pitch.
The Twins (19-20) matched their longest winning streak since six straight from last June 12-18.
The Giants (24-15) were a season-best 10 games above .500 entering the series.
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