It was a tale of two starters on Saturday evening for the Minnesota Twins.

With six starters and five rotation spots, the Twins opted to piggyback Taj Bradley and Mick Abel, both of whom were acquired in trades at the deadline. The results could not have differed more.

Bradley was dominant in his five innings, giving up just one hit, touching 98.9 mph and getting 14 whiffs, including at least three on four different pitch types. Abel followed and needed 39 pitches to get through his first inning of work and departed after four straight hits to begin his second.

Those hits marked the beginning of a seven-run inning for the San Diego Padres in which they broke open what had been a tied game on their way to a 12-3 victory over the Twins at Target Field on Saturday night.

Abel, who gave up

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