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Prielipp makes like ace

Starter tossed seven two-hit innings in shutout

Twins starter Connor Prielipp shut out the Los Angeles Angels over his seven innings on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif. William Liang — Associated Press

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Connor Prielipp allowed two hits in a season-high seven innings, and fellow rookie Walker Jenkins homered to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

Prielipp (6-7) struck out eight and walked two in his 21st start, throwing 60 of 92 pitches for strikes to help the Twins (72-82) even the four-game series at one apiece. The left-hander is 3-0 in four September starts.

Tommy Nance escaped a jam in the eighth, and Travis Adams retired the side in order in the ninth for his third save.

Ryan Jeffers had a sacrifice fly off Grayson Rodriguez (4-8), and Josh Bell singled in a run to give the Twins a 2-0 lead in the first.

Jenkins homered for the second night in a row and the third in his first 52 MLB at-bats to make it 3-0 in the seventh.

The center fielder had three of Minnesota’s nine hits.

The Angels loaded the bases with nobody out in the eighth against Nance but came up empty. The right-hander struck out Mike Trout and pinch-hitter Josh Lowe — both swinging — before retiring Vaughn Grissom on a flyout to left field.

Rodriguez permitted three runs on eight hits over 6 2/3 innings. Sammy Peralta retired four of the five batters he faced, and rookie Luke Murphy pitched a scoreless ninth.

The Angels (59-95) won Thursday’s series opener 5-4 on Wade Meckler’s walk-off single in the 10th.

Buxton surgery

Almost three weeks after being placed on the injured list for the third time this season for a hip injury, the Twins announced Byron Buxton underwent a successful arthroscopic surgery on Friday morning.

Dr. Christopher Larson performed a labral repair with decompression and a cam resection procedure on Buxton’s right hip, and the Twins said he was resting comfortably Friday night. When talking about the surgery a week ago, Buxton expressed optimism that he would be ready to go for the 2027 season.

Between the three stints on the injured list, Buxton played in just 18 games after the all-star break, the last coming on Aug. 25 when he aggravated the hip trying to bend down to field a ball in the outfield.

Briefly

Fellow outfielder Trevor Larnach joined Buxton on the injured list ahead of Friday night’s game in Anaheim with a left wrist sprain. The Twins recalled Alan Roden from Triple-A to take his spot on the roster.