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- Updated: August 4, 2016
CLEVELAND — Though new Twins left-hander Hector Santiago is a clear upgrade over Ricky Nolasco based on their ERAs — both in recent seasons and throughout their careers — Santiago has always been plagued by two issues: walks and home runs.
Those issues popped up again in his Minnesota debut, as Santiago, who was acquired on Monday in a four-player trade that sent Nolasco to the Angels, was hurt by a pair of walks and two homers in a 9-2 loss to the Indians on Thursday at Progressive Field.
Santiago is 10-5 with a 4.37 ERA this season with 111 strikeouts in 125 2/3 innings, but he leads the American League in walks (59) and homers allowed (22). He went five innings against the Indians, allowing four runs on five hits, with all four of those runs coming on two swings of the bat from Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana.
“I made two bad pitches all-around,” Santiago said. “They were two cutters that stayed in the middle. That’s it.”
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