Minnesota Twins Daily Clips Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Correia holds off Angels as Twins hitters feast. StarTribune.com (Neal) pg. 1 Arcia sent down after making big-league debut. StarTribuen.com (Neal) pg. 2 Three Twins postgame thoughts from LEN3: Correia, Hicks, Arcia and BONUS Mauer. StarTribune.com (Neal) pg. 3 Angels’ pitching problems show up in loss to Twins. StarTribune.com (Campbell-AP) pg. 4 Minnesota Twins’ Josh Willingham: Aaron Hicks ‘knows we’re behind him.’ PioneerPress.com (Berardino) pg. 5 Jackie Robinson Day: Everyone wears ‘42’ today. PioneerPress.com (AP) pg. 6 Minnesota Twins recall outfielder Oswaldo Arcia. PioneerPress.com (Staff Reporter) pg. 7 Twins, Timberwolves, Wild open with moments of silence for Boston Marathon bombing victims. PioneerPress.com (Berardino) pg. 7 Twins 8, Angels 2: Kevin Correia helps Minnesota end five-game skid. PioneerPress.com (Berardino) pg. 8 Minnesota Twins’ Oswaldo Arcia makes brief stay a memorable one. PioneerPress.com (Berardino) pg. 9 Fans, players react to news of Boston explosions. MLB.com (Miller) pg. 10 Joe Mauer homers, picks up four hits as Twins rip Angels. ESPN.com (AP) pg. 12 Wearing No. 42 with pride, MLB honors Jackie. Twinsbaseball.com (Cassavell) pg. 13 Mired in slow start, Hicks gets break from lineup. Twinsbaseball.com (Bollinger) pg. 15 Twins hold Jackie Robinson Day pregame celebrations. Twinsbaseball.com (Bolllinger) pg. 15 Arcia sent back to Triple-A after Major League debut. Twinsbaseball.com (Bollinger) pg. 15 Longtime skippers Sciscia, Gardenhire battle on. MLB.com (Boor) pg. 16 Twins roll behind strong nights from Correia, Mauer. MLB.com (Bollinger) pg. 17 Oswaldo Arcia singles, commits error, gets demoted all in one day. 1500ESPN.com (Warne) pg. 18 Morneau honored to be in Robinson biopic ’42.’ Foxsportsnorth.com (Mason) pg. 18 Answer Man: Glen Perkins talks Minnesota, sabermetrics, bullpen cars, fishing, deer urine and famous acquaintances. Yahoo! (Brown) pg. 19 Rochester Red Wings fall to 2-9 for worst start since at least 1966. DemocratandChronicle.com (Mandelaro) pg. 24 Correia holds off Angels as Twins hitters feast La Velle E. Neal III / StarTribune.com – 4/16/13 Righthander Kevin Correia signed a two-year, $10 million deal with the Twins in December, and the move was met by many with a collective “meh.” He doesn’t miss bats. He has a losing career record. And he just wasn’t one of the sexy names out on the free-agent market during the offseason. But three starts into his first season with the Twins, and in the American League, he has been the most reliable player on the roster. He led the Twins to a 8-2 victory over the Angels on Monday to open a three-game series at Target Field. He shook off solo home runs by Peter Bourjos and Brendan Harris and handled the more dangerous names in the Los Angeles lineup to help end the Twins five-game losing streak. ~ 1 ~ Bourjos, whose first career homer was against the Twins in 2010, started things off by hitting a 2-2 pitch from Correia 413 feet to left to open the scoring. It could have been the start of short night at the park. “Who you got next? You’ve got [Mike] Trout, you’ve got [Albert] Pujols, you’ve got [Josh] Hamilton,” Correia said. “It’s not a good time to start feeling sorry for yourself with those guys coming up. You’ve really got to refocus and try to leave it at that one run.” Correia went through Trout, Pujols and Hamilton to get out of the first. By the time he left after seven innings, he had held the Angels to two runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five. He has pitched at least seven innings in all three of his starts. “Kevin threw the heck out the ball, again,” manager Ron Gardenhire said. “Got us deep in the game.” The Twins came back with a run in the first after Bourjos’ home run. After Harris went deep in the third, the Twins came back with a run in the bottom of that inning two. Correia stayed out of trouble and the Twins kept pouring it on. Trevor Plouffe lined a home run to left on the first pitch his saw in the fourth inning. Joe Mauer — who was 4-for-4 on the night — cranked a 1-0 pitch from Angels starter Jeff Blanton over the left field wall in the fifth, giving the Twins a 4-2 lead. And, while facing lefthanded reliever Michael Roth in the sixth, Mauer grounded an RBI single to right to put the Twins ahead 5-2. Correia avoided trouble with one out in the seventh when outfielder Oswaldo Arcia, making his major league debut, dropped a fly ball for an error. Correia struck out Luis Jimenez then struck out Bourjos to end the inning. Fans jumped to the feet as Correia walked to the dugout, bumping fists with teammates. Correia sounded as he likes life in the American League. He had three starts of seven innings all of last year while with Pittsburgh. “I think it’s an opportunity in the American League, where you can go out there and see how long you can pitch,” Correia said. “In the National League, I might have been out of the game a lot earlier in all three starts for pinch-hit purposes. It’s nice to be able to go out there and get seven.” Arcia sent down after making big-league debut La Velle E. Neal III / StarTribune.com – 4/15/13 Oswaldo Arcia’s haul from his first day in the majors: The ball from his first major league hit — and a plane ticket back to Class AAA Rochester. Arcia, one of the Twins’ top prospects, went 1-for-3 at the plate and 0-for-1 in the field during the Twins’ 8-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday. The Twins talked excitedly about getting a look at the attack-minded hitter as he replaced Wilkin Ramirez, who was away on paternity leave. General Manager Terry Ryan, before the game, hinted that Arcia could stay longer than three days. But that was not the case, as Ramirez will return to the team Tuesday after being present for the birth of his daughter, Venice, in New York. “Wilkin will be back [Tuesday] so we sent the kid back down, as hard as it will be for everybody involved,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. “It’s fun to watch him walk up to the plate. He will get plenty of opportunities if he keeps doing what he’s doing in the minors.” Arcia took a break from packing to speak with reporters with the help of translator Bobby Cuellar. “I take away how they play the game here, watching people hit, watching people take pitches, how people look for their pitches and how good it feels and how good it looks, watching a game in the major leagues,” Arcia said. The Twins didn’t mince words when talking about Arcia before the game. “I love the way he swings the bat,” Gardenhire said. “He’s on a mission with a bat in his hand and he just doesn’t believe anyone can get him out.” ~ 2 ~ Arcia certainly showed that in his first major league at-bat, when he laced a fastball from Joe Blanton into right for single. He advanced to second on an error by right fielder Josh Hamilton. But he let a fly ball pop out of his glove in the seventh inning for a two-base error. He was scheduled to be the designated hitter on Monday but was moved to left field when Josh Willingham showed up at the park under the weather. When asked what happened on the fly ball, Arcia grinned sheepishly and said in clear English, “I don’t know.” Arcia is batting .414 with three homers, eight RBI and eight runs in nine games at Rochester. He is a career .316 hitter in the minors. Etc. • Aaron Hicks was replaced by Darin Mastroianni in center field on Monday but entered the game as a defensive replacement in the eighth inning, walked, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single. Hicks is expected to be in the starting lineup on Tuesday. Gardenhire said hitting coach Tom Brunansky wants to work with the struggling rookie leadoff hitter, but Hicks might be moved elsewhere in the lineup at times. • It was Jackie Robinson Day across baseball Monday, meaning every player in the majors wore the No. 42, but Gardenhire used Sunday to head to a local movie theater and watch “42,” the movie about Robinson’s path to the major leagues. Gardenhire said the audience applauded at the end of the movie. • Righthander Tim Wood (shoulder) will begin a rehabilitation assignment Tuesday at Class A Fort Myers. If all goes well, he likely will move to Class AAA Rochester. • Righthander Cole De Vries (forearm) played catch Monday and it went well. • Righthander Samuel Deduno (groin muscle) will pitch in an extended spring training game Tuesday. Three Twins postgame thoughts from LEN3: Correia, Hicks, Arcia and BONUS Mauer La Velle E. Neal III / StarTribune.com – 4/15/13 Here are three things on my mind following the Twins' 8-2 victory over the Los Angels Pujols of Troutheim: 1. CORREIA CRUISING: The Twins believe that Kevin Correia can give them 180 solid innings this year and, hopefully, next year. At $5 million a season, they view that as a bargain.