Making his second start since returning from the disabled list, Twins starter Ricky Nolasco lasted five innings on Thursday against the A's. He allowed six hits and four runs, while walking one and striking out one, while earning his second victory of the season.
"I just tried to figure out a way to keep the team in there, and the boys picked it up today," Nolasco said, per MLB.com. "The offense and the bullpen came in and [I] got lucky enough to get a win."
Nolasco (2-1) labored, throwing 94 pitches (57 strikes) in the five innings and actually left the game with his team down by a run. But a two-run rally in the bottom of the fifth helped the right-hander secure the victory.
Nolasco, who missed nearly a month while recovering from elbow inflammation, will take a lofty 9.00 ERA into his next scheduled start on Wednesday in Detroit.