Miami Marlins at Minnesota Twins

MINNEAPOLIS -- Zebby Matthews threw seven scoreless innings in his season debut on Thursday, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Miami Marlins 9-1 to win consecutive series for the first time in a month. Matthews, who was the last cut from the rotation competition at the end of spring training, was promoted from Triple-A to help manage workloads by pushing the other starters back. The right-hander pitched like he deserves to stay with just four hits and one walk allowed over 83 pitches. He had five strikeouts. Austin Martin and Josh Bell had two-run doubles in a five-run second inning against Marlins starter Braxton Garrett, spoiling his first major league appearance in nearly two years.