Twins’ bullpen steps up after Joe Ryan departs with elbow soreness

“Friggin’ phenomenal, especially with the way things have been going,” Funderburk said. “We’re all working our (butts) off out there trying to figure it out, myself included. … Just to have Morris, Rog, Orz, me, Top, literally every hand on deck go in there and execute (and) keep a really good team at bay, I think it was a really huge game for us.”

The Twins scored a run in the first inning on a Victor Caratini single. They added three more in the fifth thanks to RBI doubles from Luke Keaschall, Kody Clemens and Matt Wallner. Wallner snapped an 0 for 19 stretch with his double and finished with a pair of hits.

“I saw the odds on the TV were even before the game. I’m sure after (Ryan’s injury) they flipped quite a bit,” Wallner said. “To be able to come through like that and win the game was very satisfying. Seeing the bullpen step up and get some clutch hits as a team to put some runs up was so much fun.”

Rodríguez update

Outfielder Emmanuel Rodríguez, one of the Twins’ top prospects, has a muscle strain in his left thumb, Zoll said. Rodríguez left Friday’s Saints game early after injuring his thumb on a head-first slide into first base. Zoll said Rodríguez is day to day as of now.

“That was good news on a relative basis,” Zoll said. “Of all the possible outcomes, no fractures, no tears of thumb UCLs or things along those lines. … We’ll have a better sense of how his symptoms respond over the next couple days.”

Funderburks honored

In honor of Cancer Awareness Day on Sunday at Target Field, the Twins honored the Funderburk family, sharing their story as Kody, his wife, Alicia, and their newborn daughter Murphy took the field.

Last month, the Funderburks went public with Alicia’s Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis, which was discovered while she was pregnant. Murphy, who attended her first baseball game on Sunday, was born on April 20, and Alicia is due to resume treatment in the coming weeks.

“I thought the recognition for her and Murph was really good. It was pretty cool to experience and again, like I’ve always said, the support has been awesome,” Kody said. “Kind of just feeling that again and let her have her moment. It was pretty cool.”

Briefly

The Twins will have Monday off before heading off on a six-game road trip that will take them to Washington and Cleveland. Taj Bradley is due to start the first game of the series against the Nationals. … Top prospect Walker Jenkins crashed into the outfield wall making a catch during Sunday’s Saints game and left early. He appeared to have injured his shoulder.