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Twins, Hughes hit another roadblock

SEATTLE -- Phil Hughes made just two regrettable mistakes Friday night.

Facing Felix Hernandez, the latest in a gantlet of aces to oppose the Twins' top starter, that was two too many.

Leadoff homers by Nelson Cruz in the second and Logan Morrison in the fifth were enough to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 2-0 win and drop Hughes to 0-4 on the season.

Three of those losses have come to David Price (Detroit Tigers), Chris Sale (Chicago White Sox) and now Hernandez. That trio has combined for two Cy Young Awards in the past five years and eight top-five finishes since 2009.