The Twins have so rarely had Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa and Royce Lewis on the field at the same time this season, the trio of stars each dealing with injury issues. Saturday marked just the 18th time all year the trio shared the field. And that experience was cut short, as well.

The Twins were so far out of Saturday night’s game that Buxton and Correa, who both recently returned from the injured list, were lifted after four innings. A couple innings later, Lewis was out of the game, as well, as the Twins stumbled to a 11-1 loss to the Reds at Target Field.

Just like Friday, it was one big inning that did the Twins in.

This time around, it was the fourth inning, a nine-run bloodbath that came after starter Simeon Woods Richardson had successfully pitched around a bases-loaded, no-out situation an inning earlier. Woods Richardson walked the first batter of the fourth and then gave up a pair of singles, spelling the end of his night. At the time he left the game, the Twins and Reds were tied.

But the Twins’ bullpen has had a difficult time stranding inherited runners throughout the season and Saturday night was no different.

All three of those runs scored when Louie Varland took over, the beginning of a disastrous inning for the Twins. Varland was hit hard, surrendering five hits and walking one batter. In addition to the three inherited runners who scored, Varland gave up six runs of his own, putting the game entirely out of reach.

The Twins wound up using five players on the mound in the loss — Woods Richardson, Varland, Scott Blewett, Caleb Thielbar and infielder Kyle Farmer — and Farmer was the only one who did not allow a run.

Farmer acknowledged his former teammates as he walked off the mound and then tipped his hat to the crowd, a moment of levity within yet another disappointing loss for the Twins, who dropped their second straight game to the under .500 Reds.

The Twins, who currently are in position to win the third wild card berth, still remain 2 1/2 games ahead of the Detroit Tigers, the nearest team chasing them, who also lost on Saturday.

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