The Minnesota Twins keep getting knocked down, but they keep getting back up, too. The Twinsnotched another win on Saturday nightand kept pace with the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Angels in the race for the second American League Wild Card spot.
The Twins jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the early innings.Miguel Sanogot a run in when he reached on an error in the first andBrian Dozierhit a sacrifice fly in the third to give the Twins their first two. ThenTyler Duffeygave those two right back.
In the fourth inning,Nick Castellanoshit an RBI double whichJames McCannfollowed up with an RBI single to tie it up in the fourth. The good news is that Duffey and his bullpen replacements would shut the door from there on out.
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Minnesota got the lead back in the seventh inning. First,Kurt Suzukihit an RBI single to give the Twins a 3-2 lead. Next up wasEduardo Escobarand he did Eduardo Escobar things, he grounded into a fielder’s choice that scored another run for the Twins. Escobar wasn’t done there, though.
Two innings later in the ninth, Escobar gave the Twins some much needed insurance. Escobar hit a two-run home run that gave the Twins a 6-2 lead and allowed a lot of breathing room for closerKevin Jepsen.
Escobar finished the game with three RBIs for the Twins.
Duffey had yet another solid game for the Twins. The rookie went six innings and only allowed the two runs on eight hits.Blaine Boyer,Trevor Mayand Jepsen all pitched an inning of work to close out the game for Minnesota.
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