Minnesota Twins at San Francisco Giants

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Minnesota Twins

75-84, 35-46 Away

Final
4 - 2

San Francisco Giants

65-94, 37-41 Home

Walker Jenkins' pinch-hit RBI single in the 7th keys Twins' 4-2 victory over Giants

Twins take the series over the Giants with 4-2 win

The score was 2-all with Kody Clemens at second and one out in the seventh. Jenkins delivered a base hit to right off Dylan Smith (0-6) that scored Clemens for a 3-2 Minnesota lead. With two outs, Josh Bell added an RBI single off Sam Hentges to increase the Twins’ edge to 4-2.

Yoendrys Gomez (3-4) retired all five hitters he faced to earn the win. Andrew Morris worked a scoreless ninth for his fifth save. He struck out Shay Whitcomb with runners at first and second to end the game.

Minnesota got on the board first when Luke Keaschall took Cesar Perdomo deep to left for a solo homer in the third inning. It was Keaschall’s 10th homer of the season.

The Giants scored both of their runs with two outs in the fourth on Whitcomb’s pop-fly single that fell just fair near the right-field line. It gave San Francisco a 2-1 advantage.

The Twins tied it in the fifth on Keaschall’s sacrifice fly that scored Ben Ross, who had tripled.

Perdomo, a rookie left-hander, gave up two runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out two and did not issue a walk.

Minnesota starter Connor Prielipp, also a rookie left-hander, allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three and walked two.

With the loss, the Giants fell to 37-41 at home, meaning they will have a losing record for the season at Oracle Park.

Up next Twins RHP Joe Ryan (6-10, 3.83 ERA) faces the visiting Rangers on Friday night.

Giants RHP Yunior Marte (0-1, 4.66) takes on the visiting Dodgers on Friday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Whitcomb struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Bandura ran for Mayer
	9th Inning	Mayer walked. Minnesota Twins challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Gilbert to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Gilbert singled to right.
	9th Inning	Gilbert hit for B. Harris

Statistics

MIN		SF
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	7
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	9
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	6
39	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
4.7	Runs Created	1.1
.257	Batting Average	.156
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.400	Slugging Percentage	.188
.229	Secondary Average	.125
.308	On Base Percentage	.229
.708	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.416
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.1
30.5	Batter Rating	15.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.08	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.143	Isolated Power	.031
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.031
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
83.0	MLB Rating	66.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0