Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers

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Minnesota Twins

68-90, 30-47 Away

Final
2 - 4

Texas Rangers

80-78, 48-32 Home

Rangers get strong finale from deGrom and top Twins 4-2 to stop 8-game skid

Rangers score twice on wild pitches in the 7th

Ezequiel Duran had a one-out single off Travis Adams (1-4) in the seventh before stealing his 11th base. McKinney hit an RBI single to left field and went to second on the throw home. Jonah Heim singled to put runners at the corners and McKinney scored on a wild pitch for a 3-1 lead. Génesis Cabrera replaced Adams and threw a wild pitch that made it 4-1.

Byron Buxton hit his career-high 32nd home run on the second pitch from Jacob deGrom — a 447-foot shot to center field for a 1-0 Twins lead. It was the 18th time in his career that Buxton led off a game with a homer.

DeGrom allowed a single and a walk from there, striking out nine in five innings. He left his 30th start of the season after five innings and 74 pitches, finishing with a 12-8 record and a 2.97 ERA.

Robert Garcia (4-7) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. Shawn Armstrong allowed Royce Lewis' RBI single in the eighth before Phil Maton pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fifth save.

Smith hit his 10th home run — a leadoff shot against Taj Bradley in the fourth to tie it 1-all.

Bradley struck out nine and allowed one run on two hits and two walks in six innings.

Key moment Kody Clemens drew a leadoff walk in the fourth, stole his fifth base and moved to third on a wild pitch, but deGrom struck out Trevor Larnach and Ryan Jeffers before retiring Brooks Lee on a flyout to keep it 1-0.

Key stat The last time deGrom, 37, made 30 starts in a season was in 2019 with the Mets.

Up next Twins RHP Bailey Ober (5-9, 5.32 ERA) starts Thursday's rubber game opposite Rangers RHP Tyler Mahle (6-3, 2.20).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jeffers grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Larnach struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Clemens lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Maton relieved Armstrong
	8th Inning	Duran struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Osuna struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	1
11	Strikeouts	11
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	1
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	29
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	1
10	Fly Balls	17
1	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	129
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	9
31	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
0.9	Runs Created	2.8
.167	Batting Average	.172
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.300	Slugging Percentage	.310
.167	Secondary Average	.310
.194	On Base Percentage	.273
.494	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.583
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.1
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.1
19.0	Batter Rating	23.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.91
.133	Isolated Power	.138
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.36
.032	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.138
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.5
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.3	MLB Rating	71.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0