Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

69-90, 31-47 Away

Final
4 - 0

Texas Rangers

80-79, 48-33 Home

Byron Buxton homers twice including a 2nd-straight leadoff shot to lead Twins over Rangers 4-0

Minnesota Twins vs. Texas Rangers: Game Highlights

The Twins (69-90) outhit the Rangers (80-79) 10-3, with Buxton, Trevor Larnach, Royce Lewis, Edouard Julien and Christian Vázquez each recording two hits.

Ober (6-9) tied a season-low in hits allowed and did not allow a run for the first time this year. His last scoreless outing was Sept. 7, 2024, against Kansas City.

Holding onto a one-run lead in the fifth inning with one on and no outs, the Twins converted on a strikeout double play as Kyle Higashioka went down swinging and Alejandro Osuna was caught stealing second.

Kody Funderburk threw a hitless seventh with two strikeouts, and Cole Sands struck out one in the ninth.

Tyler Mahle (6-4) threw five innings with five hits, one run, and four strikeouts.

Key moment After Julien and Vázquez each reached on singles in the eighth inning, Buxton swung at the first pitch from Chris Martin and launched his second homer to center field. This one traveled 437 feet, and would be a home run in all 30 Major League ballparks.

Key stat Buxton's 10th leadoff home run of the season followed his leadoff homer in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers on Wednesday. It's the second time Buxton has had back-to-back games with a leadoff homer this season, also doing it June 18-19 at Cincinnati. Buxton reached 533 plate appearances, earning a $500,000 bonus.

Up next Texas: The Rangers visit the Cleveland Guardians, who are one game ahead of Detroit for first in the AL Central. Texas RHP Jack Leiter (9-10, 3.92) faces Cleveland RHP Slade Cecconi (7-6, 4.15).

Minnesota: The Twins head to Philadelphia to face the NL East champion Phillies. Minnesota RHP Joe Ryan (13-9, 3.47) starts opposite Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (4-10, 6.46).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Freeman flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Pederson popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	A. García struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Sands relieved Ohl
	9th Inning	A. García hit for Helman
	9th Inning	Vázquez grounded out to third.

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	4
9	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	28
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
17	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	1
141	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	3
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	4
36	Plate Appearances	29
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
4.8	Runs Created	-1.1
.286	Batting Average	.107
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.486	Slugging Percentage	.143
.200	Secondary Average	.036
.306	On Base Percentage	.138
.791	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.281
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.1
34.0	Batter Rating	5.0
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.92	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.28
.200	Isolated Power	.036
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.028	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.034
-.086	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.071
8.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
85.5	MLB Rating	57.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0