Minnesota Twins at Philadelphia Phillies

· Major League Baseball

Minnesota Twins

70-91, 32-48 Away

Final
5 - 0

Philadelphia Phillies

95-66, 54-26 Home

Ex-Phillies prospect Abel shuts down former team as Twins win 5-0

Minnesota Twins vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Game Highlights

Byron Buxton, James Outman and Ryan Fitzgerald homered for the Twins.

Abel (3-4) allowed three hits and one walk. The 2020 Phillies first-round draft pick was traded to Minnesota at the deadline in July as part of a package for closer Jhoan Duran.

Buxton led off with a solo homer against Philadelphia starter Ranger Suárez. It was Buxton's 20th career leadoff home run and 11th this season, tying a franchise record set by Jacque Jones in 2002.

Outman also homered off Suárez while Fitzgerald had a solo shot off reliever Max Lazar. Ryan Jeffers added an RBI double for Minnesota.

Suárez (12-8) allowed three runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The loss locked the Phillies into the No. 2 seed in the NL playoffs. They could still finish tied for the best record in baseball with Milwaukee, but the Brewers have the tiebreaker.

Key moment Jeffers hit a 106 mph line drive that hit Suárez on the inside of his left thigh. Suárez was doubled over in pain after trying to throw out Jeffers at first. After a moment he got to his feet, but was removed from the game. The team said Suárez had a contusion and would be evaluated further.

Key stat Abel made his major league debut as a member of the Phillies on May 18. In that game he also pitched six scoreless innings and struck out nine, outdueling Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes in a 1-0 win.

Up next Twins RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (7-4, 4.27 ERA) starts against Philadelphia LHP Cristopher Sánchez (13-5, 2.57) in the regular-season finale for both teams.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castellanos struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Realmuto singled to left, Harper to second.
	9th Inning	Kemp flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Kemp hit for Marsh
	9th Inning	Bohm flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Harper reached on infield single to third.

Statistics

MIN		PHI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
11	Strikeouts	13
5	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
0	Fly Balls	0
1	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	126
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	0
22	Total Bases	7
38	Plate Appearances	34
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	0
6.5	Runs Created	0.9
.306	Batting Average	.212
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.611	Slugging Percentage	.212
.333	Secondary Average	.030
.342	On Base Percentage	.235
.953	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.447
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
6.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.9
44.0	Batter Rating	7.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.18	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.306	Isolated Power	.000
0.18	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.182
10.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
93.3	MLB Rating	63.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0