Minnesota Twins at San Diego Padres

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Minnesota Twins

63-68, 28-37 Away

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San Diego Padres

71-60, 40-26 Home

Tatis homers twice, drives in 4 runs to lead Padres to 8-1 win, 3-game sweep of Twins

Luis Rengifo hit a tiebreaking two-run double with the bases loaded in the sixth and Walker Buehler (8-6) pitched six strong innings for the Padres, who continue to hold the National League's third wild-card berth.

San Diego won for the 11th time in 14 games and for the 21st time in 28.

The Twins came into the series tied with Texas for the American League's third wild card but have dropped back into a traffic jam outside the final postseason berth.

Tatis homered off starter Bailey Ober with one out in the third inning and again off Taylor Rogers leading off the eighth. Tatis has 17 homers overall and 12 since the All-Star break.

Tatis, who had four hits, also had a two-run single during a four-run outburst against the Twins' bullpen in the sixth that broke a 1-1 tie. San Diego loaded the bases with one out before Rengifo doubled to right for a 3-1 lead. Tatis followed with a two-run single to center.

Jackson Merrill homered during the two-run seventh, his 21st.

Buehler's only big mistake was allowing Brooks Lee's homer with two outs in the fifth. It clinched the first 20-homer season for Lee, who also homered Saturday night.

Buehler held the Twins to one run and four hits, with four strikeouts and no walks.

Kody Funderbunk (3-2) took the loss.

Obert allowed one run and four hits in five innings.

Up next Twins RHP Zebby Matthews (7-8, 5.12 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday night in Sacramento against A's LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-11, 6.02).

Padres LHP Robbie Ray (11-7, 3.20) is scheduled to start Monday night at home against Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (13-5, 3.68).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kreidler flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Kreidler hit for Buxton
	9th Inning	Keaschall flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Culpepper singled to left.
	9th Inning	Matsui relieved Peralta

Statistics

MIN		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	10
6	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
0	Walks	8
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	8
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
13	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	1
134	Pitches	170
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	20
30	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
2	Extra Base Hits	5
0.7	Runs Created	8.2
.200	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.606
.133	Secondary Average	.576
.200	On Base Percentage	.415
.533	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.021
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.9
15.0	Batter Rating	55.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.50
4.47	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.15
.133	Isolated Power	.333
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.60
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.195
-.067	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.303
2.0	Runs Produced	16.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
69.5	MLB Rating	98.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0