Minnesota Twins at Athletics

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Minnesota Twins

64-68, 29-37 Away

Final
9 - 6

Athletics

51-81, 23-41 Home

Zebby Matthews and Josh Bell lift Minnesota Twins to 9-6 win over Athletics

Minnesota Twins vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Byron Buxton had three hits and scored four times, rookie Kaelen Culpepper had four hits for the first time in his 14th game, and Ryan Kreidler homered to help the Twins snap a three-game skid.

Matthews (8-8) struck out seven and gave up one walk. The right-hander has won all four of his August starts.

Tommy Nance pitched a scoreless eighth, but Yoendrys Gómez surrendered a two-run double to Jeff McNeil and back-to-back RBI doubles to Zack Gelof and Lawrence Butler in the ninth before Andrew Morris retired Tommy White on a lineout to first for his fourth save.

Kody Clemens drove in Buxton with RBI singles in the fifth and eighth innings. Culpepper singled home Bell in the eighth for the Twins' final run.

Buxton drew a walk from Jeffrey Springs (3-12) with one out in the first after a successful challenge on a third strike call, and Bell hit his 27th double — a shot off the top of the wall in left-center field for a 1-0 lead.

Bell added a run-scoring groundout for a 2-0 lead in the second and a sacrifice fly to the wall in left field following a two-run double by Luke Keaschall for a 7-1 lead in the sixth.

Butler had an RBI single in the third for the A's, and White had an eighth-inning sacrifice fly.

Springs gave up four runs on seven hits and two walks over 4 2/3 innings. The left-hander had three straight wins to begin April but hasn’t in 21 starts since.

Up next Twins RHP Taj Bradley (9-5. 3.90 ERA) starts Tuesday opposite Athletics LHP Gage Jump (5-8, 4.83).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	White lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Morris relieved Gómez
	9th Inning	Butler doubled to center, Gelof scored.
	9th Inning	Gelof doubled to center, McNeil scored.
	9th Inning	McNeil doubled to right, Bolte scored and Heim scored.
	9th Inning	Bolte walked, Heim to second.

Statistics

MIN		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
18	Ground Balls	12
5	Strikeouts	7
9	Runs Batted In	6
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
16	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
42	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
29	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	3
21	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
159	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
23	Total Bases	15
48	Plate Appearances	41
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
9.7	Runs Created	5.6
.381	Batting Average	.333
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.548	Slugging Percentage	.417
.238	Secondary Average	.167
.426	On Base Percentage	.390
.973	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.807
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
9.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.6
63.0	Batter Rating	42.0
42.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.31	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.46
.167	Isolated Power	.083
0.60	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.073
-.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.167
18.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
109.8	MLB Rating	91.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0