Minnesota Twins at Athletics

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Minnesota Twins

64-69, 29-38 Away

Final
2 - 4

Athletics

52-81, 24-41 Home

Gage Jump strikes out 9 and Carlos Cortes homers to lift the A's over the Twins 4-2

Minnesota Twins vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Jump (6-8) pitched into the seventh for the first time since June 18 against the Angels, when he fanned seven and allowed one hit in seven innings.

Alika Williams got the first A's hit with a two-out double in the second, and Cortes put them ahead with a two-run shot to right field. Tommy White hit an RBI double with two outs in the sixth and Donovan Walton added a run-scoring single, extending the lead to 4-0.

Lawrence Butler had two hits for the A's, and Henry Bolte legged out his first career triple.

Taj Bradley (9-6) tied his career high with 11 strikeouts, but gave up four runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out the side on nine pitches in the fifth for the first immaculate inning in Twins history.

Minnesota got two runs back in the seventh, ending Jump's night, but the Twins were held hitless the rest of the way. Hogan Harris and Luis Medina combined for 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and Elvis Alvarado earned his fourth save.

Royce Lewis led the Twins with two hits. They went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position and stranded five overall.

Up next LHP Connor Prielipp (3-7, 5.57 ERA) takes the mound for Minnesota opposite A's RHP J.T. Ginn (8-8, 3.60) to conclude the series on Wednesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lee flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Culpepper grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Clemens struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alvarado relieved Medina
	8th Inning	White lined out to center.
	8th Inning	Butler struck out swinging.

Statistics

MIN		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	4
12	Strikeouts	13
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
127	Pitches	122
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
6	Total Bases	14
34	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
1.2	Runs Created	3.6
.129	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.452
.226	Secondary Average	.258
.206	On Base Percentage	.250
.399	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.702
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
1.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.0
18.0	Batter Rating	32.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.81
.065	Isolated Power	.226
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.097	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.032
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
64.5	MLB Rating	79.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0