Minnesota Twins at Athletics

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Minnesota Twins

64-70, 29-39 Away

Final
4 - 7

Athletics

53-81, 25-41 Home

Butler homers and Williams hits a 2-run triple as the Athletics beat the Twins 7-4

Minnesota Twins vs. Athletics: Game Highlights

Minnesota (64-70) fell four games behind Cleveland for the final American League playoff spot.

Tommy White had three hits for the A's, who have won four of five following a five-game losing streak. J.T. Ginn (9-8) allowed six hits and four runs in six innings.

Elvis Alvarado pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save.

After Jonah Heim singled with one out in the sixth, Andrew Morris (4-6) replaced Twins starter Connor Prielipp. White singled and pinch-hitter Jeff McNeil doubled in a run before Williams' triple gave the Athletics their first lead. Darell Hernaiz added an RBI single that made it 6-4.

Butler’s solo shot in the seventh capped the scoring.

Brooks Lee homered in the first inning and Trevor Larnach and Kaelen Culpepper hit back-to-back shots in the second to give the Twins a 3-0 lead.

Michael Stefanic doubled home a run and Brian Serven followed with an RBI groundout that trimmed it to 3-2 in the fourth.

Royce Lewis hit a sacrifice fly to make it 4-2 in the sixth.

Prielipp allowed three runs and six hits with five strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.

Up next Twins RHP Dean Kremer (2-4, 5.22 ERA) starts Friday at home against White Sox RHP Luis Castillo (4-10, 5.19).

The Athletics visit Baltimore for a three-game series that begins Friday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Keaschall struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Roden flied out to center, Culpepper to second, Larnach to third.
	9th Inning	Culpepper walked, Larnach to second. Minnesota Twins challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Larnach singled to center.
	9th Inning	Lewis grounded out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Alvarado relieved Basso

Statistics

MIN		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	13
4	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	12
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
18	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	118
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	20
37	Plate Appearances	36
486.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
5.0	Runs Created	6.9
.242	Batting Average	.343
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.515	Slugging Percentage	.571
.364	Secondary Average	.257
.297	On Base Percentage	.361
.812	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.933
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
5.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	8.1
33.0	Batter Rating	51.5
11.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.35	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.28
.273	Isolated Power	.229
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.13
.081	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.086
8.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
85.8	MLB Rating	97.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0