Miami Marlins at Minnesota Twins

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Miami Marlins

58-100, 28-49 Away

Final
3 - 8

Minnesota Twins

82-76, 43-34 Home

Twins snap a three-game skid with 8-3 win over Miami and send the Marlins to their 100th loss

Christian Vázquez’s sacrifice bunt in the seventh was thrown wide of first base, allowing Margot to score. Carlos Correa followed with an RBI double that scored Vázquez, and Carlos Santana added a three-run double as Minnesota snapped a three-game losing streak and sent Miami to its 100th loss of the season for the fourth time in franchise history.

The Twins kept their playoff hopes alive. Minnesota is two games games behind Detroit in the race for the AL's final wild card with four games to play. Detroit, Kansas City (which owns the second wild card) and Seattle, which trails the Twins by a half-game, were all victorious on Wednesday.

Another short start by Minnesota rookie Simeon Woods Richardson necessitated the comeback. Jake Burger hit a three-run homer for the Marlins three batters into the game, and Miami’s first five hitters reached base in the first.

“There’s some tough-mindedness there,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “And the guys stayed at it. It’s not easy when you are down and you’re down early. It is a challenging thing. We almost pretend like it’s not, but it is. It is. But the ability to refocus our attention on what we needed to do was very good.”

Griffin Jax (5-5) worked 1 1/3 innings of relief and earned the win for Minnesota. Six Twins relievers covered eight innings and allowed five hits and no walks.

Marlins right-hander Declan Cronin allowed the inherited runner to score in the seventh after Brooks Lee had doubled off the right-field wall against Michael Peterson (3-1). Peterson allowed one run in one-plus innings. Cronin surrendered four unearned runs.

Woods Richardson finishes his first full season in the majors with a 5-5 record and 4.17 ERA. He was 3-1 with a 3.51 ERA in the first half before pitching to a 5.23 ERA in the second half.

“Baseball happened,” Woods Richardson said of his start. “But what also happened is the bullpen put up zeroes. We got a great team win. We never gave up today. Each pitch, each out, each quality AB we have, we never gave up.”

Byron Buxton homered for the Twins, snapping a stretch of 67 consecutive innings for the team without a home run. Minnesota hadn’t homered since Willi Castro went deep in the eighth against Cleveland on Oct. 17.

“As long as we win, that’s all that matters,” Buxton said.

Edward Cabrera allowed three runs in five innings in a start for Miami. The 26-year-old right-hander was coming off a seven-run start against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but had a 3.71 ERA in his previous 12 starts since the All-Star break.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Twins: OF Matt Wallner was placed on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain, and RHP Justin Topa (left patellar tendinitis) was reinstated from the 60-day injured list. Topa, acquired in the January trade that sent Jorge Polanco to Seattle, had missed the entire season before pitching the ninth. RHP Jorge Alcala and Austin Martin were recalled from Triple-A, with LHP Brent Headrick options and LHP Cole Irvin designated for assignment.

RHP David Festa (2-6, 4.80 ERA) starts for Minnesota in the finale of the three-game series on Thursday. Miami counters with RHP Valente Bellozo (3-4, 3.82).

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Matchup Prediction

Twins: 63.7%

Marlins: 36.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Burger struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Norby popped out to second.
	9th Inning	Edwards grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Topa relieved Duran
	8th Inning	Vázquez flied out to right.
	8th Inning	Farmer lined out to third.

Statistics

MIA		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	9
16	Strikeouts	6
3	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
11	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	4
13	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	135
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
16	Total Bases	15
39	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	5
4.8	Runs Created	4.9
.289	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.421	Slugging Percentage	.469
.158	Secondary Average	.313
.308	On Base Percentage	.314
.729	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.783
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.3
30.0	Batter Rating	49.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.15	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.75
.132	Isolated Power	.219
0.06	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.132	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
6.0	Runs Produced	15.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.5	MLB Rating	90.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0