Miami Marlins at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball

Miami Marlins

59-100, 29-49 Away

Final
8 - 6

Minnesota Twins

82-77, 43-35 Home

Marlins push Twins to brink of elimination with 8-6 win in 13 innings

Carlos Correa homered for the Twins, who were 2 for 19 with runners in scoring position and stranded 15 on the night.

“We had every opportunity put in front of us to win that baseball game,” said Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers. “Our season is on the line and we weren’t able to execute to get that run across.”

The Twins (82-77) have lost six of their last eight and now trail the Tigers and Royals by three games in the race for the last two AL wild card spots. They would be eliminated with one more loss or one victory by Detroit and Kansas City.

“I know how we’ve played. I’ve been here and been a part of it and watched it all,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “We are not eliminated right now, at this point. And I don’t have the mindset that we are out of this. I don’t care who’s available in the pen tomorrow. I don’t care how we played today. My intention is to win out ... and see what happens.”

In the 13th, Lopez drove home automatic runner Dane Myers with a one-out drive down the left field line off Scott Blewett (1-1). Griffin Conine put the game out of reach with a two-out, two-run single off Justin Topa.

“We like playing the role of villain,” Conine said. “We want to be the spoilers. That’s what we said going in, and we got a couple of good wins this series, which is awesome.”

Anthony Maldonado (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings to earn his first career victory. Darren McCaughan allowed one run in the 13th, picking up his first save.

Trailing 4-0 after five innings, the Twins battled back, tying it on Brooks Lee’s two-run double in the eighth.

Each team scored with a sacrifice fly in the 10th.

The Twins fell behind for the third straight game as Jake Burger’s RBI double gave Miami a 1-0 lead in the first inning.

Miami (59-100) knocked out Twins starter David Festa in the fifth after he allowed singles to four of the first five batters he faced in the inning. The Marlins ended up scoring three runs on RBI singles by Xavier Edwards and Burger and an error on Jeffers, who dropped a throw at the plate.

Correa led off the sixth with a home run that caromed off the facing of the third deck in left field. The Twins tacked on a run in the seventh on a throwing error by the shortstop Edwards.

“It’s one of those that hurts,” said Twins outfielder Byron Buxton. “We know what’s at stake and we’ve got to keep pushing.”

Marlins: RHP Adam Oller (1-4, 5.06) gets the nod as the Marlins open their final series of the season in Toronto on Friday. In his last start, Oller gave up two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings against Atlanta on September 21. Toronto has not named a starting pitcher.

Twins: RHP Pablo López (15-9, 4.11) will make his final start of the season against the Oriolers on Friday. López allowed a season-high seven runs in four innings on Sunday at Boston. The Orioles have not named their starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Twins: 61.0%

Marlins: 39.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	13th Inning	Correa grounded out to pitcher.
	13th Inning	Buxton grounded out to third, Castro scored.
	13th Inning	Martin flied out to right, Castro to third.
	13th Inning	McCaughan relieved Maldonado
	13th Inning	J. Sánchez struck out swinging.
	13th Inning	Conine singled to center, Edwards scored and Lopez scored, Norby to second.

Statistics

MIA		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	19
20	Strikeouts	6
7	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	12
3	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
51	At Bats	48
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
34	Runners Left On Base	36
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	3
4	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	24
1	Caught Stealing	0
223	Pitches	199
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	17
58	Plate Appearances	56
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
6.3	Runs Created	6.2
.255	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.354
.235	Secondary Average	.250
.328	On Base Percentage	.339
.661	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.693
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
54.0	Batter Rating	41.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	48.0
0.75	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.55
.078	Isolated Power	.104
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.17
.103	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
-.020	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
15.0	Runs Produced	11.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.8	MLB Rating	90.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0