Minnesota Twins at Miami Marlins

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Minnesota Twins

40-45, 18-28 Away

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Miami Marlins

38-45, 18-24 Home

Marlins extend winning streak to 8, 1 shy of club record, with a 2-0 victory over the Twins

Nick Fortes doubles Marlins' lead with a single

Edward Cabrera (3-2) struck out six and only allowed two hits and one walk in seven innings, the longest start of the season by a Marlins pitcher. He struck out Byron Buxton to end the third for his 400th career strikeout, becoming the third-fastest to reach the mark in franchise history.

Stowers gave Miami a 1-0 lead in the second inning with his 14th home run of the season. He initially took first base after appearing to get hit by a pitch. But Minnesota challenged and the call was overturned.

Anthony Bender pitched a perfect eighth and Ronny Henriquez struck out back-to-back batters to begin the ninth to help secure his fourth save.

Minnesota starter Joe Ryan (8-4) also went seven innings, allowing just one earned run on five hits.

The Twins, who were shut out by the Tigers on Sunday, were blanked for the seventh time this season.

Key moment Miami added an insurance run in the eighth. Jesús Sánchez sent a shot to deep center field and Buxton made a leaping attempt at the wall to keep the ball in play. Sánchez hustled to third and a review showed it was not a home run.

Otto Lopez was intentionally walked to put runners on first and third but Nick Fortes hit a single down the left-field line for a two-run lead.

Key stat The win was Miami's fifth shutout of the season.

Up next RHP Janson Junk (2-0, 3.73 ERA) is set to face the Twins for the first time in his career on Wednesday night against RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (3-4, 4.63).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castro flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Larnach struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Buxton struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Henriquez relieved Bender
	9th Inning	Myers in left field.
	9th Inning	Hill in center field.

Statistics

MIN		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	4
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
5	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	0
8	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	107
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
3	Total Bases	13
30	Plate Appearances	32
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
-1.0	Runs Created	3.3
.069	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.103	Slugging Percentage	.419
.103	Secondary Average	.194
.100	On Base Percentage	.281
.203	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.701
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-1.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.8
5.0	Batter Rating	21.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.90	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.34
.034	Isolated Power	.161
0.11	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.033	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.034	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.1	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
55.5	MLB Rating	77.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0