Pittsburgh Pirates at Minnesota Twins

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Pittsburgh Pirates

39-58, 13-37 Away

Final
2 - 1

Minnesota Twins

47-49, 28-20 Home

Pirates slip past Twins for 2-1 victory to end 8-game skid

Isiah Kiner-Falefa tied a career high with four hits for Pittsburgh.

Ke’Bryan Hayes singled with one out in the ninth off Twins closer Jhoan Duran (5-4). Pinch-hitter Oneil Cruz had an infield single and Kiner-Falefa singled to load the bases.

Horwitz hit a sharp grounder that second baseman Brooks Lee dove to his right to stop. Looking to start a double play, Lee couldn’t cleanly get the ball out of his glove and had to settle for a force out at first allowing Hayes to score.

Dennis Santana pitched a scoreless eighth (3-2) for the Pirates and David Bednar earned his 13th save.

Byron Buxton, Carlos Correa and Harrison Bader each had two hits for Minnesota, which finished 6-3 on a nine-game homestand but failed to get back to .500 for the first time since June 17.

Mitch Keller allowed one run in six innings for Pittsburgh but again got little support. The Pirates have scored one or zero runs while Keller is in the game in 11 of his 20 starts.

Yet, his 14 quality starts are tied for second in the majors with Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler. San Francisco’s Logan Webb has 15.

Tommy Pham homered in the second for Pittsburgh. Buxton, who hit for the cycle Saturday, had an RBI double in the third.

Key moment Tied 1-1, Minnesota had runners on first and second with one out in the eighth, but Willi Castro hit a dribbler in front of the plate and DaShawn Keirsey Jr. was thrown out at third. Trevor Larnach then flew out.

Key stat Minnesota’s Simeon Woods Richardson allowed six hits and one earned run in 4 2/3 innings. He’s allowed five earned runs in 30 2/3 innings in his past six starts.

Up next Both teams return to action Friday after the All-Star break: Pittsburgh is home to the Chicago White Sox; Minnesota is at Colorado.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	France grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Lewis struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Lee struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Correa singled to left.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Santana
	9th Inning	Bart catching.

Statistics

PIT		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	13
8	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	15
1	Caught Stealing	0
130	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	9
38	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
4.1	Runs Created	1.5
.278	Batting Average	.206
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.389	Slugging Percentage	.265
.139	Secondary Average	.059
.316	On Base Percentage	.206
.705	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.471
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.5
23.0	Batter Rating	15.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.42	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.74
.111	Isolated Power	.059
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.139	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.147
4.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
78.8	MLB Rating	68.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0