New York Mets at Minnesota Twins

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New York Mets

11-6, 6-5 Away

Final
3 - 6

Minnesota Twins

6-12, 3-5 Home

Jeffers, Bader lead Twins over Mets 6-3

Juan Soto crushes a solo HR for the Mets

Byron Buxton singled twice and scored two runs for the Twins.

Bailey Ober (1-1) gave up three earned runs on five hits with no walks and five strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings to pick up his first victory since Aug. 9, a span of 13 starts.

Jhoan Durán struck out Francisco Lindor, the potential tying run, to earn his first save of the season.

Lindor’s fourth error in 17 games led to a pair of unearned runs in the third when he misplayed Ty France’s two-out grounder to shortstop.

For the Mets, Pete Alonso and Juan Soto each homered — the second in as many nights for Soto, who hadn't gone deep since the second game of the season.

Tylor Megill (2-2) pitched five innings, giving up four runs — two earned — on eight hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

The Twins scored two runs with two outs in the second on an infield error and an RBI single by Carlos Correa. Harrison Bader’s infield single drove in a run in the fourth.

Buxton’s speed helped the Twins manufacture a run in the fifth. He led off with a single, stole second and moved to third on a groundout.

With the Mets infield pulled in, Buxton broke for home on France’s sharp grounder to second baseman Luisangel Acuña. The throw to the plate was on target but Buxton slid around Luis Torrens’ tag to give the Twins a 4-2 lead.

Lee homered in the seventh to put the Twins up 6-3.

Key moment Trailing 5-2 with one out in the seventh, the Mets tried to rally as Mark Vientos singled and moved to third on Torrens’ double. Reliever Cole Sands came on and allowed Jesse Winker’s sacrifice fly, then walked Acuña, but he retired Lindor on a grounder to second to end the threat.

Key stat The Twins had a season-high 13 hits.

Up next RHP David Festa (0-0, 0.00) will start for the Twins in Wednesday afternoon’s series finale. RHP Griffin Canning was scratched by the Mets due to illness. The team has not announced a replacement starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lindor struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Acuña to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Acuña singled to center, Winker to third.
	9th Inning	Winker grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Torrens out at second.
	9th Inning	Torrens grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Vientos out at second.
	9th Inning	Vientos safe at first on throwing error by shortstop Castro.

Statistics

NYM		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	2
14	Ground Balls	16
7	Strikeouts	5
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	13
0	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
120	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	18
37	Plate Appearances	37
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
4.0	Runs Created	6.2
.206	Batting Average	.371
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.514
.265	Secondary Average	.171
.243	On Base Percentage	.405
.684	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.920
1.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
3.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.7
29.0	Batter Rating	44.0
17.0	At Bats Per Home Run	35.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.235	Isolated Power	.143
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.200
6.0	Runs Produced	11.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
79.3	MLB Rating	95.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0