Twins win 8th straight, beating Giants 7-6 on Keirsey's RBI single in 10th
- The Minnesota Twins won their eighth consecutive game by defeating the San Francisco Giants 7-6 in 10 innings at Target Field on Sunday.
- The Twins rallied to tie the game late, after Giants manager Bob Melvin was ejected in the ninth inning and the Giants took a brief lead in the 10th.
- Giants hitter Heliot Ramos drove in four runs including two homers but also made a costly baserunning mistake earlier that affected the team’s chances.
- DaShawn Keirsey Jr., overcoming an 0-for-17 hitless stretch, delivered a walk-off RBI single in the 10th inning that scored Brooks Lee, marking his first career walk-off hit.
- The Twins completed a perfect homestand, moved above.500 for the first time this season, and the Giants ended their road trip with a 2-4 record, suffering a second sweep.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — DaShawn Keirsey Jr. drove in the winning run in the 10th inning as the Minnesota Twins beat the San Francisco Giants 7-6 Sunday, extending their winning streak to eight games. The Giants scored a run off Jhoan Duran (1-0) in the top of the 10th, but automatic runner Ty France advanced to third on Brooks Lee's single and scored on Ryan Jeffers' groundout. After an intentional walk and a groundout, Keirsey lined a shot down the …
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Twins walk it off, win eighth-straight game to top .500 for first time
In the seconds after he sliced a hit the opposite way into left field, bringing home the game-winning run, DaShawn Keirsey Jr. was thinking about his mother, Angela. She was sitting in the stands, in town from California to watch her son play. Given an opportunity late in Sunday’s game, he more than made the most of it with her in attendance. “That was the first thought in my mind was like, ‘Oh, that’s so cool,’” Keirsey said about sending the T…
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