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Minnesota Twins 2 Athletics 4
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 0
Athletics 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 7 0
T7 MIN 2- 4 Caratini grounded out to third, Culpepper
scored.
T7 MIN 1- 4 Culpepper doubled to center, Clemens scored.
B6 ATH 0- 4 Walton singled to right, White scored, Walton
to second.
B6 ATH 0- 3 White doubled to center, Butler scored.
B2 ATH 0- 2 Cortes homered to right (391 feet), Williams
scored.
Gage Jump strikes out 9 and Carlos Cortes homers to lift the A's over the Twins 4-2
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Carlos Cortes homered and Gage Jump struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings as the Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Jump (6-8) pitched into the seventh for the first time since June 18 against the Angels , when he fanned seven and allowed one hit in seven innings.
Alika Williams got the first A's hit with a two-out double in the second, and Cortes put them ahead with a two-run shot to right field. Tommy White hit an RBI double with two outs in the sixth and Donovan Walton added a run-scoring single, extending the lead to 4-0.
Lawrence Butler had two hits for the A's, and Henry Bolte legged out his first career triple.
Taj Bradley (9-6) tied his career high with 11 strikeouts, but gave up four runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out the side on nine pitches in the fifth for the first immaculate inning in Twins history .
Minnesota got two runs back in the seventh, ending Jump's night, but the Twins were held hitless the rest of the way. Hogan Harris and Luis Medina combined for 1 2/3 scoreless innings, and Elvis Alvarado earned his fourth save.
Royce Lewis led the Twins with two hits. They went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position and stranded five overall.
LHP Connor Prielipp (3-7, 5.57 ERA) takes the mound for Minnesota opposite A's RHP J.T. Ginn (8-8, 3.60) to conclude the series on Wednesday.
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