Ryan Jeffers' Tiebreaking Homer Lifts Minnesota Twins To Win, Dea

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MINNEAPOLIS -- — Pinch-hitter Ryan Jeffers broke a tie with a two-run, two-out homer in a three-run eighth inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat Texas 7-5 on Thursday night and sent the Rangers to a season-high seventh straight loss.

In a matchup of division leaders. Minnesota tied a season-high with five homers and overcame a 5-2, fifth-inning deficit. Michael A. Taylor homered twice for Minnesota, and Royce Lewis and Kyle Farmer also went deep.

“We just kept adding runs to the scoreboard slowly, steadily,” Twins shortstop Carlos Correa said.

On a night of eight home runs, Marcus Semien, Corey Seager and Leody Tavares hit solo drives for the Rangers. Texas, which has led the AL West since April 9, is just one game ahead of Houston and Seattle.

Minnesota trailed 5-4 when Matt Wallner singled off Josh Sborz (5-6) starting the eighth. Carlos Correa, who had stranded runners on base in each of his first three at-bats, hit a tying double to the base of the center-field wall.

Lewis walked and left-hander Will Smith got Max Kepler to ground into a double play. Jeffers hit for Edouard Julien and drove Smith’s first pitch, an inside slider, 427 feet to the second deck in left-center. It was Jeffers' second home run in 14 career pinch at-bats.

Game 2 of the series will see Texas RHP Dane Dunning (9-5, 3.19) facing Minnesota RHP Sonny Gray (6-6, 3.15) on Friday night. The first pitch is at 7:10 PM on ESPN 102.3/AM 1000 KSOO.

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