Major League Baseball
Minnesota 11, Pittsburgh 5
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, June 9, 2024
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Ryan Wills, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Paul Clemons, 3B - Carlos Torres
Attendance: 24463

Manuel Margot sparked a seven-run rally with a run-scoring triple in the 10th inning as the visiting Minnesota Twins avoided a three-game sweep with an 11-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday.

Margot's hit off Ben Heller (0-1) drove in automatic runner Kyle Farmer to help the Twins snap a five-game losing streak. Carlos Santana doubled in two runs during the rally, Carlos Correa added a two-run single and Max Kepler singled in a run.

Correa had three hits for Minnesota, which had been shut out in the first two games of the series and had scored a total of 11 runs during its losing skid. Willi Castro was twice hit by pitches, including once in the 10th inning with the bases loaded.

Jhoan Duran (1-2) pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the win.

Connor Joe drove in two runs while Oneil Cruz, Nick Gonzales and Rowdy Tellez each had two hits for Pittsburgh, which scored a run in the bottom of the 10th on Cruz's RBI single.

Minnesota ended a 22-inning scoreless streak with three runs against Jared Jones in the first inning. Jose Miranda drew a bases-loaded walk with one out and Correa scored on Alex Kirilloff's fielder's choice grounder.

With runners on the corners following a wild pitch, Kepler scored from third on a passed ball that appeared to hit Byron Buxton's bat on a check swing.

Jones allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits over five innings. He walked three and struck out three.

Pittsburgh pushed a run across against Minnesota starter Bailey Ober in the second inning when Tellez hit a two-out double and scored on Jared Triolo's single to left field.

The Pirates moved ahead with three runs in the fifth inning. Ober issued back-to-back walks with two outs and Bryan Reynolds followed with an RBI double.

Joe ended Ober's outing with a two-run triple before Cruz lined out against Caleb Thielbar. Ober allowed four runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings.

Minnesota pulled even in the sixth inning when Ryan Jeffers scored on Royce Lewis' sacrifice fly with the bases loaded against Justin Bruihl.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Minnesota   Pittsburgh
Bailey Ober Player Jared Jones
No Decision W/L No Decision
4.2 IP 5.0
5 Strikeouts 3
7 Hits 6
7.71 ERA 3.60
Hitting
Minnesota   Pittsburgh
Carlos Correa Player Rowdy Tellez
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.600 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Minnesota 13 0 19 .310 29 6 10 6 1 0
Pittsburgh 10 0 14 .263 19 9 5 5 1 1