Andrew Stevenson scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning when he stole third and continued home on catcher Francisco Álvarez’s throwing error, and the Minnesota Twins beat the New York Mets 5-2.
“You don’t know what it’s going to look like when you cut a guy loose on the bases, but when you run like that, and you play aggressively, you can win a game for your team,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.
“I think just having the track record and what the team’s looking for, they need a guy to be aggressive on the base paths whenever I’m out there, so I’m going to try to do that,” Stevenson said.Caleb Thielbar pitched a scoreless seventh in relief of Dallas Keuchel, who allowed two runs and three hits in five innings. Jhoan Duran pitched a hitless ninth for his 25th save in 30 chances.“The way he pitches now, he’s just so smart.
Mets starter Kodai Senga gave up two runs and four hits in six innings. He struck out five to raise his total to 181, moving three ahead of Jerry Koosman for second-most strikeouts by a Mets rookie behind Dwight Gooden’s 276. Lewis hit an RBI double in the first, but Francisco Lindor sliced an opposite-field, two-run double to right in the fourth. Correa tied the score in the bottom half with his 18th homer.Minnesota placed 1B/OF Joey Gallo on the 10-day IL and activated 1B/OF Alex Kirilloff from the IL. Kirilloff was 12 for 27 with two home runs and six RBIs in a six-game rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester.
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