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Miranda HR gives Twins walk-off, 4-1 win against Brewers

Jul 13, 2022, 1:43 AM | Updated: 2:57 pm

Milwaukee Brewers' Jace Peterson jogs home after hitting a solo home run off Minnesota Twins pitche...

Milwaukee Brewers' Jace Peterson jogs home after hitting a solo home run off Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Ryan, right, in the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

(AP Photo/Jim Mone)


              Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Aaron Ashby, right, waits to be pulled in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
            
              Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Aaron Ashby heads to the dugout after he was pulled in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
            
              Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Trevor Gott (48) throws in relief of starter Aaron Ashby against the Minnesota Twins in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
            
              Minnesota Twins center fielder Gilberto Celestino (67) makes a jumping effort but Milwaukee Brewers' Jace Peterson home run eludes him in the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
            
              Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Aaron Ashby throws against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
            
              Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Ryan throws against the Milwaukee Brewers in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
            
              Milwaukee Brewers' Jace Peterson jogs home after hitting a solo home run off Minnesota Twins pitcher Joe Ryan, right, in the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jose Miranda hit a game-ending, three-run homer against Milwaukee’s Josh Hader as the Minnesota Twins finally got a timely hit to beat the Brewers 4-1 on Wednesday.

Miranda’s third hit of the game traveled to the second deck in left field. The 23-year-old rookie knew it was gone as he threw his bat and looked at the Minnesota dugout before the ball landed. The Twins have five walk-off wins this season, and Miranda supplied one with a single against Baltimore’s All-Star closer Jorge López at the start of the month.

“He’s having a good time and he should,” Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli said. “When you hit a ball like that in front of a great crowd and you do it off, probably, one of the five most dominant pitchers in baseball — and I might be shortchanging Hader at this point — you can have some fun. He’s earned his fun right there.”

Miranda, who broke out last season with 30 homers and a .344 average in 127 games between Double-A and Triple-A, has multiple hits in three of his last five games. He’s hitting .348 with four homers and 16 RBIs in his last 14 games.

“He threw me the first one, slider down, and I kind of knew he was going to come with the same pitch, but maybe for a strike,” Miranda said. “He threw it where I wanted. Executed the plan.”

Hader (0-3) walked Jorge Polanco and allowed a single to Max Kepler before Miranda’s drive.

“The slider wasn’t working the way it was,” Hader said. “I fell behind in a few counts and I think at the end of the day you’ve got to stick with what you know. Falling behind 1-0 and trying to squeeze in a very errant pitch and he took a hold of it. You tip your cap and keep moving. Sometimes it goes your way. Sometimes it doesn’t.”

Jhoan Duran (1-3) earned the first win of his career with one inning in relief, allowing one hit and a walk. Milwaukee had runners on first and second in the ninth inning, but Jace Peterson grounded into a 3-6-3 double play to end the threat.

Peterson homered earlier for the Brewers’ lone run. Milwaukee has lost five of its past seven games with three losses by two runs or less.

“We’ve kind of been in a dogfight here the last couple of weeks or so, a lot of close games,” reliever Brad Boxberger said. “It’s a matter of grinding through these last couple in San Fran and go into the All-Star break hot.”

Minnesota had plenty of chances to put the game away, but the Twins were 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position and left 13 runners on base through the first nine innings.

“We did a lot of good things, all the things you look for to win a game,” Baldelli said. “At some point when you get some baserunners on, someone’s got to come up and whack one, and we got it.”

FOR STARTERS

Joe Ryan gave up just two hits in 5 1/3 innings for Minnesota. He allowed Peterson’s solo homer leading off the third.

Aaron Ashby struggled to put away Twins hitters — until it mattered. In his third start since coming off the injured list for left forearm inflammation, Ashby threw 101 pitches in 4 1/3 innings. He surrendered six hits and walked three but allowed just one run.

Minnesota left seven runners on base in the first four innings against the left-hander, but Ashby’s day was done after a pair of one-out singles in the fifth. Trevor Gott came on in relief and stranded both runners.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Brewers: OF Christian Yelich missed his second straight game with mid-back tightness.

Twins: RHP Joe Smith was reinstated from the 15-day injured list after recovering from upper trap tightness. RHP Josh Winder was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul. … RHP Chris Archer, on the 15-day injured list with left hip tightness, is lined up to start Sunday.

UP NEXT

Brewers: RHP Corbin Burnes (7-4, 2.20 ERA) opens Milwaukee’s four-game series in San Francisco on Thursday. The Giants will counter with LHP Carlos Rodón (8-5, 2.70) in a matchup of two starters headed to the All-Star Game.

Twins: RHP Sonny Gray (4-2, 3.03) starts Thursday as Minnesota hosts the White Sox for a four-game series. Gray surrendered a season-high five runs in 4 2/3 innings against Texas in his last start. Chicago is scheduled to start RHP Johnny Cueto (3-4, 2.91).

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