Twins Outslug Athletics, Win Series

The Minnesota Twins held off the Athletics 11-to-8 Sunday at Target Field, winning two of three games in the weekend series.

Minnesota scored three runs in each of the first two innings and finished with 13 hits. Ryan Jeffers drove in three runs as the Twins built an early seven-run lead.

Connor Prielipp earned the victory after allowing one earned run over five-and-two-thirds innings. He struck out five.

The Athletics scored eight times over the final four innings, but Minnesota added four insurance runs to secure the series victory. MLB game summary