The Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers on Friday night as outfielder Manuel Margot tied a fun record in team history.
The Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Friday night at Globe Life Park in Arlington. With the win, Minnesota is now 69-53 on the season. They remain in second place in the American League wild card race and are also in second place in the American League Central.Friday’s game began with a bit of history. Outfielder Manuel Margot led off the first inning by taking a ball, then fouling off Andrew Heaney’s second pitch with his bat, which was painted to look like a black Crayola.
Pitch counts have only been reliably kept since the late 1980s, but Margot’s at-bat, the longest in MLB this season, tied Jorge Polanco in 2021 and Kyle Farmer in 2023 for the longest ever recorded by a Twin Margot went 1-for-4 in the victory and is now hitting .241 for the year. He's got four homers, 28 RBI and four stolen bases while posting an OPS of .637.
The 29-year-old Margot is in the ninth year of his big-league career with the San Diego Padres, Tampa Bay Rays and Twins. He's a .254 lifetime hitter with 56 homers and 311 RBI. He's also stolen 95 career bases and is trying to be part of a group that takes the Twins beyond the ALDS, which is where they advanced to in 2023.
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