Celestino’s wild night rallies Twins to extra-inning victory

Gilberto Celestino almost threw the sport away for the Minnesota Twins however rebounded to drive within the game-winning run in a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

Celestino was a possible scapegoat for the Twins as they went into the ninth inning down 1-0. With runners on second and third, Celestino caught an Austin Slater fly ball in heart discipline and commenced trotting in for the underside half of the inning. 

Sadly, it was solely the second out and Wilmer Flores scored on a sacrifice fly to make it a 2-0 sport.

The play gave the Twins what appeared to be an insurmountable deficit. Minnesota was unable to money in with runners on the corners and no person out within the prime of the eighth and was on the verge of being shutout for the thirteenth time this season.

Luckily, the Twins rallied, utilizing RBI singles from Carlos Correa and Jake Cave to tie the sport and pressure further innings. Within the backside of the tenth, Celestino got here up with the bases loaded and drew a four-pitch walk-off stroll to ship the rain-soaked crowd residence joyful.

The win got here on the heels of an successfully wild efficiency by Sonny Grey, who held the Giants to 1 hit however walked 4 batters over 5 innings.

The Twins will go for the sweep on Sunday afternoon when Aaron Sanchez takes the mound towards Jakob Junis.