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- Updated: May 29, 2016
SEATTLE — Over a 21-year Major League playing career that covered 10,835 at-bats, along with 16 years as a manager or coach, Twins manager Paul Molitor said he had never seen a play quite like the one that preserved the Twins 6-5 victory over the Mariners on Friday night.
“Not to end the game,” he said. “A lot of it blurs together over about four decades I guess, but to record a double play where there’s not a force in order like that in a situation where the tying run’s 90 feet away, it’s just a bizarre ending. We haven’t caught a lot of breaks, and we caught one there at the end tonight for sure.”
With the Twins nursing the one-run lead, closer Kevin Jepsen came on in the ninth and walked Nelson Cruz, who gave way to pinch-runner Shawn O’Malley. Kyle Seager then ripped a single through the right side, sending O’Malley to third.
Dae-Ho Lee then flied out to right, but not deep enough to score O’Malley.
With Franklin …
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