MINNEAPOLIS — The Rangers' middle infield, signed to a half-billion dollars worth of contracts last winter, accounted for two of the Twins' runs on Saturday night. At those prices, it only makes sense that they chipped in for their own team, too.
Corey Seager, the $325 million shortstop, lined a single down the right-field line in the 10th inning Saturday, scoring Marcus Semien, the $175 million second baseman, from second base. Seager then scored an insurance run on Mark Mathias' single up the middle, and Texas held on for a 4-3 victory at Target Field.
The loss snapped Minnesota's four-game winning streak and prevented the Twins from catching Cleveland in the AL Central standings. It also frustrated a team that needed a couple of fielding mistakes and some good luck on the bases to mount any offense at all.
