MINNEAPOLIS — Carlos Correa was positioned perfectly. The statistics showed that Charlie Blackmon tended to pull the ball to the right side, and when the Rockies' designated hitter swung over the top of a sixth-inning fastball from Dylan Bundy, his ground ball hopped directly to the Twins' shortstop, stationed about 15 feet on the right-field side of second base.
And that's how the Twins lost to the Rockies.
Correa rushed to tag second base and force out Yonathan Daza, but his throw to first base was too late to double up Blackmon and end the inning. Blackmon's hustle allowed Conner Joe to score Colorado's one and only run. Which, for the 10th time this season, was enough to beat the oddly slump-prone Twins, 1-0, at Target Field.
