Overview

• Hours after his contract was selected from Triple-A Round Rock, Billy McKinney delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning at Globe Life Field.
• Jacob deGrom made his 30th and final start of the season, working five innings with one run allowed and eight strikeouts.
• Byron Buxton opened the game with a leadoff homer before Josh Smith tied it with a solo shot off Twins starter Taj Bradley, who struck out nine over six innings.
• Texas broke the tie in the seventh as Ezequiel Duran singled and stole second, McKinney drove him in, and wild pitches by Travis Adams and Genesis Cabrera added two runs.
• Relievers Robert Garcia tossed two scoreless innings for the win and Phil Maton recorded a perfect ninth for his fifth save, sealing a victory that ended Texas' eight-game slide.