Perez, Cahill lead Pirates over Twins 6-2

<p>MINNEAPOLIS &mdash; Michael Perez had three hits and three RBIs, helping Trevor Cahill and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 on Saturday.</p>
<p>Cahill (1-2) permitted one run and two hits in six innings. The right-hander retired the Twins in order in five of his innings.</p>
<p>It was Cahill’s longest outing since he also worked six innings for the Angels at Baltimore on May 10, 2019. </p>
<p>Minnesota lost for the 10th time in 12 games. Michael Pineda (1-1) allowed five runs, four earned, and six hits in 4 1/3 innings. Jake Cave had two of the Twins’ three hits.</p>
<p>The Pirates jumped on Pineda for three runs in the second. With one out, Erik González singled and advanced to third when Gregory Polanco dumped a shift-beating pop fly into short left for a double.</p>
<p>Todd Frazier drove in a run on a fielder’s choice grounder that Twins shortstop Jorge Polanco threw away for an error. Perez then made it 3-0 with a two-run double. </p>
<p>The damage could have been worse but Buxton made a diving catch in left-center to rob Kevin Newman of a hit.</p>
<p>The Twins got one back in the bottom of the second on Cave’s RBI double.</p>
<p>Perez and Newman hit back-to-back homers to start the fifth, and Newman added a sacrifice fly to make it 6-1 in the sixth.</p>
<p>The Twins scored an unearned run in the eighth when Cave doubled, moved to third on left fielder Phillip Evans’ error and scored on Josh Donaldson’s sacrifice fly.</p>
<p>TRAINER’S ROOM</p>
<p>Twins: LHP Caleb Thielbar was reinstated from the COVID-19 injured list and RHP Luke Farrell was returned to the team’s alternate training site. Thielbar last pitched on April 16.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Pirates: Manager Derek Shelton has not yet named a starter for Sunday afternoon’s series finale.</p>
<p>Twins: RHP Matt Shoemaker (1-1, 6.28 ERA) will face the Pirates for the first time in his career.</p>
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