Carlos Correa Drives in Winning Run for Minnesota Twins Against Boston Red Sox

By Danny Bolivar

Puerto Rican Carlos Correa turned the score around in favor of the Minnesota Twins, in the third game of a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox.

During the day of this 06/21, both teams meet for the sixth time in the regular season of Major League Baseball. Being this time at Target Field.

The starting pitchers for this duel were Garrett Whittlock, for the visit, while Sonny Gray took the mound for the home team.

In most baseball games, and even more so in Major League Baseball, the RBI usually comes after a connection that breaks the diamond.

However, this time the Puerto Rican and Twins shortstop drove in his 35th run of the year without much effort.

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And it is that when the third inning was going down, he entered the batter’s box to take his second turn of the night and with his partner Edouard Julien on third pad.

After Carlos Correa was ahead in the count at 2-0, he made contact with Whittlock’s third delivery, a sinker at 93.2 mph that was located in the part of the strike zone.

The ball went in the direction of third base, a position guarded by Triston Casas, he quickly took the ball but due to the lack of forcefulness that the hit took, he opted to secure the out at first.

So Julien scored the run that put his team up on the board without much problem.

Carlos Correa and Edouard Julien took advantage of their speed

This atypical play must be attributed to both players, to Correa for having the ability and vision to make contact with the ball, something that not everyone can do, and his partner for playing “Caribbean” as we Latinos know it and being 100% involved. % in the game.

First he was a bit ahead, second he went looking for home plate as soon as he heard the ball collide with the bat, so he gained a step or two from Casas.

And due to the speed of both, the game closed and with several innings to go, the Boston player decided to take the shot to first base. In other circumstances of the commitment, the fans would have witnessed a play at the plate.

Offensive numbers of Carlos Correa

After 65 games in the regular round, the Puerto Rican accumulates an average of .217 by hitting a total of 53 hits, 15 of them doubles, two triples and nine home runs.

In addition, he scored 21 runs and drove in another 35, after 244 official shifts, data from MLB.com.

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