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MINNEAPOLIS -- The decisive blow for Minnesota came on Ian Desmonds leadoff home run in the 10th inning for the Texas Rangers.The Twins essentially lost the game a lot earlier.Desmonds homer set up Sam Dyson for the save as the Rangers held on for a 3-2 victory Friday night, but the Twins hit into double plays to end the fourth, fifth and sixth innings against starter Martin Perez.Another way to let one go, manager Paul Molitor said.In the fifth, after Max Kepler sacrificed to move the runners up to second and third, Kurt Suzuki tried to bunt, too. Trevor Plouffe broke for home with the pitch on a suicide squeeze play, but the ball popped high enough in the air for first baseman Mitch Moreland to catch it and throw across the diamond for an easy out. Just the type of ugly mistakes that have made a bad season much worse for the Twins.Just one of those situations that came up. It didnt work out. We didnt get the ball down, Molitor said.After losing back-to-back games to the Yankees in New York on the last at-bat, including a six-run rally Wednesday against Bush and Dyson, the league-leading Rangers settled in for a series against the worst team in the majors.Dyson surrendered a leadoff single to Kepler, but he struck out the next two batters and notched his 17th save in 19 attempts. Matt Bush (3-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win, which lifted the Rangers to a club-record 52-29 mark at the 81-game midpoint of their season.Its a much better number than being the other way around, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.Flip their record, and its still three games better than the Twins.Plouffe tied the game for the Twins with a two-run home run in the seventh that spoiled Martin Perezs shutout bid, but Desmond took Fernando Abad (1-3) deep to start the extra session. Abad has taken the loss in three of his last four appearances, and his ERA has risen to 2.67, up from 0.47 a little over a month ago.Obviously that fastball wasnt where he wanted it, Molitor said. But hes still one of our guys at the end of the game that we count on.Ervin Santana turned in his third straight sturdy start for the Twins, though he needed 117 pitches to log 6 1/3 innings. Two of his three walks came in the seventh, when pinch-hitter Jurickson Profar put the Rangers in front with a two-run single off reliever Ryan Pressly. Santana struck out five and allowed only three hits.I felt great, Santana said.QUITE A SNAGByron Buxton made a running catch against the wall in right-center field to end the 10th for the Twins and keep the margin at one run.I just really wanted to get us out of the inning so I just did my best to try to get to the ball, Buxton said.DOZIERS DRIVESBrian Dozier singled before Plouffes homer, stretching his hitting streak to a career-high 13 consecutive games during which hes hitting .431 with 12 extra-base hits and 13 RBI. Doziers run of 11 games in a row with at least one extra-base hit ended as the longest in a single season in the majors since Chipper Jones had 14 straight in 2006, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.TRAINERS ROOMMiguel Sano played 3B in his return from rehab (hamstring), and he threw Adrian Beltre out with an off-balance, bare-handed grab of a slow grounder to end the sixth. Sano pumped his arm on the way to the dugout. With the RF experiment all but over, Sano will rotate between 3B and DH, Molitor said.UP NEXTRangers RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (0-1, 9.00 ERA) will make his second start of the season Saturday afternoon. RHP Tyler Duffey (3-6, 5.59 ERA) will take the mound for the Twins in the middle game of the series, coming off a career-high eight innings in a win on the road over the Yankees. He gave up just two hits and one run. Robert Franks Hornets Jersey . -- Brandon Jennings made the most of his first game with the Detroit Pistons on Sunday night. Muggsy Bogues Jersey . McCarthy, a player who played some games in the second tier for Wigan at the start of this season, would go on to shine inside Evertons midfield, outplaying the man he was brought in to replace, on one of the grandest stages in English football. On Saturday, it was fitting that Manchester Uniteds most recent dagger into the chest was delivered by Frenchman Yohan Cabaye, a wonderfully gifted central midfielder who put on an outstanding effort for Newcastle at Old Trafford. https://www.hornetslockerroom.com/Terry-Rozier-City-Edition-Jersey/ . General manager Jarmo Kekalainen told Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch on Friday that he wants to see Gaboriks contributions go beyond the scoresheet before considering a long-term deal for the soon-to-be unrestricted free agent. Miles Bridges Hornets Jersey .C. -- Calgarys Kevin Koe did it the hard way again. Caleb Martin Hornets Jersey . Only three players drafted by NHL clubs were included on the Czech selection camp roster on Wednesday. Those players were Dallas Stars 2012 first-rounder Radek Faksa, Winnipeg Jets 2013 fourth-rounder Jan Kostalek and Phoenix Coyotes 2012 seventh-rounder Marek Langhamer.UFC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez has vowed to finish Conor McGregor inside two rounds when the pair meet at UFC 205 in Madison Square Garden on November 12. McGregor, the UFCs reigning featherweight champion, is attempting to make history by becoming the first champion in the promotions history to hold two belts simultaneously.It is a feat McGregor was scheduled to attempt against former champion Rafael dos Anjos at UFC 196 in March, but the Brazilian injured his foot and the Irishman went on to lose by second-round submission to replacement opponent Nate Diaz. Watch Now TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. McGregor avenged that defeat in August with a majority-decision victory in his rematch with Diaz but Alvarez has seen a chink in the 28-year-olds armour and he intends to exploit it in New York in just over two weeks.I think we do it under the nine minute mark, Alvarez told FOX Sports. Big, big heavy shots, he goes down and then submission.I can see it ending much like the (Nate) Diaz fight where I land the heavy shot and then I finish with a submission. Nate Diaz (L) and Conor McGregor batttle during their welterweight rematch McGregors rematch with Diaz is a frontrunner for fight of the year and the Notorious One earned many plaudits for the manner in which he battled through adversity during the back-and-forth battle.ddddddddddddfter dropping Diaz three times during the first two rounds, McGregor took some heavy punishment in the third before bouncing back in the fourth to re-establish his supremacy. He did just enough in the fifth to seal the win.Rarely in McGregors rapid rise to UFC superstardom has he been tested in such a fashion but Alvarez plans to do so again and he is confident McGregor will wilt under the pressure.From what Ive seen in the past and what hes done in the past, (his heart) is very questionable and Im not the only one whos questioned it, Alvarez said.I think he has quit in him and I think it takes a tad of adversity and him to get into a little bit of a fight to pull it out of him.On November 12, Im going to pull it out of him and Im going to show it to millions of people and the crowd. Everybodys going to see it. Were going to reveal the quit.You can watch Premier League football, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the Mexican Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! Also See: McGregor may vacate UFC title Why is Rousey fighting Nunes? McGregor fined for Diaz row Rousey comeback confirmed ' ' '