Michael Conforto went 4 for 4 and drove in the go-ahead run in the fifth inning , and Edwin Díaz retired Nelson Cruz with the bases loaded in the ninth to preserve a 3-2 victory by the Mets over the Twins on Tuesday night.
Luis Arraez entered as a pinch-hitter for injured Jonathan Schoop and turned an 0-2 count into a walk. Singles by Mitch Garver and Marwin Gonzalez dialed up the pressure on Díaz, who has allowed 25 hits, 17 runs and six walks over his last 14 1/3 innings. But Cruz’s foul ball was well within the range of third baseman Todd Frazier to make a basket catch in front of the dugout.
Schoop had homered for the Twins’ first run and Max Kepler drove in the other run on a ground out.
Eddie Rosario and C.J. Cron both returned from the injured list before the game, a boost for this Twins team that saw its AL Central lead over Cleveland shrink to five games, the smallest since May 19.
