James McCann went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for a 6-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.

Alek Thomas went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and an RBI for Arizona (75-75), which won the rubber match of the three-game series. Tim Tawa also drove in a run.

Matt Wallner and Mickey Gasper each hit a solo home run for Minnesota (65-84).

Diamondbacks right-hander Nabil Crismatt (3-0) allowed two runs (none earned) in five innings. He gave up three hits, walked none and struck out four.

Twins right-hander Bailey Ober (5-8) surrendered four runs on four hits in six innings. He walked none and whiffed nine.

Diamondbacks reliever Kyle Backhus escaped a jam in the ninth for his second career save.

Arizona struck first in the top of the second inning. Thomas hit a two-out double to center, and he scored moments later on McCann’s single to left.

The Twins answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame. Eduoard Julien hit an RBI single to left to tie it at 1, and Gasper scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error by Diamondbacks third baseman Jordan Lawlar.

The Diamondbacks regained a 4-2 lead in the fourth. McCann stepped to the plate with runners on second and third and two out, and he delivered with a three-run homer over the wall in left-center field.

The blast marked McCann’s fourth homer in 35 games this season.

A solo homer by Wallner cut the Twins’ deficit to 4-3 in the sixth.

Tawa increased Arizona’s lead to 5-3 in the seventh. His RBI single scored Thomas, who led off with a single and stole second.

Minnesota battled back once more. Gasper led off the bottom of the seventh with a solo home run, his second, to trim the Diamondbacks’ lead to 5-4.

Arizona regained a two-run lead on Thomas’ sacrifice fly in the eighth.

The Twins loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. Diamondbacks left-hander Jalen Beeks quelled the scoring opportunity by getting Carson McCusker to ground out to shortstop to end the inning.

Backhus inherited one runner, Austin Martin (single), when he entered with two outs in the ninth in relief of Ryan Thompson. Backhus walked Kody Clemens and hit Luke Keaschall with a pitch to load the bases before coaxing Wallner to fly out to right to end the game.

–Field Level Media