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Minnesota Twins vs. Pittsburgh Pirates, June 9, 2024, 1:35 p.m. ET

The Pittsburgh Pirates are at home today against the Minnesota Twins looking to grab a win.

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After turning boos into cheers with a single at-bat, Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Rowdy Tellez is hoping to carry the momentum into the rest of the season.

Tellez and the Pirates aim for a three-game sweep of the visiting Minnesota Twins on Sunday after recording consecutive shutouts.

Tellez homered and drove in three runs in Saturday’s 4-0 victory to help Pittsburgh win for the fifth time in its past seven games.

Minnesota has lost five straight and will carry a 22-inning scoreless streak into the series finale. The Twins were held to six singles in Saturday’s loss.

“We’re going to have to pull our way out of this,” Minnesota manager Rocco Baldelli said. “We have good hitters. We have a lot of guys that can do more than what they’re doing right now … we have different guys that have to make different adjustments because what’s going on right now team-wide as a whole is clearly not where we need to be.”

Tellez’s season-long slump has drawn the ire of Pirates fans, but he won them over with a solo home run in the seventh inning on Saturday. Fans chanted his name when he returned to the dugout after the homer, his first since March 31.

“That was awesome,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. “I give our fans a ton of credit. I know it’s challenging when guys aren’t performing. This guy’s been working his butt off, he’s been a good teammate, he’s done everything we’ve asked, gone in to play defense late, but even before the homer, they could feel it and they got into it, which was cool.”