Jorge Polanco, the former Twin, dropped down a bunt on a high 99-mph fastball from Duran, and Twins catcher Christian Vazquez could not field it cleanly. The bunt was ruled a hit, and pinch runner Victor Robles advanced to second.

Luke Raley followed with a sac bunt, moving both runners into scoring position with one out.

But Duran escaped when he struck out Josh Rojas on a curveball, and then got Crawford to ground out to end the inning.

Raley, pinch-running for Mitch Haniger, scored the tying run in the eighth inning on a throwing error by Twins third baseman Jose Miranda trying to throw out Julio Rodriguez on a soft ground ball.

Raley, running from second, had run in on the grass to avoid an attempted tag from Miranda, who then threw low to Twins first baseman Carlos Santana, the one-time Mariner.

The ball got away from Santana and allowed Raley to run home, tying the score 2-2.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli pleaded his case with third-base ump Junior Valentine — perhaps that Raley had run out of the baseline — but the play stood after umpires gathered to discuss it in the middle of the infield.

The usual chorus of boos rained down on Carlos Correa from the T-Mobile Park crowd when the old rival stepped to the plate for his first at-bat.

The boos poured in even louder after Correa drove a Gilbert curveball over the wall in left field in the sixth inning. It was the only damage the Twins managed against Gilbert, who continued his dominant June but again got minimal run support from the Mariners offense.

Gilbert had been mostly untouchable through five shutdown innings, stretching his scoreless innings streak to 21.

That streak ended in the top of the sixth inning after Correa turned on a curveball low and in and sent it 385 feet out and into the Twins bullpen.

Correa has been one of baseball’s hottest hitters in June, coming into the game hitting .389 in the month.

The Mariners had finally broken through against Twins starter Bailey Ober with two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning.

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