Trevor Larnach belted a two-run home run and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night in Minneapolis.

The Pirates (38-58) mercifully have just one game left before the All-Star break. They’ll look to at least put an end to their eight-game losing streak against the Twins (47-48) on Sunday. Click here to read more from PGHBaseballNOW.com.

Spencer Horwitz drove in the go-ahead run in the ninth inning and David Bednar locked down his 13th save on Sunday afternoon as the Pirates snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Twins at Target Field.

The Pittsburgh Pirates came through late, taking down the Minnesota Twins for a 2-1 victory in the series finale at Target Field. The win ends a season-long eight game losing streak for the Pirates, who suffered back-to-back sweeps to the Seattle Mariners,

The Twins and Pirates played to a draw through eight innings on Sunday as MLB wraps up its first half. The Pirates rallied against Jhoan Duran in the ninth, however, and held on for a 2-1 victory and avoiding a sweep in Minneapolis.

They ended a successful homestand 6-3, but for the third series in a row they failed to complete a sweep after Pittsburgh pushed across a ninth-inning run against Jhoan Duran.

After getting dealt their eighth consecutive loss at the hands of the Minnesota Twins, the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped to 10,877-10,877 across their entire 144-year history.

Pirates second. Tommy Pham homers to center field. Jack Suwinski grounds out to first base, Kody Clemens to Simeon Woods Richardson. Ke'Bryan Hayes singles to shallow left field. Henry Davis

This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

Cruz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Twins after exiting Saturday's 12-4 loss in the top of the eighth inning due to a hip flexor injury, Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.