PHOENIX — It took two batters for the Twins to fall behind on Tuesday. It took the next six innings for them to claw their way back into a tied game.

But their late push fell just short on Tuesday after the Arizona Diamondbacks surged ahead with a two-out rally in the seventh inning on their way to a 5-4 win over the Twins at Chase Field.

After the Twins pushed for three runs in the top of the seventh inning, reliever Jorge Alcala ran into trouble with a pair of outs in the seventh, walking a batter.Two more hits, including a Ketel Marte infield single, produced the deciding run in the Twins’ loss.

That after the Twins had rallied earlier in the inning with Ryan Jeffers’ first home run since May 30, his team-leading 13th of the season.

In recent days, Jeffers, who now has a six-game hitting streak, had talked about feeling good and locked in at the plate. On Tuesday, he sure got the results to show for it. His blast — a towering three-run shot that just cleared the left-field wall — knocked Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt out of the game and gave the Twins some new life.

It completed a comeback that started when Byron Buxton, who is heating up himself, got the Twins on the board in the fifth inning. At that time, the Twins had been trailing by four runs as the Diamondbacks ambushed starter Joe Ryan early.

Leadoff hitter Corbin Carroll singled off of Ryan, and Marte then launched a fastball out to right field, putting Arizona up early. The Diamondbacks tacked on another two runs an inning later, putting the Twins in a four-run hole.

But Ryan, who has been the Twins’ most consistent starter this season, recovered after that, retiring 15 of 16 batters to conclude his outing.