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Major League Baseball
Minnesota 8, Oakland 7
When: 7:40 PM ET, Sunday, June 16, 2024
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Junior Valentine, 1B - Ramon De Jesus, 2B - Adrian Johnson, 3B - Emil Jimenez
Attendance: 20787

Jose Miranda hit a tiebreaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, and the host Minnesota Twins held on for an 8-7 win over the Oakland Athletics to sweep a doubleheader on Sunday in Minneapolis.

Trevor Larnach and Royce Lewis also homered for the Twins, who completed a four-game series sweep and won their fifth straight game overall. Austin Martin and Carlos Correa added one RBI apiece.

Tyler Soderstrom went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs for Oakland, which lost its ninth game in a row. JJ Bleday went 4-for-5 with a solo home run.

Twins right-hander Josh Staumont (1-0) earned the win in relief. It marked his first victory since Aug. 10, 2022, when he was with the Kansas City Royals.

Athletics right-hander Dany Jimenez (1-2) took the loss out of the bullpen.

Twins right-hander Griffin Jax pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his sixth save.

The Twins grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first. Lewis, who also homered in the 6-2 win to open the split twin bill, smacked two-run shot in the nightcap.

The Athletics answered with three runs in the second. A fielding error by Martin in center field allowed a pair of runs to score, and Zack Gelof drove in another run with a two-out double.

Larnach put the Twins on top 5-3 with a three-run homer in the bottom of the second. The shot marked Larnach's seventh homer and his first since June 2.

Oakland pulled even at 5-5 thanks to a pair of solo blasts in the third. Bleday led off the inning with a homer to right-center field, and Soderstrom followed two batters later with a homer to center.

Martin tried to make up for his defensive miscue with an RBI double in the bottom of the third to give the Twins a 6-5 edge.

In the sixth, Correa ripped an RBI single to increase Minnesota's lead to 7-5.

The Athletics battled back once again. Soderstrom and Shea Langeliers hit back-to-back RBI singles to even the score at 7-7 in the seventh.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Oakland   Minnesota
Joey Estes Player Chris Paddack
No Decision W/L No Decision
2.2 IP 2.1
2 Strikeouts 0
8 Hits 5
20.25 ERA 19.29
Hitting
Oakland   Minnesota
JJ Bleday Player Willi Castro
4 Hits 3
1 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 5
.800 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Oakland 11 2 19 .289 10 8 6 1 0 0
Minnesota 14 3 27 .378 17 7 8 3 0 1