Minnesota 6, LA Angels 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
85°
Umpires:
Home -
Hunter Wendelstedt, 1B -
Charlie Ramos, 2B -
John Tumpane, 3B -
Marvin Hudson
Attendance:
15660
By Field Level Media
Royce Lewis went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins held on for a 6-4 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.
Brooks Lee also drove in a pair of runs for Minnesota (78-68), which won the rubber match of the three-game series. Matt Wallner hit a solo home run.
Nolan Schanuel went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs for Los Angeles (60-86). Taylor Ward and Jordyn Adams also clubbed solo home runs.
Twins right-hander Cole Sands (7-1) struck out a pair of batters without allowing a run. He was one of five relievers to follow starter Zebby Matthews, who gave up two runs on five hits, walking two and fanning five batters in 3 1/3 innings.
Angels right-hander Jack Kochanowicz (2-5) gave up four runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out three.
Twins closer Jhoan Duran escaped a jam in the ninth for his 23rd save.
Ward led off the first inning with a 416-foot shot to center, which marked his team-high 23rd homer.
Wallner answered with a solo homer in the bottom of the first. His 435-foot blast was his 13th homer of the season and his second in as many games.
Schanuel put the Angels back on top with a solo homer to make it 2-1 in the third.
Minnesota grabbed a 4-2 lead with a three-run fourth. Willi Castro hit an RBI single to center, and Lee followed moments later with a two-run double to left.
Los Angeles trimmed the deficit to 4-3 in the sixth. Adams stepped to the plate with two outs and hit a solo shot to center for his first home run in the 20th game of his career.
Lewis gave the Twins a pair of insurance runs in the seventh. With the bases loaded and two outs, he delivered with a two-run double to left to make it 6-3.
Schanuel hit an RBI single in the ninth to pull the Angels within 6-4. Los Angeles had runners on second and third, but Duran got Michael Stefanic to ground out to shortstop to end the game.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
10 |
3 |
19 |
.286 |
21 |
14 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Minnesota
|
11 |
1 |
18 |
.333 |
17 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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