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
By Field Level Media
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 |
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 |
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