Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins
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Rangers drop from AL West lead as Twins win 7-6 in 13 innings, overcoming 5-run deficit
Texas wasted a 5-0 lead built with Jonah Heim’s grand slam and J.P. Martinez solo homer, and Royce Lewis started Minnesota’s comeback with a sixth-inning slam.
The Rangers had held a share of first place in every day of the season except when they fell one game behind the Los Angeles Angels on April 8. Texas (73-57) has lost nine of its last 10 games, falling behind Seattle (74-56).
“We’ve got a lot of baseball to play this last month. Whoever plays the best baseball will be playing at the end. That’s the way I look at it,” Marcus Semien said.
Minnesota overcame a 5-4 deficit in the ninth when Aroldis Chapman walked Michael A. Taylor with one out, and Taylor advanced on a disengagement violation. Donovan Solano followed with an RBI single, Chapman’s fifth blown save in eight chances.
Corey Seager hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th but Jorge Polanco hit into a run-scoring forceout in the bottom half.
With Carlos Correa on second as the automatic runner, Hernández (1-2) walked Joey Gallo on four pitches, Matt Wallner on a full count and Taylor on four pitches. The Twins won on a walk-off walk for the first time in exactly a year, since last Aug. 27 against San Francisco.
Hernández threw just eight of 23 pitches for strikes.
“During this little tough streak, there’s been a lot of walks involved. Unfortunately, they come back to get us and then we had the violation and that hurt too,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said.
Dylan Floro (5-6) got three straight outs after a leadoff walk in the 13th.
Lewis’s slam off Chris Stratton started the comeback for AL Central leader Minnesota, which took three of four in the series and has a six-game lead over second-place Cleveland. Lewis’ only previous slam was May 13 last year.
“I had chills after the game. I was so impressed with our group," Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.
Texas starter Jordan Montgomery pitched five shutout innings, then left with the bases loaded.
Heim was hitless in 13 at-bats before his fourth-inning homer against Bailey Ober landed in the flower pots above the right-field wall. His other slam was against the Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani on April 14 last year.
Martinez hit his first big league homer for Texas in the second.
FRUSTRATION
Correa grounded into his major league-high 26th double play.
KEUCHEL OUT OF THE ’PEN
Dallas Keuchel allowed five hits in five scoreless innings for Minnesota, his 12th relief appearance and first since Oct. 2, 2021. Signed to a minor-league deal June 22, and activated by the Twins Aug. 3, Keuchel hadn’t pitched since taking a perfect game into the sixth inning Aug. 20.
“It was kind of talked about the last three or four days. There were about three or four different scenarios. I mean, would I like to relieve? Not really. At the same time, I want to win,” he said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rangers: RHP Nathan Eovaldi, out since July 27 with a right forearm strain, is expected to throw his next bullpen session Tuesday. Manager Bruce Bochy said Eovaldi felt good in his Thursday bullpen, and his arm feels good since, but with a little tightness in his side they’re going to precautionarily “back off a little bit.”
Twins: Taylor returned after missing two games with a tight hamstring.
UP NEXT
Rangers: RHP Jon Gray (8-7, 3.76) starts Monday night’s opener of a three-game series at the New York Mets, who send RHP Tylor Megill (7-7, 5.54) to the mound.
Twins: RHP Kenta Maeda (3-7, 4.22) starts Monday against visiting Cleveland and RHP Xzavion Curry (3-2, 3.51).
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
13th Inning | Taylor walked, Correa scored, Wallner to second, Gallo to third. | |
13th Inning | Wallner walked, Gallo to second, Correa to third. | |
13th Inning | Gallo walked. | |
13th Inning | Jeffers struck out swinging. | |
13th Inning | Lewis struck out swinging. | |
13th Inning | Hernández relieved Burke |
Statistics
TEX | MIN | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
14 | Ground Balls | 5 |
12 | Strikeouts | 13 |
6 | Runs Batted In | 7 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
10 | Hits | 8 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
4 | Walks | 10 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
6 | Runs | 7 |
2 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
47 | At Bats | 44 |
2 | Home Runs | 1 |
1 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 1 |
32 | Runners Left On Base | 27 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
0 | Game Winning RBIs | 1 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
1 | Doubles | 0 |
22 | Fly Balls | 26 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
199 | Pitches | 240 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
2 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
1 | Pinch Hits | 1 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
17 | Total Bases | 11 |
52 | Plate Appearances | 54 |
324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
3 | Extra Base Hits | 1 |
4.1 | Runs Created | 4.3 |
.213 | Batting Average | .182 |
.500 | Pinch Hit Average | .500 |
.362 | Slugging Percentage | .250 |
.234 | Secondary Average | .295 |
.269 | On Base Percentage | .333 |
.631 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .583 |
0.6 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.2 |
2.8 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 3.1 |
42.0 | Batter Rating | 39.0 |
23.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 44.0 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
3.83 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.44 |
.149 | Isolated Power | .068 |
0.33 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.77 |
.077 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .185 |
.021 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .114 |
12.0 | Runs Produced | 14.0 |
1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
0.4 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
87.0 | MLB Rating | 82.3 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 24,431 | Capacity:
2024 American League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 88 | 73 | .547 | - | W2 |
Seattle | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3.5 | W4 |
Texas | 78 | 84 | .481 | 10.5 | W3 |
Oakland | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19.5 | L3 |
Los Angeles | 63 | 99 | .389 | 25.5 | L6 |
2024 American League Central Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland | 92 | 69 | .571 | - | L2 |
Kansas City | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6.5 | W1 |
Detroit | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6.5 | L2 |
Minnesota | 82 | 80 | .506 | 10.5 | L4 |
Chicago | 41 | 121 | .253 | 51.5 | W2 |