MLB

Los Angeles Angels at Minnesota Twins

· Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Angels
60-84, 30-42 Away
Final
6 - 2
Minnesota Twins
76-68, 39-31 Home

Detmers works 6 strong innings, Drury and Kavadas hit HRs as Angels beat the struggling Twins 6-2

Detmers (4-6) was making his second straight quality start after spending three months at Triple-A Salt Lake. The 25-year-old left-hander allowed five hits and struck out eight — including the last three batters he faced — for his first win since April 12 against Boston when he started the season 3-0. He allowed three hits and struck out 10 in six innings in a no-decision against the Los Angeles Dodgers last Tuesday in his first appearance since June 1 after being demoted to the minors after months of inconsistency.

“You always want to finish strong, especially these last starts I have left,” Detmers said. “Obviously give it your all, but trying to get my name back out there, trying to make a statement and show everybody who I am.”

Drury hit his fourth homer of the season, a two-run shot, in the third inning and Kavadas added another two-run homer, his third, in the sixth.

Kyle Farmer homered for the Twins, who struck out 12 times and lost their fourth straight game. Minnesota has scored just 13 runs in losing six of its last seven games. The Twins are 6-15 in their last 21 games, yet remain third in the American League wild-card standings, three games ahead of idle Detroit and Seattle.

“There’s times where you’re going to struggle for a moment at the plate, and right now unfortunately it’s contagious for us. But hopefully we’ll snap out of it tomorrow,” said Royce Lewis, who went 0 for 4 and is hitless in his last 20 at-bats.

David Festa (2-6) allowed a two-run single to Nolan Schanuel in the first and a 459-foot home run to Drury in the third inning as the Angels took a 4-0 lead. Festa was lifted after four innings.

“The game was a little bit out of our reach pretty much from the start and we were never able to get that moment where we were able to pull ourselves back. But we need to string together those good at-bats,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “It feels like we’re piecemealing it a little bit. We’ve got to do more as a collective group and get the three, four, five good at-bats in a row.”

Carlos Santana had an RBI single in the third for Minnesota and Farmer homered in the fourth before Kavadas lined a home run to right field off Ronny Henriquez in the sixth to stretch the Angels’ lead to 6-2.

José Suarez, recalled Monday from Triple-A Salt Lake City, threw three hitless innings for this first career save. Since June 17, Los Angeles relievers lead the majors with a 2.62 ERA.

“He came out with intent from the first pitch because his first pitch was 95. He usually builds up as he goes along, but tonight he came out there and got on it right away,” Angels manager Ron Washington said.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: 3B Anthony Rendon (back soreness) missed his second straight game as a precaution. He’s expected to return Tuesday. … OF Jo Adell (left oblique strain) was moved to 60-day injured list.

Twins: SS Carlos Correa, out since July 12 with right plantar fasciitis said a new treatment is working and expressed optimism he’ll be back soon. … CF Byron Buxton took defensive drills Monday as he attempts to get his hip pain to the point where he can play through it. … CF Willi Castro left the game due to illness. … C Christian Vázquez was placed on the paternity list and C Jair Camargo was recalled from Triple-A St. Paul.

UP NEXT

Los Angeles plans to start RHP Griffin Canning (5-12, 5.02) Tuesday in the second game of this three-game set. RHP Pablo López (14-8, 4.05) is the scheduled Minnesota starter.

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Matchup Prediction

Twins: 62.5%
Angels: 37.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Helman struck out swinging.
9th Inning Farmer flied out to right.
9th Inning Wallner walked.
9th Inning Lewis struck out swinging.
9th Inning Schanuel grounded out to second.
9th Inning Neto hit by pitch, Ward to second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
2 Hit By Pitch 0
13 Ground Balls 10
8 Strikeouts 12
6 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 5
0 Stolen Bases 0
4 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
6 Runs 2
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
33 At Bats 31
2 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
12 Runners Left On Base 12
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 2
12 Fly Balls 9
0 Caught Stealing 0
139 Pitches 145
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
17 Total Bases 10
39 Plate Appearances 34
324.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
4 Extra Base Hits 3
6.4 Runs Created 2.0
.273 Batting Average .161
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.515 Slugging Percentage .323
.364 Secondary Average .258
.385 On Base Percentage .235
.900 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .558
1.1 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.1
6.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.0
43.0 Batter Rating 20.0
16.5 At Bats Per Home Run 31.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.56 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.26
.242 Isolated Power .161
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.25
.103 Walks Per Plate Appearance .088
.091 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .097
12.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.6 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.2
90.5 MLB Rating 69.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Target Field

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 14,445 | 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
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