Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Angels

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Minnesota Twins

71-82, 31-44 Away

Final
4 - 5

Los Angeles Angels

59-94, 33-45 Home

Angels blow 9th-inning lead, then rally for 2 in the 10th to edge Twins 5-4

Wade Meckler walks it off in extras as Angels top Twins 5-4

Minnesota rookie Walker Jenkins hit a two-out, two-run homer in top of the ninth for a 3-3 tie, and the Twins took a 4-3 lead in the 10th on Brooks Lee’s RBI single.

Kody Clemens’ sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with one out, but Angels left-hander Blake Weiman (1-1) got Josh Bell to pop to second and, after intentionally walking pinch-hitter Ryan Jeffers, struck out Royce Lewis to end the inning.

Automatic runner Jose Siri took third on pinch-hitter Vaughn Grissom’s fly to left to open the bottom of the 10th. Zach Neto walked, Trout singled off Yoendrys Gomez (2-4) for a 4-4 tie, and Meckler singled off left-hander Kody Funderburk for the win.

The Angels were one out away from a 3-1 victory after hard-throwing closer Ben Joyce struck out Emmanuel Rodriguez and Lewis to open the ninth, but Twins catcher Victor Caratini kept the inning alive with a single to center.

Jenkins, who entered Thursday with an .089 average and one homer in 16 big-league games, then drove a 101-mph fastball just beyond the glove of leaping center fielder Siri for a two-run shot that tied it at 3.

Minnesota’s late rally spoiled a superb start by Angels right-hander Walbert Ureña, who allowed four hits, struck out a career-high nine and walked none over seven shutout innings to lower his ERA to 2.74.

Twins starter Taj Bradley allowed three runs and five hits in seven innings, striking out nine and walking one, but the right-hander gave up four of those hits in a three-run first.

Up next Twins LHP Connor Prielipp (5-7, 5.24 ERA) was set to face Angels RHP Grayson Rodriguez (4-7, 6.10) on Friday night.

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Scoring Summary

	10th Inning	Meckler singled to right, Neto scored, Trout to second.
	10th Inning	Funderburk relieved Gómez
	10th Inning	Kreidler in left field.
	10th Inning	Trout singled to left, Siri scored, Neto to third.
	10th Inning	Neto walked.
	10th Inning	Grissom flied out to left, Siri to third.

Statistics

MIN		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	11
15	Strikeouts	14
4	Runs Batted In	5
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	2
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	36
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
1	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	149
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	9
42	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
4.3	Runs Created	2.9
.263	Batting Average	.222
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.368	Slugging Percentage	.250
.158	Secondary Average	.167
.293	On Base Percentage	.282
.661	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.532
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
3.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.8
31.0	Batter Rating	32.0
38.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.45	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.105	Isolated Power	.028
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.21
.048	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.077
-.105	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.056
8.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.4
81.3	MLB Rating	76.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0