Minnesota Twins

3rdin AL Central · 71-82

Ugh, no.

Minnesota Twins lost to the Los Angeles Angels

71-82 4 – 5

59-94

Final/10 · Thu, Sep 17

Game Details

Angel Stadium (Anaheim) · 34,251 fans · MLB.TV, Angels.TV, Twins.TV

Recap

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

Mike Trout hit a tying RBI single in the 10th inning, and Wade Meckler followed with a winning RBI single to give the Los Angeles Angels a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

Recap via ESPN

Angel Stadium · Anaheim

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	10	0
LAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	8	0

Win Probability · Minnesota Twins

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Minnesota Twins

Walker Jenkins · 3-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Yoendrys Gomez · 0.1 IP, 1 ER, 0 K (L, 2-4, B, 2)Pitching

Los Angeles Angels

Wade Meckler · 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Blake Weiman · 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 1-1)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

2026 American League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

Scoring

Bot 10th

1B Meckler singled to right, Neto scored, Trout to second.4–5

Bot 10th

1B Trout singled to left, Siri scored, Neto to third.4–4

Top 10th

1B Lee singled to right, Ross scored, Keaschall to second.4–3

Top 9th

HR Jenkins homered to center (394 feet), Caratini scored.3–3

Top 8th

SF Lee hit sacrifice fly to left, Jenkins scored.1–3

Bot 1st

1B Peraza singled to right, Ballesteros scored, Peraza to second, Guzman to third.0–3

Bot 1st

1B Guzman singled to left, Meckler scored, Ballesteros to second.0–2

Bot 1st

1B Ballesteros singled to center, Trout scored, Meckler to third.0–1

Team Stats

Minnesota TwinsLos Angeles Angels

Batting

10 Hits 8

1 Home Runs 0

2 Walks 3

15 Strikeouts 14

0 Stolen Bases 2

14 Left on Base 9

Pitching & Fielding

149 Pitches Thrown 145

0 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Minnesota Twins ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
L. KeaschallRF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.279	18	.370	.387
B. Lee3B	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.248	14	.298	.427
K. Clemens2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.242	19	.304	.469
J. BellDH	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.252	18	.315	.419
E. RodriguezLF	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.217	12	.250	.478
R. JeffersPH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	0	.362	.476
A. MartinLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	0	.346	.322
R. KreidlerLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	0	.280	.374
R. Lewis1B	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	.226	24	.290	.381
V. CaratiniC	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.221	11	.314	.317
W. JenkinsCF	4	2	3	2	1	0	1	.143	10	.250	.306
B. RossSS	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.200	19	.200	.400
Team	38	4	10	4	1	2	15		145

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
T. Bradley	7.0	5	3	3	1	9	98-65	3.81
A. Morris	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-10	4.39
A.J. Minter	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	14-8	2.36
J. Hoffman	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	5-3	3.52
Y. Gomez(L, 2-4, B, 2)	0.1	1	2	1	1	0	18-9	4.22
K. Funderburk	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	1-1	3.86
Team	9.1	8	5	4	3	14	149-96

Los Angeles Angels ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
Z. NetoSS	4	1	0	0	1	3	.241	22	.323	.440
M. TroutDH	4	1	1	1	1	1	.241	25	.379	.423
W. MecklerLF	5	1	2	1	0	1	.294	13	.370	.381
M. Ballesteros1B	4	1	1	1	0	1	.228	14	.293	.356
D. Guzman3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	.230	15	.271	.349
J. LoweRF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.212	12	.278	.368
O. Peraza2B	3	0	2	1	0	0	.227	13	.285	.339
A. Frazier2B	0	0	0	0	1	0	.234	0	.310	.336
J. SiriCF	4	1	0	0	0	3	.225	17	.281	.392
T. HeinemanC	3	0	0	0	0	2	.171	12	.217	.218
V. GrissomPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238	6	.302	.381
Team	36	5	8	5	3	14		149

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W. Urena	7.0	4	0	0	0	9	0	91-62	2.74
L. Murphy(H, 5)	0.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	8-7	6.61
T. Saucedo(H, 9)	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	11-5	2.79
B. Joyce(B, 3)	1.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	21-13	4.40
B. Weiman(W, 1-1)	1.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	14-8	2.40
Team	10.0	10	4	3	2	15	1	145-95