Wednesday, October 23

Stroll-off stroll! Twins full comeback in 13-innning marathon

MINNEAPOLIS — Those massive spots appear to seek out Royce Lewis usually sufficient that supervisor Rocco Baldelli and his coaches joke about it within the dugout — and boy, does he actually appear to have a penchant for rising to the event.

Sunday’s recreation appeared all however out of attain for a listless Twins offense in a five-run deficit earlier than Lewis dragged his workforce again into it within the sixth inning together with his second profession grand slam, nearly closing the hole. They closed all of it the way in which on Donovan Solano’s game-tying single within the ninth — and an eternity later, the Twins lastly ended a marathon 7-6 victory over the Rangers with a bases-loaded stroll by Michael A. Taylor within the thirteenth inning.

The win secured a victory within the four-game sequence over the Rangers and ensured the Twins stayed six video games forward of the second-place Guardians within the American League Central forward of a probably season-defining string of video games between the 2 golf equipment.

After the 2 sides traded missed alternatives as further innings stretched interminably on within the Twins’ longest recreation of the season by each time and innings, the Minnesota bullpen lastly received the battle of attrition, because the Twins took benefit of the wildness of Texas right-hander Jonathan Hernández to attract three straight walks within the game-winning rally.

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