Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Twins: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
The Story
The Minnesota Twins walked off the Oakland Athletics 6-5 in ten innings on June 14, 2024, at Target Field, completing a comeback from a 4-0 first-inning deficit. The DiamondIQ model entered the game giving Minnesota a 71 percent win probability, and by the final out that figure had risen to 100 percent.
Max Kepler was the defining force of the game, accounting for a combined +71.5 percent in win probability added across his two biggest moments. His sixth-inning home run off Mitch Spence was the single most consequential play of the night, swinging the DiamondIQ model's estimate by +34.6 percent as it capped a three-run inning that brought Minnesota within one. Then in the bottom of the tenth, Kepler delivered the walk-off single off Scott Alexander, adding another +28.4 percent swing to his ledger and finishing with a +4.4 RE24. Oakland had its own pivotal moment in the seventh, when Brent Rooker tripled off Griffin Jax for a +22.0 percent swing to push the Athletics back in front, and he finished the night at +15.9 percent WPA. The Athletics also had a chance in the ninth, but a JJ Bleday double play off Jhoan Duran deflated that rally by -18.2 percent.
On the pitching side, Jhoan Duran's double-play induction was critical in preserving the Twins' leverage, and he finished at +9.5 percent WPA alongside fellow reliever Dany Jiménez, who led Minnesota's pitching staff at +9.7 percent. Carlos Santana drew a walk off Mason Miller in the eighth that added +15.5 percent to Minnesota's win probability, setting the table for the Twins' eventual winning run. Jose F. Miranda also contributed +12.8 percent WPA, making this a collective offensive effort that erased what had been a four-run early hole.