Minnesota Twins at Texas Rangers: Final Score & Recap

The Texas Rangers walked off the Minnesota Twins 6-5 in ten innings on August 18, 2024, at Globe Life Field, completing a dramatic comeback that swung the DiamondIQ model's home win probability from 43% before first pitch all the way to 100% at the final out. Minnesota had built a commanding 4-0 lead through the first three innings, scoring three in the first and one in the third, and held that advantage deep into the game before Texas unraveled it in a single inning.

The decisive sequence began in the bottom of the seventh, when the Rangers erased the deficit with five runs against Jorge Alcala. Josh Jung started the damage with a home run worth 18.0% in win probability added, and Adolis García followed with a home run of his own that added 33.7% — the single most impactful swing of the regulation innings. García finished the night as the game's top batter by WPA at plus 49.4%, with a RE24 of plus 1.6. The Twins answered in the top of the ninth when Carlos Santana launched a home run off Kirby Yates to tie the game, a swing worth 34.2% in win probability that kept Minnesota alive. In the top of the tenth, Jose Miranda's fielder's choice out with runners on base cost the Twins 23.5% in win probability and left the door open for Texas. Jung then delivered the walk-off single off Jhoan Duran in the bottom of the tenth, a hit worth 41.4% — the largest single-play swing of the entire game — ending the night with Jung at plus 45.7% WPA. On the pitching side, Pablo López led all pitchers with plus 31.5% WPA for Minnesota despite the loss, while David Robertson contributed plus 10.8% for Texas in relief.