Los Angeles Dodgers at Minnesota Twins: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 1 |
| MIN | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
The Story
The Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Minnesota Twins 12-3 at Target Field on June 23, 2026, collecting 17 hits and building a lead that left the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a Twins victory at 0% by game's end. The Dodgers entered with the model pegging Minnesota at just a 37% chance of winning, and Los Angeles wasted little time validating that skepticism. The game's decisive stretch came across the third and fourth innings, where a series of high-leverage hits and a costly Twins error swung the contest decisively. Tommy Edman reached via a fielding error in the top of the third off Austin Voth, a play that shifted win probability 8.5 percentage points in Los Angeles's favor, and the Dodgers kept the pressure on in the fourth when Mookie Betts singled off Voth for a swing of plus 11.3 percentage points, followed shortly by Freddie Freeman's single that added another 8.8 points. Meanwhile, Victor Caratini provided Minnesota's most significant individual moment with a home run off Justin Wrobleski in the bottom of the second, a swing worth plus 7.8 percentage points for the Twins, though it proved to be an isolated bright spot in an otherwise lopsided afternoon.
Freeman was the game's standout performer, finishing with a cumulative WPA of plus 20.3 percent and an RE24 of plus 2.0, leading all batters by a wide margin. Josh Bell contributed a key single off Wrobleski in the bottom of the third that generated plus 10.1 percentage points on the play and left him at plus 8.1 percent for the game, while Betts finished at plus 7.9 percent despite a flat RE24. On the mound, Kendry Rojas led Dodgers pitchers with a WPA of plus 6.2 percent, and Justin Wrobleski paced Minnesota's staff at plus 4.0 percent in a losing effort. The Dodgers capped the rout with a five-run ninth inning that extended the final margin to nine, leaving Minnesota without a realistic path to victory well before the final out was recorded.