Minnesota Twins at Los Angeles Angels: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 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 |
The Story
The Los Angeles Angels walked off the Minnesota Twins 5-4 in ten innings on September 17, 2026, at Angel Stadium, erasing what had been a commanding early deficit. The Angels burst out of the gate with three runs in the first inning, and that lead held firm through seven frames before the Twins began their comeback. Ben Ross started the Minnesota charge with a double off Luke Murphy in the eighth, a swing that shifted win probability 14.6 points in the Twins' favor. Walker Jenkins then delivered the most dramatic blow of the regulation innings, a solo home run off Ben Joyce in the top of the ninth that added 36.8 percentage points to Minnesota's win probability and pulled the Twins within one, eventually forcing extra innings. Luke Keaschall extended that momentum with a single off Blake Weiman in the top of the tenth, a hit worth 32.0 percentage points, giving Minnesota a brief lead heading into the bottom half.
The Angels answered in the bottom of the tenth and finished it in walk-off fashion, with Wade Meckler delivering a single off Kody Funderburk that swung win probability 41.4 points toward Los Angeles and ended the game. It was the decisive moment of the evening by that measure, and Vaughn Grissom contributed a flyout that the DiamondIQ model credited with 23.7 percentage points of win probability added on the Angels' side as the inning unfolded. On the mound, Walbert Ureña was the standout performer for Los Angeles, posting a 36.9 percentage point WPA contribution, with Tayler Saucedo adding another 9.7 points in support.
By WPA, Meckler finished as the game's top offensive performer at plus 41.8 percentage points, while Walker Jenkins led all players by RE24 at plus 2.4, reflecting the outsized run-environment value of his ninth-inning home run. The DiamondIQ model entered the game giving the Angels a 46 percent chance of winning at home and closed at 100 percent following the walk-off, a journey through nine innings of Angels dominance, a Twins rally that nearly flipped the outcome, and ultimately one swing in the tenth that sealed Los Angeles's victory.