Game result and context
Angels beat Twins 6-5 in 11 innings as Minnesota nears wild-card elimination
Vaughn Grissom's solo home run in the bottom of the ninth tied the game, and the Los Angeles Angels scored in the bottom of the 11th to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5. The loss dropped Minnesota to 72-83, and its wild-card elimination number is now 1. Los Angeles improved to 60-95.
Final result
The Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 in 11 innings at Angel Stadium in the 2026 regular season. The announced attendance was 33,726.
The Angels improved to 60-95. The Twins fell to 72-83. It was the third game of a four-game series.
How the game changed
Minnesota led entering the bottom of the ninth, but Vaughn Grissom's solo home run tied the game and sent it to extra innings. Neither team scored in the 10th. The Angels then pushed across the deciding run in the bottom of the 11th.
The Twins scored first with two runs in the third inning. The Angels answered with two runs in the fourth on Jose Siri's two-run homer, but Minnesota added a run in each of the fourth and fifth innings. Ryan Kreidler's solo home run in the top of the fifth accounted for one of those runs.
Both teams scored in the eighth. Minnesota added one run, and Los Angeles scored two to pull within one before the tying homer in the ninth.
Key performances
Jose Siri led the Angels with two hits in four at-bats, a home run, a run scored and two RBIs. Vaughn Grissom had one hit in four at-bats, and that hit was the home run that forced extra innings. Adam Frazier had a hit in his only at-bat and drove in two runs.
Victor Caratini had two hits in five at-bats and drove in two runs for Minnesota. Ryan Kreidler homered and scored once. Joe Ryan started and pitched 5.0 innings, striking out five and allowing two earned runs.
The Angels hit two home runs to one for the Twins.
Season and playoff context
The Twins are fourth in their division and have been eliminated from the division race, 8.0 games back. They are ninth in the wild-card standings, 7.0 games back, and their wild-card elimination number is 1.
The Angels are fifth in their division, 18.0 games back. They have been eliminated from both the division and wild-card races and sit 12th in the wild-card standings, 19.0 games back.
Series context
This was game three of the four-game regular-season series between Minnesota and Los Angeles at Angel Stadium.