Vaughn Grissom's Home Run Helps Angels Edge Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — Vaughn Grissom went 2 for 3 pinch a location tally and 2 RBIs, and nan Angels hit nan Minnesota Twins 4-3 connected Friday nighttime to break a five-game skid astatine Target Field.

Grayson Rodriguez (3-2) gave up 3 runs and six hits successful 5⅓ innings while Kirby Yates sounded a scoreless ninth for his 3rd prevention this season.

Wade Meckler and Tyler Heineman besides had 2 hits apiece for nan Angels, whose erstwhile past triumph astatine Minnesota was successful September 2024.

Brooks Lee and Josh Bell each went 2 for 4 pinch a double for nan Twins (46-49).

The Angels (38-57), who person mislaid 8 of their past 10 games, person nan worst grounds successful nan awesome leagues.

Grissom deed nan first transportation of nan 4th inning complete nan wall successful near field. Jorge Soler followed pinch a double and later scored connected a balk by Twins starter Zebby Matthews (4-6) that gave nan Angels a 2-1 lead.

Matthews surrendered 4 runs and 9 hits successful six innings.

Meckler scored erstwhile Nolan Schanuel deed nan past of 4 consecutive singles to lead disconnected nan 5th inning earlier Grissom followed pinch a sacrifice alert that made it 4-1.

Trevor Larnach doubled to lead disconnected nan first inning and scored connected a sacrifice alert by Kody Clemens. Lee deed a run-scoring double and pinch-hitter Austin Martin had an RBI groundout successful nan sixth that made it a one-run game.

Larnach walked pinch 1 retired and moved to 3rd erstwhile Ryan Jeffers doubled successful nan seventh, but Samy Natera Jr. retired Clemens and Bell to extremity nan threat and sphere Minnesota’s 4-3 lead.

Minnesota is 10-4 pinch a plus-41 tally differential successful its past 14 against nan Angels, making love to September 2023.