Minnesota Twins<\/a> 4-3 on Wednesday.<\/p>\nTrout’s sacrifice fly in the eighth inning brought home Bryce Teodosio to give the Angels a 4-3 lead. Teodosio tripled off the top of the center-field wall, over the head of James Outman.<\/p>\n
Trout also hit an RBI single in the third and scored on Neto’s homer off starter Taj Bradley to put Los Angeles ahead 3-1. It was Neto’s 26th home run of the year.<\/p>\n
Byron Buxton tied it with a two-run shot in the sixth, his 31st homer this season.<\/p>\n
Outman also homered, doubled and made a pair of leaping catches for the Twins. But they fell to 64-82 and were assured their first losing record since 2022.<\/p>\n
Robert Stephenson (2-0), the fifth Angels reliever, got one out for the win. Kenley Jansen struck out two in a perfect ninth to earn his 27th save.<\/p>\n
Cole Sands (3-4) took the loss.<\/p>\n
Bradley gave up three runs and four hits in 6 1\/3 innings, striking out five.<\/p>\n
\nKey moment<\/p>\n
Teodosio’s leadoff triple in the eighth was hit over the head of Outman, who made leaping catches in the fifth and sixth. Outman hit a double in the top of the eighth that Teodosio could not see in center field.<\/p>\n
\nKey stat<\/p>\n
Minnesota stranded 11 baserunners and went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n
\nUp next <\/p>\n
Following a day off Thursday, the Twins send RHP Pablo L\u00f3pez (5-4, 2.84 ERA) to the mound Friday night against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n
Angels RHP Jos\u00e9 Soriano (10-10, 4.07) is scheduled to start Thursday night in Seattle.<\/p>\n
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