The Minnesota Twins walked-off the New York Mets 4-3 in 10 innings in their series rubber match on Wednesday afternoon. The Twins led 3-0 entering the eighth inning, before blowing the lead by giving up three runs.
Four different players drove in runs including Byron Buxton, Harrison Bader, Willi Castro, and Ty France who drove in the walk-off run in the 10th inning.
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Minnesota used six different pitchers. David Festa tossed 4 ⅓ shutout innings with six strikeouts in a no-decision. Dany Coulombe 1 ⅔ shutout innings in relief, followed up by a scoreless inning from Louie Varland. Griffin Jax blew the hold, giving up all three runs in the eighth inning. Jhoan Duran threw a scoreless ninth inning, with Cole Sands earning the win after tossing a shutout 10th inning.
The Twins are off on Thursday before heading to Atlanta for a weekend series beginning on Friday night at 6:15 p.m. Chris Paddack is scheduled to be on the mound for Minnesota.