BOSTON (AP) — Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner both had RBI singles in the 12th inning and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Friday night.
Winning for just the sixth time in their last 17 games, the Twins moved a game ahead of Detroit, which lost 8-1 to the Baltimore Orioles, for the American League’s third and final wild-card spot. The Twins hold the tiebreaker over the Tigers.
Trevor Story had an RBI single for the Red Sox, who are 7-14 in their last 21 games and trail the Twins by five games with eight to play.