Saturday's Twins-Angels game recap

A quick look at Saturday night's 11-inning defeat.

August 14, 2022 at 5:12AM
Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani watches his solo home run against the Minnesota Twins during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
Shohei Ohtani watched his eighth-inning home run get just past a leaping Byron Buxton on Saturday, the first run in the Angels’ late-inning comeback. (Alex Gallardo, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

IMPACT PLAYER: Taylor Ward, Angels

He hit the second walkoff of his career with a two-run homer off Emilio Pagan in the 11th inning.

BY THE NUMBERS

22 Consecutive plate appearances Max Kepler failed to reach base before his fifth-inning walk — the only time he has reached base since returning from a fractured oe Aug. 6.

0-for-7 Shohei Ohtani's luck at the plate against the Twins this series until his eighth-inning home run off Jhoan Duran.

2 Blown saves in three opportunities for Jorge Lopez since joining the Twins.

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