The Twins trailed Arizona 3-2 going into the bottom of the ninth on Sunday after Caleb Thielbar yielded a home run to Christian Walker to break a 2-2 tie in the top of the inning.
Video: Watch the Twins ninth-inning home runs that ended their comeback win over the Diamondbacks
Here's the video of Sunday's game-ending home runs, along with some facts about the blasts — and an encore look at a booming home run in Saturday's win.
August 7, 2023 at 11:33AM
The Diamondbacks brought in their new closer, Paul Sewald, whom they'd face four times in the last few weeks when he was with Seattle and again on Saturday night when he pitched an inning in the Twins' 12-1 victory. Sewald struck out the side on Saturday.
He didn't have that success Sunday. Here's a look, with some Twins home run facts from the @TwinsDingers Twitter feed:
First came Max Kepler:
Then, after a walk, up came Matt Wallner, who closed out the 5-3 victory:
And, for a Kepler encore, here's a look at the home run he hit into the suite seats in center field during the 12-1 Saturday win:
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