Minnesota at Athletics — MLB August 24, 2026

MIN

Minnesota

ATH

Athletics

9 – 6

Final

Sutter Health Park, West Sacramento, CA

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MIN	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	0	9	16	0
ATH	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	12	0

Decisions

Win Z. Matthews MIN

7.0 IP · 6 H · 1 ER · 7 K · 4.86 ERA

Loss J. Springs ATH

4.2 IP · 7 H · 4 ER · 3 K · 6.08 ERA

Save A. Morris MIN

0.1 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 0 K · 3.41 ERA

Recap

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Highlights

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Twins vs. Athletics full game highlights from 8/24/26

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	MIN	ATH
Top 1st Umpire reviewed (home run), call on the field was upheld: Josh Bell doubles (27) on a fly ball to left fielder Max Muncy. Byron Buxton scores. Ryan Jeffers to 3rd.	1	0
Top 3rd Josh Bell grounds out softly to first baseman Jeff McNeil. Byron Buxton scores.	2	0
Bottom 3rd Lawrence Butler singles on a ground ball to shortstop Kaelen Culpepper, deflected by pitcher Zebby Matthews. Henry Bolte scores.	2	1
Top 5th Ryan Kreidler homers (6) on a fly ball to left field.	3	1
Top 5th Kody Clemens singles on a ground ball to center fielder Henry Bolte. Byron Buxton scores. Ryan Jeffers to 3rd.	4	1
Top 6th Luke Keaschall doubles (20) on a ground ball to left fielder Max Muncy. Kaelen Culpepper scores. Brooks Lee scores. Ryan Kreidler to 3rd.	6	1
Top 6th Josh Bell out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Max Muncy. Ryan Kreidler scores.	7	1
Top 8th Kody Clemens singles on a ground ball to center fielder Henry Bolte. Byron Buxton scores. Josh Bell to 2nd.	8	1
Top 8th Kaelen Culpepper singles on a ground ball to second baseman Zack Gelof. Josh Bell scores. Royce Lewis to 2nd.	9	1
Bottom 8th Tommy White out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Byron Buxton. Henry Bolte scores.	9	2
Bottom 9th Jeff McNeil doubles (17) on a ground ball to right fielder Luke Keaschall. Jonah Heim scores. Henry Bolte scores.	9	4
Bottom 9th Zack Gelof doubles (13) on a line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. Jeff McNeil scores.	9	5
Bottom 9th Lawrence Butler doubles (15) on a line drive to center fielder Byron Buxton. Zack Gelof scores.	9	6

Closing line

		Open	Close
money	MIN	-148	-143
money	ATH	+134	+132
spread	MIN	-1½ (+105)	-1½ (+106)
spread	ATH	+1½ (-118)	+1½ (-117)
totals	MIN	O 10½ (-104)	O 11½ (+105)
totals	ATH	U 10½ (-110)	U 11½ (-118)

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Box score

Minnesota

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
L. Keaschall RF	6	0	2	2	0	1	.274
B. Buxton CF	5	4	3	0	1	0	.256
R. Jeffers C	4	0	1	0	2	0	.281
J. Bell DH	3	1	1	3	0	0	.253
K. Clemens LF	5	0	2	2	0	2	.239
R. Lewis 1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	.233
K. Culpepper SS	5	1	4	1	0	0	.340
B. Lee 3B	5	1	1	0	0	0	.247
R. Kreidler 2B	4	2	1	1	0	2	.227
Totals		9	16		3	5

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
Z. Matthews W	7.0	6	1	1	1	7	105
T. Nance	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	16
Y. Gómez	0.2	4	4	4	1	0	20
A. Morris S	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Athletics

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
H. Bolte CF	4	3	3	0	1	0	.276
J. McNeil 1B	5	1	3	2	0	0	.267
Z. Gelof 2B	5	1	2	1	0	1	.261
L. Butler RF	3	0	2	2	2	1	.223
T. White 3B	4	0	0	1	0	1	.254
D. Walton SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	.278
M. Muncy LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.215
C. Cortes DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.257
J. Heim C	4	1	1	0	0	1	.205
Totals		6	12		3	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
J. Springs L	4.2	7	4	4	2	3	89
H. Juenger	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	19
K. Morris	2.2	5	2	2	0	2	41
D. Rom	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	10