The Twins’ season is in jeopardy after their disastrous extra-innings loss to Miami

In the longest, most painful and laziest game of the season, the Minnesota Twins fell to the Miami Marlins 8-6 in 13 innings on Thursday night. The loss means the Twins’ only path to the playoffs is to beat the Orioles Friday through Sunday and also beat the Tigers or Royals.

The Twins had numerous chances to win and failed.

In the bottom of the ninth, with Byron Buxton at second base and only one out, Trevor Larnach reached on a fielder’s choice and then, with Buxton at third, Royce Lewis dribbled a ball in front of the plate and was thrown out at first base for the Game to end inning. Lewis’ nub left his bat at 46.3 miles per hour and traveled three feet.

He wasn’t done failing at a big moment.

Coming in with the bases loaded and one out in the 11th, Lewis hit an infield tapper that was fielded by the center fielder (Miami played a five-man infield) and the lead runner was thrown out at home.

Minnesota had Brooks Lee on second base with one out in the eighth and left him there. They had runners on first and second, with one out in the ninth, and failed to score. They had the bases loaded with no one out in the 10th, and they only scored one. They loaded the bases with one out in the 11th and didn’t score. They had runners on first and second, no one out on 12th, and they didn’t score.

The highlight of the foul play came in the 12th when Ryan Jeffers launched a double play.

The awfulness of the ninth, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th innings was somewhat surprising considering the Twins were still tied 4-4 in the eighth inning after being 0-0 most of the evening. 4 reserves.

Carlos Correa hit a home run in the sixth to make it 4-1, and a run on a Miami error in the seventh cut the deficit to two runs. Then in the eighth inning, the Twins hit back-to-back doubles off the right field wall by Carlos Santana and Brooks Lee – Lee’s double beat Lewis and Santana – to tie the game.

Minnesota ends the regular season with three games at home against the Baltimore Orioles, who are just a win or a loss in Detroit away from securing the first wild-card spot in the American League. The Tigers host the White Sox, who are suddenly hot as they try to avoid an MLB-record 121st loss, and the Royals are in Atlanta to face a Braves team fighting for their playoff spot in the National League is fighting.

Minnesota came into the game 70-53 on August 18th and has gone 12-24 since then. The Tigers had a 60-64 record and are 25-10 since August 18, turning a 9.5 game deficit into a three game lead over the Twins.

The Twins and Orioles play Friday at 7:10 p.m. CT.