Athletics 0 – 2 Minnesota Twins

MLB · July 25, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Minnesota Twins shut out the Oakland Athletics tonight, two to nothing, and the whole game came down to one swing in the sixth inning. For five innings this one was locked up tight, both sides trading zeros, the kind of low-scoring affair where every baserunner feels like a threat. Then Minnesota broke it open when Roden singled to right field and two runners came home — Bell and Lewis both crossing the plate on the same hit, and just like that the Twins had all the cushion they would need. Oakland never answered. The Athletics went quiet at the plate in a big way — Nate Kurtz struck out four times in four at-bats, and the lineup as a whole couldn't string anything meaningful together when it mattered. For Minnesota, Roden was the man of the moment, delivering the only run-producing hit either side managed all night. The Twins' pitching staff did the rest, keeping Oakland off the board from first pitch to last. When your offense generates two runs on a single swing and your arms hold the line, that is a complete team performance. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

Roden singled to right, Bell scored and Lewis scored. P6 · 0–2

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1

Kendry Rojas pitches to Jacob Wilson P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1

Wilson flied out to right. P1

Kendry Rojas pitches to Nick Kurtz P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

Kurtz struck out swinging. P1

Kendry Rojas pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1

Soderstrom singled to center. P1

Kendry Rojas pitches to Jonah Heim P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P1

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

Heim struck out swinging. P1

Middle of the 1st inning P1

Bottom of the 1st inning P1

Brady Basso pitches to Trevor Larnach P1

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1

Larnach grounded out to second. P1

Brady Basso pitches to Byron Buxton P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

Buxton struck out swinging. P1

Brady Basso pitches to Kody Clemens P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P1

Clemens walked. P1

Brady Basso pitches to Josh Bell P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P1

Bell grounded out to third. P1

End of the 1st inning P1

Top of the 2nd inning P2

Kendry Rojas pitches to Tommy White P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2

White grounded out to second. P2

Kendry Rojas pitches to Donovan Walton P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2

Walton fouled out to third. P2

Kendry Rojas pitches to Jeff McNeil P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P2

McNeil struck out swinging. P2

Middle of the 2nd inning P2

Bottom of the 2nd inning P2

Brady Basso pitches to Royce Lewis P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P2

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P2

Lewis grounded out to third. P2

Brady Basso pitches to Victor Caratini P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P2

Caratini singled to right. P2

Brady Basso pitches to Alan Roden P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P2

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P2

Roden struck out swinging. P2

Brady Basso pitches to Brooks Lee P2

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P2

Lee grounded out to first. P2

End of the 2nd inning P2

Top of the 3rd inning P3

Kendry Rojas pitches to Henry Bolte P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 6 : Ball 4 P3

Bolte walked. P3

Kendry Rojas pitches to Lawrence Butler P3

Butler hit sacrifice bunt to third, Bolte to second. P3

Kendry Rojas pitches to Jacob Wilson P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P3

Wilson flied out to right, Bolte to third. P3

Kendry Rojas pitches to Nick Kurtz P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P3

Kurtz struck out looking. P3

Middle of the 3rd inning P3

Bottom of the 3rd inning P3

Brady Basso pitches to Ryan Kreidler P3

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3

Kreidler hit a ground rule double. P3

Brady Basso pitches to Trevor Larnach P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P3

Larnach struck out swinging. P3

Barnett relieved Basso P3

Mason Barnett pitches to Byron Buxton P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Kreidler stole third. P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P3

Buxton struck out swinging. P3

Mason Barnett pitches to Kody Clemens P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3

Clemens flied out to right. P3

End of the 3rd inning P3

Top of the 4th inning P4

Kendry Rojas pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Soderstrom grounded out to shortstop. P4

Kendry Rojas pitches to Jonah Heim P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4

Heim fouled out to first. P4

Kendry Rojas pitches to Tommy White P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4

White struck out swinging. P4

Middle of the 4th inning P4

Bottom of the 4th inning P4

Mason Barnett pitches to Josh Bell P4

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4

Bell grounded out to second. P4

Mason Barnett pitches to Royce Lewis P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P4

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P4

Lewis lined out to center. P4

Mason Barnett pitches to Victor Caratini P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4

Caratini singled to center. P4

Mason Barnett pitches to Alan Roden P4

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4

Roden popped out to third. P4

End of the 4th inning P4

Top of the 5th inning P5

Rogers relieved Rojas P5

Taylor Rogers pitches to Donovan Walton P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5

Walton grounded out to first. P5

Taylor Rogers pitches to Jeff McNeil P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P5

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5

McNeil doubled. P5

Taylor Rogers pitches to Henry Bolte P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P5

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P5

Bolte struck out swinging. P5

Taylor Rogers pitches to Lawrence Butler P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P5

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P5

Butler walked. P5

Taylor Rogers pitches to Jacob Wilson P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5

Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Butler out at second. P5

Middle of the 5th inning P5

Bottom of the 5th inning P5

Mason Barnett pitches to Brooks Lee P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5

Lee grounded out to shortstop. P5

Mason Barnett pitches to Ryan Kreidler P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5

Kreidler grounded out to second. P5

Mason Barnett pitches to Trevor Larnach P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P5

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P5

Larnach reached on infield single to shortstop. P5

Mason Barnett pitches to Byron Buxton P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P5

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5

Buxton lined out to center. P5

End of the 5th inning P5

Top of the 6th inning P6

Taylor Rogers pitches to Nick Kurtz P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Kurtz struck out swinging. P6

Taylor Rogers pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P6

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6

Soderstrom grounded out to pitcher. P6

Taylor Rogers pitches to Jonah Heim P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6

Heim popped out to first. P6

Middle of the 6th inning P6

Bottom of the 6th inning P6

Mason Barnett pitches to Kody Clemens P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P6

Clemens struck out looking. P6

Mason Barnett pitches to Josh Bell P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P6

Bell walked. P6

Mason Barnett pitches to Royce Lewis P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6

Lewis doubled to left, Bell to third. P6

Mason Barnett pitches to Victor Caratini P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging P6

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P6

Caratini flied out to left. P6

Mason Barnett pitches to Alan Roden P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6

Roden singled to right, Bell scored and Lewis scored. P6

Suarez relieved Barnett P6

Jose Suarez pitches to Brooks Lee P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Lee struck out swinging. P6

End of the 6th inning P6

Top of the 7th inning P7

Nance relieved Rogers P7

Tommy Nance pitches to Tommy White P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

White grounded out to shortstop. P7

Tommy Nance pitches to Donovan Walton P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P7

Walton grounded out to second. P7

Tommy Nance pitches to Jeff McNeil P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

McNeil doubled to right. P7

Tommy Nance pitches to Henry Bolte P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

Bolte flied out to center. P7

Middle of the 7th inning P7

Bottom of the 7th inning P7

Juenger relieved Suarez P7

Hayden Juenger pitches to Ryan Kreidler P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

Kreidler flied out to center. P7

Hayden Juenger pitches to Trevor Larnach P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

Larnach grounded out to first. P7

Hayden Juenger pitches to Byron Buxton P7

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P7

Buxton popped out to first. P7

End of the 7th inning P7

Top of the 8th inning P8

Martin in left field. P8

Morris relieved Nance P8

Andrew Morris pitches to Lawrence Butler P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P8

Pitch 7 : Ball 4 P8

Butler walked. P8

Andrew Morris pitches to Jacob Wilson P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8

Wilson grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Butler to second, Wilson to second, Butler safe at third on throwing error by pitcher Morris. P8

Andrew Morris pitches to Nick Kurtz P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Kurtz struck out swinging. P8

Andrew Morris pitches to Tyler Soderstrom P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Soderstrom struck out swinging. P8

Andrew Morris pitches to Jonah Heim P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8

Heim grounded out to shortstop. P8

Middle of the 8th inning P8

Bottom of the 8th inning P8

Medina relieved Juenger P8

Luis Medina pitches to Kody Clemens P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P8

Clemens flied out to left. P8

Luis Medina pitches to Josh Bell P8

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 7 : Ball 3 P8

Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Bell struck out swinging. P8

Luis Medina pitches to Royce Lewis P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Lewis struck out swinging. P8

End of the 8th inning P8

Top of the 9th inning P9

Gómez relieved Morris P9

Yoendrys Gomez pitches to Tommy White P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P9

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9

White lined out to first. P9

Yoendrys Gomez pitches to Donovan Walton P9

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P9

Walton struck out swinging. P9

Yoendrys Gomez pitches to Jeff McNeil P9

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9

McNeil lined out to center. P9