LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor scored a wheelie in the 12th inning, Max Muncy homered twice to return to the major league lead and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their sixth straight victory with a 9-8 victory over the Twins on Monday night. from Minnesota.
Trayce Thompson was walked on a full count by Jorge Lopez (1-1) when there were runners on all bases.
Will Smith also homered and the Dodgers led 6-3 going into the seventh, but then the game was tied three times and the lead changed hands three times in the last five innings.
Trevor Larnach tied the score with a home run in the eighth. Dominican Jorge Polanco had three hits, including a solo shot. Puerto Rican Christian Vázquez also had three hits for the Twins, leaders of the American League Central Division and who have lost 11 against the Dodgers.
Phil Bickford (1-1) earned the win for Los Angeles, allowing one run in three innings.
Minnesota trailed 6-3 in the eighth before Larnach tied it 2-2 by hitting Yency Almonte’s fastball into right-center field.
David Peralta drove in a run in the bottom of the eighth to give the Doders a 7-6 lead, but the Twins responded and sent the game into extra innings by tying it again in the ninth. .
For the Dodgers, Cuban Miguel Vargas 5-2, one scored. Venezuelans David Peralta 5-1, an RBI, and Miguel Rojas 4-0.
For the Twins, Colombian Donovan Solano 2-0. Puerto Ricans Carlos Correa 4-0; Willi Castro 5-1 and Christian Vázquez 5-3, one scored, one RBI. Dominican Jorge Polanco 5-3, three runs scored, one towed.