In the longest, most painful and dirtiest game of the season, the Minnesota Twins fell 8-6 ​​in 13 innings to the Miami Marlins on Thursday evening. The loss means the Twins can only reach the playoffs by winning against the Orioles on Friday and Sunday and also beating the Tigers or Royals.

The Twins had numerous chances to win, but failed.

In the bottom of the ninth, with Byron Buxton on second base and only one out, Trevor Larnach reached on a fielder’s choice and then with Buxton on third base, Royce Lewis dribbled a ball in front of the plate and was thrown out at first base to make a to end the match. collection. Lewis’ nubber left his bat at 75 km/h and traveled one meter.

He wasn’t done with failure in one big moment.

Lewis came with the bases loaded and one out in the 11th and he hit a tapper in the infield that was fielded by the centerfielder (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 base with one out in the ninth and failed to score. They had the bases loaded and no one was 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 and no one out in the 12th and they didn’t score.

The highlight of the rotten game was in the 12th when Ryan Jeffers bunted into a double play.

The awfulness in the ninth, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th innings was somewhat surprising, as the Twins rallied from 4-4 in the eighth inning after trailing 4-0 most of the night.

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

Minnesota will close the regular season with three home games against the Baltimore Orioles, who have one win or a loss in Detroit to clinch the top 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 take on a Braves team fighting for its playoff life in the National League.

Minnesota went 70-53 in action on August 18 and they have gone 12-24 since then. The Tigers were 60-64 and have gone 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 PM CT.