MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO) \u2014 Jonathan Hern\u00e1ndez walked three batters in the 13th inning, among a season-high 10 walks by Texas pitchers, and the Rangers dropped out of first place in the AL West for the first time since early April with a 7-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Texas wasted a 5-0 lead built with Jonah Heim\u2019s grand slam and J.P. Martinez solo homer, and Royce Lewis started Minnesota\u2019s comeback with a sixth-inning slam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Rangers had held a share of first place in every day of the season except when they fell one game behind the Los Angeles Angels on April 8. Texas (73-57) has lost nine of its last 10 games, falling behind Seattle (74-56).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of baseball to play this last month. Whoever plays the best baseball will be playing at the end. That\u2019s the way I look at it,\u201d Marcus Semien said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minnesota overcame a 5-4 deficit in the ninth when Aroldis Chapman walked Michael A. Taylor with one out, and Taylor advanced on a disengagement violation. Donovan Solano followed with an RBI single, Chapman\u2019s fifth blown save in eight chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Corey Seager hit a sacrifice fly in the 12th but Jorge Polanco hit into a run-scoring forceout in the bottom half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Carlos Correa on second as the automatic runner, Hern\u00e1ndez (1-2) walked Joey Gallo on four pitches, Matt Wallner on a full count and Taylor on four pitches. The Twins won on a walk-off walk for the first time in exactly a year, since last Aug. 27 against San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hern\u00e1ndez threw just eight of 23 pitches for strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDuring this little tough streak, there\u2019s been a lot of walks involved. Unfortunately, they come back to get us and then we had the violation and that hurt too,\u201d Texas manager Bruce Bochy said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dylan Floro (5-6) got three straight outs after a leadoff walk in the 13th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lewis\u2019s slam off Chris Stratton started the comeback for AL Central leader Minnesota, which took three of four in the series and has a six-game lead over second-place Cleveland. Lewis\u2019 only previous slam was May 13 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had chills after the game. I was so impressed with our group,\u201d Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Texas starter Jordan Montgomery pitched five shutout innings, then left with the bases loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heim was hitless in 13 at-bats before his fourth-inning homer against Bailey Ober landed in the flower pots above the right-field wall. His other slam was against the Los Angeles Angels\u2019 Shohei Ohtani on April 14 last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martinez hit his first big league homer for Texas in the second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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