MINNEAPOLIS — Though the Minnesota Twins are entering the All-Star break with nearly an identical record to last season, the attitude in the clubhouse is much different.In a good way.The Twins clinched their eighth series victory in nine tries on Sunday afternoon with a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Target Field. Taj Bradley shook off two solo home runs and pitched in soul-sucking heat to deliver seven strong innings, Andrew Morris went two frames for the save, and 2018 draftees Ryan Jeffers and Trevor Larnach powered the offense as the Twins won their sixth straight rubber match.In doing so, the Twins improved to 48-49. They’re tied for the third and final wild card spot in the American League and hoping to force the front office to add talent ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline.A year ago, the Twins were 47-49 at the break and already worried about becoming sellers.“We’ve always believed in the team that we have,” Jeffers said. “I feel like that’s such a cliched thing to say, but we believe in who we are and the brand of baseball that we play. But we’re learning, we’re evolving, there’s constant shuffling in the infield. We’re trying to learn our identity and I feel like over the last couple of weeks, we’ve really figured that out.”Signs of this team’s growth from spring training were everywhere in Sunday’s victory. Most of them exemplify selflessness and demonstrate how players on manager Derek Shelton’s squad are buying in.Ryan Kreidler makes the play at second base for an out against Jo Adell. (Steven Garcia / Getty Images)— Ryan Kreidler, who began the season at Triple-A and has logged 19 games in center field, made spectacular defensive plays at shortstop in three consecutive innings. Embodying a versatile mindset like so many of his teammates by moving around defensively, Kreidler made a diving grab to end the fifth inning and turned a critical 6-4-3 double play on a slow grounder off Jo Adell’s bat to end the sixth, a play that helped Bradley escape unscathed from a first-and-third, no-out jam.“They got quick hands in the middle of the infield,” Bradley said. “I ain’t worried about it. That’s why you saw me walk off (the mound). … That’s what Jeffers told me going out to the mound. ‘We get the double-play ball and we can get out of it.’”— For the second time in three days, Morris, a byproduct of the open-tryout situation in the bullpen, provided two scoreless innings. Knowing Yoendrys Gómez and several others weren’t available to pitch, Morris returned after a quick eighth inning and stranded a pair of runners in the ninth to convert his third save, lowering his ERA to 3.33 with 48 strikeouts in 46 innings.— Then there’s Larnach, who’s excelled when hitting in the leadoff spot, delivering two key hits Sunday. Prior to 2026, Larnach batted leadoff 33 times in his career and mostly struggled. Sunday’s game, one in which he produced a game-tying single and homered in the eighth to provide insurance, was Larnach’s 26th game hitting leadoff this season. He’s batting .344/.393/.367 with four homers and 15 RBIs in those contests.