MILWAUKEE — Kody Clemens saw Luis Lara approach the wall and believed he’d done his job.At worst, the Minnesota Twins slugger expected an extra-base hit off the right-field fence. If things were truly in his favor, Clemens would soon be trotting around the bases after hitting his second home run of the day.Instead, Lara tracked down the 348-foot drive and hauled it in before slamming into a support column and collapsing.Lara’s 10th-inning catch Sunday afternoon was the second of two spectacular grabs by the Milwaukee Brewers’ right fielder, and it proved pivotal in his team’s 4-3 win over the Twins at American Family Field. Minutes later, Jake Bauers slapped a two-strike changeup from Yoendrys Gómez into left field, and Brice Turang slid into home just ahead of Clemens’ throw as Milwaukee claimed a second straight one-run victory, grabbing the rubber match of a three-game series.Why the Red Sox resurgence is historicKen Rosenthal and Johnny SweetFive of the Twins’ last six losses have come by one-run margins, and the team wrapped up a 3-6 trip that dropped Minnesota to 58-61.“As soon as (Lara) got to the wall, it was like, ‘Hell, yeah, it’s going to be off the wall or over,’” Clemens said. “And he made an unbelievable catch. … It felt like a playoff series. I thought we played them well. We lost those last two games late. Sometimes, that’s how it goes.”In a game started by Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski, the Twins — who struck out 15 times Sunday — played well enough to force extra innings. Even though Misiorowski lit up the radar gun early with a fastball that topped out at 103.9 mph, the Twins managed to rally twice against the two-time All-Star.Twins third baseman Brooks Lee blasted a score-tying homer off Misiorowski in the fifth inning. Then, in the sixth, Clemens blasted a two-run homer with two outs to tie the score again.Unfortunately, that’s all the Twins could muster.Four Brewers relievers limited the Twins to one hit over four scoreless innings. Minnesota stranded runners with the bases loaded twice, as Aaron Ashby struck out Royce Lewis to end the seventh and Abner Uribe retired Austin Martin on an inning-ending fielder’s choice in the eighth. The Twins finished 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position.“You’re looking for a break,” Twins manager Derek Shelton said. “We had opportunities to capitalize on, and we did not capitalize on them.”
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After losing to the Brewers in extra innings Sunday, the Twins finished 3-6 on a nine-game trip, with a 1-5 record in one-run games.












