Minnesota finished its road trip with another one-run loss, wasting late chances and returning home with little margin for another slow finish.
The Minnesota Twins ended a difficult road trip with the same problem that followed them through nine games, because one more close contest turned into one more loss.
Minnesota fell 4-3 in 10 innings at Milwaukee on Sunday, finished the trip 3-6 and went 1-5 in one-run games, leaving a talented lineup with clear evidence that late execution must improve.
Close losses can turn on one pitch or one swing, but six of them in nine games point toward a larger problem with how Minnesota is finishing at-bats.
Across the trip, the Twins kept giving themselves chances to change the result, then repeatedly left those chances on base when a productive out or a well-placed single could have been enough.
Two Home Runs Were Not Enough
Brooks Lee tied the game in the fifth with his 17th home run, and Kody Clemens pulled Minnesota even again in the sixth with a two-run shot, his 20th.
Clemens hit 19 home runs with 52 RBI across 119 games in 2025, and his power has become an important source of offense, especially when the Twins struggle to build rallies with several hits.
Lee hit 16 home runs and drove in 64 during 2025, so Sunday's homer continued his growth as a run producer.
Minnesota has already made unexpected lineup decisions, but the current group still has enough power to score without a perfect batting order.
The problem was everything around those swings, because the Twins finished with five hits, went quiet after the sixth and left the bases loaded in both the seventh and eighth innings.
With runners aboard, those failures placed more pressure on every late plate appearance, turning ordinary outs into missed chances that Minnesota could not recover from.
In the 10th, automatic runner Royce Lewis reached third on Kody Clemens' flyout, but Lee struck out, ending Minnesota's final chance without a ball in play.
Prielipp Kept Minnesota Close
Connor Prielipp allowed three runs across five innings, while striking out seven and walking two, giving Minnesota enough length to keep the game manageable.
Prielipp has already shown the value of a top prospect, and his ability to miss bats remains encouraging even when early damage forces the offense to chase.
The bullpen then delivered four scoreless innings, with Tommy Nance, AJ Minter, Andrew Morris and Kody Funderburk combining to extend the game.
Milwaukee finally won against Yoendrys Gómez in the 10th, when Jake Bauers singled home automatic runner Brice Turang after an intentional walk and a strikeout.
Same Pattern
Derek Shelton has already praised Prielipp after an earlier start, but pitching alone cannot erase a 1-5 record in one-run games on one trip.
Minnesota now opens a home series against Baltimore, with Trevor Rogers scheduled to face Dean Kremer on Monday, and the immediate goal must be converting traffic into runs.
The Twins are not far from better results, because five of the six road losses were decided by one run, but that fact creates pressure rather than comfort.
Power kept Sunday close, Prielipp and the bullpen created chances, and the lineup still failed twice with the bases loaded, which is exactly why Minnesota returns home needing cleaner at-bats when the next game tightens.
