Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner each had RBI singles during a three-run top of the 12th inning, helping to propel the Minnesota Twins to a 4-2 win over the host Boston Red Sox in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.

BOSTON — Trevor Larnach and Matt Wallner both had RBI singles in the 12th inning, and the Minnesota Twins beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Friday night to move into the AL’s third and final wild-card spot. Winning for just the sixth time in their last 17 games, the Twins moved a game ahead Detroit, which lost 8-1 to the Baltimore Orioles.

The Red Sox squandered opportunity after opportunity, and with Friday’s 12-inning loss the club’s playoff hopes are all but extinguished.