Maybe the best thing about baseball is that it happens every day.

There’s plenty of emotion and plenty of anger and plenty of frustration in baseball, as Twins fans know well, but maybe the best thing is that no matter how poorly things are going, there’s always another game coming, usually the very next day.

Sometimes this feels like a curse and a drudgery, especially in August or September, for teams that are nowhere near the pennant race (or in the case of last year’s Twins, still technically in the pennant race, but only mathematically.)

I note this mostly to make my excuses, to say that even as things have turned sour with the Twins, I still tuned in on Wednesday night, because you never know, and today’s a new day, and all that. And anyone who tuned in along with me was rewarded, as the Twins finally won again, beating Boston 5-4 in ten innings.

My favorite play of the night happened in the second inning, when Royce Lewis scored from first base on a liner that deflected off the shortstop’s glove and into center field, which is just so in keeping with what appears to be the whole Royce Lewis Experience. Later in the game he ripped a double and then got picked off third base, which is also perfect. He’s like the young guy in an army movie that hasn’t learned to be jaded and depressed yet.

Max Kepler also homered, his second straight day with a home run, and you can just imagine fans and the team’s front office screaming at each other about it.

My other favorite play of the night came in the tenth, after the Red Sox had intentionally walked the first batter to put runners on first and second. Michael A. Taylor laid down a bunt, fielded by the first baseman, and eventually flipped to pitcher Kaleb Ort, who replays showed beat Taylor to the area of first base, but failed to either touch first base or tag the runner, instead just sort of bumping into him like a man walking into a lamppost while texting on a cell phone.

Though Taylor was originally called out, replays clearly showed Ort had missed the base and failed to make the tag, even by accident; the Twins challenged the play, and after several minutes of review, during which every angle of replay showed the same thing, the umpires announced that the call stood and Taylor was out.

Instant replay has not improved umpiring, or refereeing in any other sport, but at least it’s a comfort knowing that it’s equally bad across all sports.

Anyway, Kyle Farmer lined a single to center field on the very next pitch, and the Twins won.

As a footnote, Joey Gallo was ejected for arguing a strike three call, and Rocco Baldelli went and got himself thrown out, in solidarity. This was funny for two reasons: one, replay showed it was a strike, and two, I can only assume that at some point, the umpire told Gallo, “Joey, go look at your stats - are you sure you want to tell me that you know better than I do where the strike zone is?”

I don’t know what’s happening with the Minnesota Aurora. For the second consecutive match, they fell behind, this time in the 27th minute, to RKC Third Coast. Perhaps it was a trap game!

NARRATOR: It was not a trap game.

The Aurora roared back, of course, scoring eight times, including six in the second half alone, to beat RKC 8-1. Hannah Adler scored twice, and six other Auroras (?) got a goal apiece. Minnesota’s now 9-0-0 on the season, with three games remaining (all in the next ten days) before the playoffs begin.

Down in Triple-A, the St. Paul Saints gave up three in the eighth and one in the ninth, and lost 5-4 to Toledo - and in the process, lost basically any chance of winning the first-half International League title.

The Saints did get home runs from Chris Williams (his eighth in seven games), Matt Wallner (second in four games) and Andrew Stevenson (third in six games). Randy Dobnak pitched well, allowing one run in 6.2 innings, but his bullpen let him down.

TODAY’S SLATE

TWINS vs. Boston, 12:10pm
SAINTS at Toledo, 6:05pm
MINNESOTA UNITED 2 at St. Louis City 2, 7:00pm
LYNX vs Connecticut, 7:00pm