BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Hunter Goodman homered three times and drove in five runs to lead the Colorado Rockies to an 8-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday, June 27, 2026, at Target Field.

Goodman, the designated hitter, connected for solo shots in the first and third innings off Twins starter Mike Paredes and then delivered the decisive blow with a three-run homer in the seventh inning. The 25-year-old finished 3 for 5 and raised his season home run total to 25.

Michael Lorenzen earned the win, allowing two earned runs on seven hits over 5⅔ innings with one strikeout. Lorenzen improved to 3-9. Jimmy Herget recorded his third save of the season, pitching ⅔ of a scoreless ninth inning.

Paredes took the loss in his major league debut, giving up three earned runs on eight hits in 5⅓ innings with two strikeouts. He fell to 0-1.

The Rockies, who entered the game with a 33-49 record, snapped a two-game skid and improved to 33-50. The Twins dropped to 39-45.

Colorado struck first in the top of the first when Goodman launched a solo home run to left field, his 23rd of the season. The Twins answered in the bottom half. Trevor Larnach singled, Byron Buxton was hit by a pitch, and Kody Clemens delivered an RBI single to center field, scoring Larnach to tie the game 1-1.

Goodman put the Rockies ahead again in the third inning with another solo homer, this time to center field, making it 2-1.

Colorado added a run in the fifth inning. Jake McCarthy tripled to right field and scored on a groundout by Mickey Moniak, extending the lead to 3-1.

The Twins trimmed the deficit in the sixth. Josh Bell tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Victor Caratini, cutting the Rockies’ lead to 3-2.

Colorado broke the game open in the seventh. McCarthy singled, Ezequiel Tovar walked, and Goodman crushed his third home run of the game, a three-run shot to left-center field that pushed the Rockies ahead 6-2.

The Rockies added two more runs in the eighth. Cole Carrigg walked, and Kyle Karros homered to left field, his fifth of the season, making it 8-2.

Minnesota mounted a comeback in the ninth. Brooks Lee singled, Tristan Gray singled, and Luke Keaschall walked to load the bases. Trevor Larnach doubled to center field, clearing the bases and bringing the Twins within 8-5. But Herget retired Byron Buxton on a flyout and Austin Martin on a flyout to end the game.

Victor Vodnik threw 1⅓ scoreless innings for Colorado, and Brennan Bernardino added a scoreless inning. Taylor Rogers pitched ⅔ of a scoreless inning for Minnesota in relief.

The Rockies totaled 12 hits, with McCarthy collecting two hits. Larnach led the Twins with three hits and three RBIs. The Twins finished with 10 hits.

Colorado pitchers combined for 15 strikes, 50 balls and 15 balls in play. Minnesota pitchers combined for 13 strikes, 52 balls and 13 balls in play.

The attendance was 25,115, and the game lasted 2 hours, 56 minutes.

The win was the Rockies’ second in their past three games after losing the series opener 9-8 in 10 innings on Friday. The Twins had won three of their previous four contests.

Colorado is scheduled to face Minnesota again Sunday in the series finale before returning home for a six-game homestand against the Miami Marlins and San Francisco Giants. Minnesota will travel to Houston for a three-game series against the Astros on Monday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Minnesota 6, Colorado 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Minnesota a 63.60 percent probability to win. The Twins were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over-under line of 9.