BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Vaughn Grissom homered and drove in two runs and the Los Angeles Angels held on to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-3 on Friday night at Target Field.

The Angels, who entered with the worst record in the American League at 37-57, snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 38-57. The Twins fell to 46-49.

Grayson Rodriguez (3-2) worked five-plus innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits while striking out three and walking two. Kirby Yates pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save, stranding a leadoff double in the bottom of the inning.

Zebby Matthews (4-6) took the loss, giving up four earned runs on nine hits over six innings. He struck out three and walked one.

The Twins struck first in the bottom of the first. Trevor Larnach led off with a double, moved to third on a flyout by Ryan Jeffers and scored on Kody Clemens’ sacrifice fly. Josh Bell followed with a double, but Royce Lewis lined out to end the inning.

After three scoreless innings, the Angels tied the game in the fourth. Grissom launched a solo homer to left field, his fifth of the season, off Matthews. Jorge Soler followed with a double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on a passed ball charged to catcher Ryan Jeffers during Jo Adell’s at-bat, giving Los Angeles a 2-1 lead.

The Angels added two more runs in the fifth. Wade Meckler singled, Tyler Heineman bunted for a hit and Zach Neto singled to load the bases. Nolan Schanuel then ripped a sharp single to right, scoring Meckler to make it 3-1. Grissom followed with a sacrifice fly to right, plating Heineman for a 4-1 advantage.

Matthews escaped further damage by inducing a double-play grounder from Soler.

Minnesota answered in the sixth. With one out, Bell doubled, and Royce Lewis singled to put runners at the corners. Brooks Lee then doubled to left, scoring Bell and sending Lewis to third. Lewis scored on a groundout by Austin Martin, cutting the lead to 4-3. Rodriguez was lifted after 5 1-3 innings, and Sam Bachman came on to strike out Ryan Kreidler to end the threat.

The Angels bullpen took over from there. Bachman struck out two in a perfect seventh, Samy Natera Jr. worked 1 2-3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out two, and Yates closed it out.

In the bottom of the ninth, Larnach led off with a double off Yates, but Jeffers grounded out, Kody Clemens lined out to first and pinch-hitter Victor Caratini grounded out to end the game.

Grissom finished 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs. Nolan Schanuel had two hits and an RBI. Josh Lowe, Wade Meckler, Tyler Heineman, Zach Neto and Oswald Peraza each had one hit for the Angels, who totaled 10 hits.

For the Twins, Bell went 2-for-4 with two doubles. Brooks Lee was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Larnach also doubled twice, giving him three hits in the game. Minnesota had nine hits.

The game, played before an announced crowd of 26,893, lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes.

The Angels continue their three-game series in Minnesota on Saturday. They return home July 17 to face the Detroit Tigers. The Twins also host the Angels again Saturday before traveling to Chicago to face the Cubs next weekend.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Minnesota 7, Los Angeles 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Twins a 58.30 percent chance to win. The Angels were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5, and the total of seven runs went over the over-under line of nine.