BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (Interstat) — Connor Prielipp pitched 5 2/3 innings of two-hit ball and the Minnesota Twins withstood a late Athletics rally to claim an 11-8 victory Sunday afternoon at Target Field, winning the three-game series against in front of 19,701.

Prielipp allowed one earned run and struck out five while walking one, improving his record to 3-5. The Twins, who lost the series opener 2-0 on Friday but rebounded with a 2-0 win Saturday, improved to 53-54. The Athletics fell to 44-61.

The game began with a burst of offense from the home side. Minnesota scored three runs in the first inning and three more in the second, taking a 6-0 lead against Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs. Ryan Jeffers delivered a two-run single in the second inning, and Austin Martin scored on a fielder’s choice in the first before Kody Clemens tripled home two runs, with an error on the play allowing Clemens to score as well.

Jeffers finished with three hits and three RBIs. Clemens went 3 for 5 with a triple, a double and an RBI. Ryan Kreidler added three hits, including two doubles, and drove in a run. Luke Keaschall and Brooks Lee each had one hit for Minnesota, which collected 13 hits total.

The Athletics managed only two hits through the first five innings against Prielipp. Nick Kurtz hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to 7-3. The homer was Kurtz’s 21st of the season. He finished 1 for 3 with three RBIs. Jeff McNeil had two hits and two RBIs for Oakland, and Tyler Soderstrom doubled and scored twice.

Minnesota answered immediately in the bottom of the sixth. Kreidler led off with a ground-rule double, and Martin reached on a sacrifice fly that was misplayed by left fielder Soderstrom, allowing Kreidler to score and pushing the lead to 8-3.

The Athletics responded with a three-run seventh. Soderstrom doubled and Tommy White singled, setting the stage for walks to Lawrence Butler and Donovan Walton, the latter forcing in a run. McNeil then grounded out to bring home White, and Carlos Cortes lifted a sacrifice fly to make the score 8-6.

But the Twins countered again. Clemens tripled leading off the bottom of the seventh, and Luke Keaschall’s sacrifice fly made it 9-6. In the eighth, Brooks Lee singled and Kreidler doubled to bring home Lee. Jeffers singled to score Kreidler, extending the lead to 11-6.

The Athletics mounted a final charge in the ninth. White singled, and after an out, Walton singled and McNeil singled to drive in a run. Cortes grounded into a force out that scored Walton, cutting the margin to 11-8. But Jacob Wilson grounded out to end the game.

Jeffrey Springs took the loss, falling to 3-10. He worked 4 2/3 innings, allowing seven runs, six earned, on seven hits while walking two and striking out five. Luis Morales pitched 4 1/3 innings in relief for the Athletics, allowing two earned runs on four hits with five strikeouts. Kody Funderburk and Tommy Nance each threw a scoreless inning for the Twins.

Minnesota’s offense was opportunistic, scoring on two sacrifice flies and taking advantage of two Athletics errors. grounded into two double plays and left six runners on base.

The Athletics’ recent struggles continued after a 5-2 loss to Arizona on Wednesday and a 6-5 extra-inning loss there Tuesday. They had won the opener of this series but then dropped the next two. Minnesota, meanwhile, salvaged a split of its six-game homestand after losing the first two games of the series.

The series finale featured 19 total runs, the highest scoring game of the three between the teams. The total of 19 went under the over-under line of 10, while Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 5-3 Twins victory. Interstat’s ELO system gave Minnesota a 57.70 percent chance to win before the game, and the Twins were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5.