![]() “I think there would be situations where the umpire would ring him up and say that was three strikes. “The bat did go all the way around,” Baldelli said. The Twins thought Naylor might have swung at the pitch for strike three. “The only pitch that went wrong was the curveball.” Duran couldn’t field it cleanly and had to settle for the out at first, and Gimenez moved to third and scored on a curveball that sailed behind pinch hitter Bo Naylor. In the eighth, Griffin Jax gave up a leadoff double to Gabriel Arias and he scored on a two-out single off Caleb Thielbar to make it 2-1.ĭuran, handed the lead and looking for his 24th save, struggled. He walked Andres Gimenez with one out and allowed a single to Will Brennan but had a chance to get out of the inning when Gabriel Arias then grounded sharply back to the mound. 500 since returning from the all-star break on July 14.Īfter that, the Twins offense shut down and the bullpen faltered. The Twins have won four of their past seven games and are six games above. Instead, Cleveland left town with a five-game deficit and the teams set to play three more games Sept. ![]() When the series started, the Twins had a golden opportunity to all but eliminate their closest American League Central rival with a sweep. “A challenging loss,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. Kole Calhoun hit a three-run home run off rookie Kody Funderburk in the 10th, and Emmanuel Clase retired the Twins in order for his 36th save as the Guardians earned a 2-1 series victory and left Minnesota with its slim playoff hopes still alive. He traveled 101 feet to get to this ball.Minnesota did just enough to get into the ninth inning with a lead on the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday, but not enough to actually beat them.Īfter taking a 2-0 lead on Jorge Polanco’s bases-loaded single in the fifth inning, the Twins were hitless, with six strikeouts, and their closer coughed up a 2-1 lead in the ninth in a 5-2 loss to Cleveland in front of an announced crowd of 20,169 at Target Field. ![]() The defense chipped in too, as center fielder Cristian Pache helped Logue with an incredible running catch. Puk, Domingo Acevedo, Kirby Snead, and Lou Trivino combining for scoreless work. The bullpen kept things in check for another three innings, with A.J. Manager Mark Kotsay was impressed by the “grit” Logue showed by getting out of jams. The lefty cited some nerves in the first couple innings, and said that he is focused on attacking the strike zone and getting ahead of hitters. Logue: 5 ip, 2 runs, 5 Ks, 2 BB, 2 HR, 5 hits, 90 pitches.He escaped rallies in each of the first three frames and then settled down, retiring eight of his final nine batters. Rookie Zach Logue made his first career MLB start, completing five innings and keeping his team in the game. Both runs they allowed were on solo homers. They got into trouble several times but worked their way out on each occasion, holding Minnesota to an 0-for-10 mark with runners in scoring position. The A’s pitching staff did a good job keeping the Twins off the board. ![]() *** Click here to revisit tonight’s Game Thread! *** They made it close on Friday! But they lost again, by a 2-1 margin to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field, with the tying run thrown out at the plate in the 9th inning. The Oakland A’s losing streak is up to seven games. ![]()
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