We’re counting the days until baseball returns for the 2026 season. We can’t wait to watch some more Minnesota Twins baseball!!!
We are 33 or #JustinMorneau Days away from the Twins reporting to #SpringTraining on February 11th.
The Minnesota Twins might be lacking at 1st base this season. They just signed 1B Josh Bell ($5.75M w/a mutual $1.25M buyout option) and traded for 1B Eric Wagaman (from MIA for LHP Kade Bragg*), who was drafted by the Yankees in 2017 out of Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, California)), taken by the Angels in the 2023 MLB Rule 5 Draft then signed as a free agent with Miami in December of 2024 after playing 18 games with the Angels. He spent all of the 2025 season with the Marlins (.250/.296/.378 (AVG/OBP/SLG) going 119-for-476 w/28 doubles, 3 triples, 9 HRs, 53 RBIs, 4 SBs (in 5 attempts). He scored 56 runs, walked 32 times and struckout 100 times in 514 PAs.) *Kade Bragg had a pretty nice ’25 season in the Minnesota Twins minor-league system. The 2023 17th round pick out of Angelo State University… 8-2 record; 67.1IP 45H 25R/22ER (6HR) 31BB 82K 2.94 ERA & a 1.129 WHIP over Low-A, High-A & AA.
42 or #JackieRobinson Days the 1st game of the Spring on February 20th. 6 players have worn 42 for the Twins (or Senators): Mike Jackson (2002), Butch Huskey (2000), Jack O’Connor (1982), Jim Manning (1962), Cass Michaels (1950-51) and Al Kozar (1950).
The Minnesota Twins lost Game 1 but they had RHP Bailey Ober starting and hopefully ending a 4-game losing streak in Game 2 of a 3-game series in Cleveland. He’s been rolling but he hasn’t been counted on to be a stopper so maybe this was his first test. Cleveland for sure knows how well he’s been pitching and they’ll have a game plan to get to him so who will win this battle? Let’s find out.
The Twins activated CF Byron Buxton from the 10-Day Injured List (IL) (Right knee inflammation) & optioned UTIL Austin Martin to Triple-A St. Paul. Will Byron Buxton be able to spark this Minnesota Twins offense? They seem to need a spark or something to kick them back in gear.
Here’s how both teams lined up:
Minnesota Twins Lineup:
Cleveland Guardians Lineup:
Game Recap
The pitching matchup:
Minnesota Twins RHP Bailey Ober (4-1, 3.77 ERA, 0.844 WHIP*)
vs
Cleveland Guardians RHP Logan Allen (4-2, 5.56 ERA, 1.377 WHIP*)
*ERA=Earned Run Average; WHIP=Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched
The Minnesota Twins got a leadoff single from DH Ryan Jeffers followed by a walk of SS Carlos Correa but LF Willi Castro struck out swinging and 3B Jose Miranda grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to quickly end the top of the 1st.
Cleveland CF Tyler Freenan singled to left field to leadoff the bottom of the 1st inning. 2B Andrés Giménez then flew out to left field and that brought up 3B José Ramirez and he battled through a 12-pitch at-bat and…
1B Josh Naylor followed that with a line drive single to right field but Bailey Ober got both LF David Fry & RF Will Brennan to strike out swinging to end the inning.
Minnesota Twins 0 | 2 Cleveland Guardians End of the 1st
Newly activated Minnesota Twins CF Byron Buxton grounded out to 2nd. RF Manuel Margot singled to left field but 1B Carlos Santana & 2B Kyle Farmer struck out swinging to end the top of the 2nd. Bailey Ober rebounded for a very good 2nd inning as he set the Cleveland hitters down 1-2-3 with a lineout (DH Kyle Manzardo) & 2 swinging strikeouts (C Bo Naylor & SS Brayan Rocchio).
Cleveland CF Tyler Freeman led off the the bottom of the 3rd with a single then stole 2nd then Andrés Giménez singled and José Ramírez doubled (7) to score Freeman and Josh Naylor hit a sacrifice fly to score Giménez to make it 4-0. David Fry walked then Will Brennan grounded a ball to 1st for a rare 3-2 double play as 1B Carlos Santana tagged the runner then threw home to get Ramírez at the plate to end the 3rd inning.
Minnesota Twins 0 | 4 Cleveland Guardians End of the 3rd
Twins LF Willi Castro led off the top of the 4th with a single to 2nd that went off pitcher Logan Allen but 2 pitches later, Jose Miranda cleared the bases by grounding into a 5-4-3 double play. Buxton then struck out swinging for the 3rd out.
Cleveland tacked on another run with a 2-out single followed by a 2-out double to make it…
Minnesota Twins 0 | 5 Cleveland Guardians End of the 4th
A leadoff single by Twins RF Manuel Margot was followed by a lineout, a strikeout looking and a flyout then Twins manager Rocco Baldelli went to his bullpen and brought in LHP Kody Funderburke.
Ramírez greeted Funderburke with a single to right field but he rebounded by getting Josh Naylor to ground into a 4-6-3 double play then he hit David Fry with a pitch. Fry stole 2nd base and Will Brennan singled him in with a hit to center field then Brennan came home on a Kyle Manzardo double (2). Funderburke walked Bo Naylor but got Rocchio to ground out back to the pitcher to end the 5th.
Minnesota Twins 0 | 7 Cleveland Guardians End of the 5th
A 1-out single from Carlos Correa turned into nothing after a lineout and a forceout then Correa was replaced by Edouard Julien, batting 2nd & playing 2nd. Kyle Farmer moved from 2nd to shortstop. Funderburke pitched another inning & allowed a leadoff walk and a single but got a popout then another double play ball to end the 6th inning with no more runs added from the Guardians.
Cleveland went to their bullpen and RHP Nick Sandlin and he allowed just a 1-out single to Manuel Margot. Twins RHP Jay Jackson replaced Funderburke. Jackson walked the leadoff batter and gave up 4 straight 2-out singles for 4 runs before getting Ramírez to ground out to end the 7th inning.
Minnesota Twins 0 | 11 Cleveland Guardians End of the 7th
Twins LF Willi Castro replaced Jay Jackson on the mound to pitch the 8th inning and he set the Guardians down 1-2-3 on 2 flyouts & a groundout then he led off the top of the 9th and reached on a fielding error. Back-to-back singles scored Castro. A Carlos Santana scored Miranda and a Kyle Farmer double (7) scored Buxton & Santana but Christian Vázquez flew out and Alex Kirilloff struck out swinging to end the game.
And the losing streak has reached 5 games. Can the Minnesota Twins take something from a 4-run top of the 9th & turn it into a better showing in the 3rd game on Sunday afternoon with Chris Paddack on the mound against Tanner Bibee?
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Final Score Minnesota Twins 4 | 11 Cleveland Guardians W-Logan Allen (4-2) L-Bailey Ober (4-2)
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The Minnesota Twins had lost 3 games from April 22nd through May 12th before losing 3 straight at home to the New York Yankees but they don’t have time to worry about it as they flew to Cleveland to take on the Central Division-leading Cleveland Guardians.
*ERA=Earned Run Average; WHIP=Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched
Minnesota Twins 2B Edouard Julien led off the game by hitting the 2nd pitch he saw for a screaming liner to left center field…
Geez! How ‘bout that for the 1st play of the game? That ball was off the bat with an exit velocity of 105.6 mph.
DH Trevor Larnach walked on 4 pitches but C Ryan Jeffers grounded into a double play to end the top of the 1st.
Minnesota Twins RHP Simeon Woods Richardson took the mound for the 6th time this season and for the first time after getting hit pretty hard & allowing 5 runs at Toronto so how will did he do in this one?
He set ‘em down 1-2-3 to begin his evening by getting CF Tyler Freeman to fly out to center, 2B Andrés Giménez to ground out to short & 3B José Ramírez to ground out to 2nd to end the 1st inning.
Twins RF Max Kepler reached on catcher’s interference to lead off the 2nd inning but SS Carlos Correa grounded into a 5-4-3 double play then 1B Carlos Santana struck swinging to end the top of the 2nd.
Cleveland Guardians 1B Josh Naylor grounded out to 1st. DH David Fry singled to 2nd. LF Will Brennan grounded out to 1st and RF Ramón Laureano flew out to right field to end the 2nd inning.
LF Alex Kirilloff led off the top of the 3rd…
That’s Alex Kirilloff’s 3rd Home Run of the season to put his team up 1-0. 3B Jose Miranda walked but CF Willi Castro grounded into a 5-6-3 double play then Edouard Julien struck out looking to end the top of the 3rd but…
Minnesota Twins 1 | 0 Cleveland Guardians Middle of the 3rd
In the bottom of the 3rd, Cleveland C Bo Naylor struck out swinging. SS Gabriel Arias grounded out to short. CF Tyler Freeman singled but Simeon Woods Richardson got Giménez to fly out to center to end the 3rd inning.
The Twins were set down 1-2-3 in the top of the 4th. Cleveland had a baserunner when Josh Naylor was hit by a pitch then David Fry singled for the 2nd time to advance Naylor to 2nd. Will Brennan flew out to center and Laureano lined out to center field to end the 4th inning.
In the bottom of the 6th, Cleveland got a leadoff single off the bat of 2B Andrés Giménez on a grounder to 3rd. Ramírez struck out swinging as Giménez stole 2nd and a throwing error by C Ryan Jeffers allowed him to advance to 3rd on the play. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli decided to make a pitching change and brought in LHP Steven Okert to replace RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (Sim Woo Rich?) to face Josh Naylor…
Huge play to keep the lead for Minnesota.
That finishes off RHP Simeon Woods Richardson’s pitching line:
Up to the plate came DH David Fry who was 2-for-2 already on the day. Okert started him off with 2 sliders for 2 swinging strikes then…
Okert & C Ryan Jeffers saw those 2 swinging strikes and went back to the same pitch but was the location off because it was basically the same pitch David Fry just saw and…
Ughh. Mistakes happen. Unfortunately, this one may cost the Twins in a big game. A flyout ended the 6th inning.
Minnesota Twins 1 | 2 Cleveland Guardians End of the 6th
The Minnesota Twins had a 2-out double from Max Kepler (10) and a Carlos Correa walk in the top of the 7th to force Cleveland to bring in reliever RHP Hunter Gaddis and he got Carlos Santana to strikeout swinging to end the scoring threat.
Twins RHP Griffin Jax replaced LHP Steven Okert to pitch the 7th and he needed just 9 pitches to set the Guardians down 1-2-3 on 2 swinging strikeouts and a flyout.
RHP Scott Barlow replaced Hunter Gaddis to pitch the 8th for Cleveland. He struck out Alex Kiriloff swinging for the 1st out. Jose Miranda singles to right field and was then removed for pinch-runner Austin Martin. Willi Castro was called out on strikes but Martin stole 2nd…
Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt brought in LHP Tim Herrin to face Twins 2B Edouard Julien so Twins manager Rocco Baldelli pinch-hit for Julien with Kyle Farmer and…
Kyle Farmer has struggled most of the season but since April 27th, he’s started to figure it out as he is now 8-for-24 with 5 doubles & 3 walks &…
This…
Game…
was…
TIED!!!
OF Manuel Margot then pinch-hit for Trevor Larnach and walked but Ryan Jeffers grounded out to 3rd to end the top of the 8th.
Minnesota Twins 2 | 2 Cleveland Guardians Middle of the 8th
Farmer remained in the game at 2nd, Margot remained in the game as the DH, Martin remained in the game at CF & Willi Castro moved from CF to 3B. RHP Jhoan Duran replaced Griffin Jax to pitch the 8th.
Andrés Giménez hit a 1-out single to left field to bring José Ramírez to the plate…
Here’s that at-bat…
So… if called correctly, that would’ve been a strikeout for the 2nd out and Josh Naylor struck out swinging to end the inning so it would’ve still been a 2-2 game but 2 bad calls turn strikes into balls and the Twins are down a run. When does Major League Baseball fix this? It’s ridiculous to keep going this way when the technology exists to get correct calls. The Twins also needed to challenge the call at 2nd base to turn that into an out.
Minnesota Twins 2 | 2 Cleveland Guardians End of the 8th
Cleveland brought in their closer RHP Emmanuel Clase. Max Kepler grounded out to 2nd for the 1st out. Carlos Correa was called out on a ball in a 9-pitch at-bat.
Carlos Santana then grounded out to short to end the game.
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Final Score Minnesota Twins 2 | 3 Cleveland Guardians W-Tim Herrin (2-0) L-Jhoan Duran (0-1) S-Emmanuel Clase (13)
Here’s the Umpire Scorecard from @UmpireScorecards on X and what do you know, it favored the Cleveland Guardians by 1+ run:
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The Minnesota Twins started a 7-game homestand with a 3-game series against the Boston Red Sox while also trying to extend their winning streak to 11. They’ve won 10 in a row against two teams with losing records. Boston was 18-14 entering the first game of this series and they were sending RHP Tanner Houck to the mound for this game. He was 3-2 with a 1.60 ERA & a 0.921 WHIP including a complete game shutout against the Cleveland Guardians so the Twins had their work cut out for them in the first game.
RHP Matt Bowman* was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks for cash considerations; optioned RHP Caleb Boushley
*Bowman was Designated For Assignment (DFA’d) on April 30th when the Twins activated RHP Jhoan Duran.
Matt Bowman showed well in his cup of coffee with the Minnesota Twins. In 6 games, he had a 2.89 ERA and a 0.857 WHIP. In the April 26th game at the Los Angeles Angels, he came in to relieve RHP Bailey Ober in a 4-1 game with 1 out in the 8th & a runner on 2nd and he had to face Mike Trout. He walked him on 4 pitches but it was one of those non-intentional intentional walks meaning he was told not to give him anything to hit. He then allowed an RBI-1B to Nolan Schanuel but struck both Taylor Ward and former Twin Ehire Adrianza looking to end the 8th inning. He has good stuff and it’s a shame the way baseball works for players on the edge of the 40-man roster. Is there a better way? He pitched well but ended up being squeezed out because of how it works. Then he had to move to Arizona & start over with a new team. He’s 32 years old and he makes $925K. A lot of us can easily say we’d play baseball for that much money but these players go through a lot and it makes you wonder how quickly we’d go back to our daily jobs after going through what they go through to keep pursuing their dreams.
May 3rd:
Placed CF Byron Buxton on the 10-Day Injured List (IL) (Right Knee Inflammation); recalled UTIL Austin Martin from Triple-A St. Paul
Signed RHP Adam Plutko to a minor league contract.
Here’s how both teams lined up:
Minnesota Twins Lineup:
Boston Red Sox Lineup:
Game Recap
The pitching matchup:
Boston Red Sox RHP Tanner Houck (3-2, 1.60 ERA, 0.921 WHIP*)
vs
Minnesota Twins RHP Chris Paddack (2-1, 5.88 ERA, 1.692 WHIP*)
*ERA=Earned Run Average; WHIP=Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched
This game started with a pretty routine groundball to short off the bat of Boston Red Sox CF Jarren Duran. At short for the Minnesota Twins was former Gold & Platinum Golve winner SS Carlos Correa but the ball took a weird bounce and hit the palm of his glove & bounced away from him for his 2nd error of the season. 2 pitches later, Duran was on 3rd after 3B Rafael Devers hit a double to the right center field wall so 2 on (2nd & 3rd) & no outs for Twins RHP Chris Paddack. That’s a rough start to a game but he struck out LF Tyler O’Neill swinging for the 1st out, got RF Wilyer Abreu to pop out to short then got 1B Garrett Cooper to ground out to 2nd to end the inning with the game still scoreless. That’s some great work.
In the bottom of the 1st, LF Alex Kirilloff led off by striking out swinging 2B Edouard Julien walked. C Ryan Jeffers struck out looking and RF Max Kepler grounded out to short to end the 1st inning.
In the 2nd, Paddack set ‘em down 1-2-3 on 3 groundouts to 2nd but the Twins were also set down 1-2-3 on a line out, a ground out and another line out.
In the top of the 3rd, Red Sox SS Ceddanne Rafaela singled to lead off the inning but he was promptly thrown out trying to steal 2nd with a great tag by Twins SS Carlos Correa. Duran grounded out to 1st & Devers struck out swinging.
Minnesota Twins CF Willi Castro doubled (9) down the left field line then advanced to 3rd on a 1-out ground out to 2nd and later scored on an Edouard Julien seeing-eye RBI-single:
Ryan Jeffers flew out to left field to end the inning.
Boston Red Sox 0 | 1 Minnesota Twins End of the 3rd
After allowing the double in the 1st inning, Minnesota Twins RHP Chris Paddack allowed just a single and a walk through the next 5 innings while also striking out 5. He was replaced by RHP to begin the 7th inning and struck out the side with just 11 pitches:
The Twins started the bottom of the 7th with back-to-back singles from Trevor Larnach & Carlos Santana. Austin Martin pinch-ran for Trevor Larnach then Willi Castro laid down a sacrifice bunt…
Boston C Reese Maguire tried to get Carlos Santana at 2nd but threw the ball wide which allowed Austin Martin to score from 2nd base. Boston made a pitching change to RHP Naoyuki Uwasawa and he walked Jose Miranda to load the bases but got Alex Kirilloff to ground into a fielder’s choice and 2B Vaughn Grisson threw home to keep the score at 2-0. Edouard Julien then walked to score Willi Castro and Ryan Jeffers came up to the plate…
A sharp line drive to left center field scored Miranda & Kirilloff and just like that, it was a 5-run lead for the Twins. Kepler popped out & Correa struck out looking to end the 7th.
Boston Red Sox 0 | 5 Minnesota Twins End of the 7th
OF Manuel Margot replaced Alex Kirilloff in left field, batting 1st, and Austin Martin stayed in the game as the designated hitter. RHP Cole Sands replaced Griffin Jax to pitch the 8th. He got a line out then hit Reese Maguire with a pitch but struck out Ceddanne Rafaela for the 2nd out. Jarren Duran singled to center field so Twins manager Rocco Baldelli made a pitching change to LHP Caleb Thielbar to face left-handed hitter Rafael Devers and he hit a high outside fastball off the center field wall to score 2 runs.
Thielbar struck out Tyler O’Neill swinging to end the top of the 8th.
Boston Red Sox 2 | 5 Minnesota Twins Middle of the 8th
The Twins got a 2-out single off the bat of Max Kepler in the bottom of the 8th but Miranda popped up to the pitcher to send us to the 9th inning and Twins closer RHP Jhoan Duran came into the ballgame looking for his 2nd save of the season…
2 swinging strikeouts on high heat with a groundout to 3rd in between for 11 straight wins for the Minnesota Twins.
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Final Score Boston Red Sox 2 | 5 Minnesota Twins W-Chris Paddack (3-1) L-Tanner Houck (3-3) S-Jhoan Duran (2)
The Minnesota Twins are rolling as they’re on a 7-game winning streak after sweeping a 4-game series at home vs the Chicago White Sox and then sweeping a 3-game series against the Los Angeles Angels. Now they are playing Chicago again but it’s in their park. They also just swept the Tampa Bay Rays in a 3-game series to double their win total so… are they a different team now?
The Minnesota Twins activated SS Carlos Correa off the 10-Day Injured List (mild right intercostal strain previously reported as a right oblique strain) and optioned UTIL Austin Martin to Triple-A St. Paul. Martin showed well in his first MLB call-up, playing LF, CF & 2B and making some spectacular defensive plays. He had 7 extra-base hits (6 doubles & 1 home run) among his 14 hits in 22 games. He’ll be back at some point.
RHP Jhoan Duran (right oblique strain): “successfully completed a two-game rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul on April 27, when his fastball averaged a much more typical 101.8 mph, and he was in Chicago for the start of the Twins’ series against the White Sox on April 29, with the expectation that he’ll be activated on April 30 to join the roster for the first time this season.”
RHP Justin Topa (left patellar tendinitis): sent on a rehab assignment on April 25th; threw 15 pitches, fanning the side; rainouts have pushed his 2nd appearance back a couple days, presumably on April 30th
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Here’s how both teams lined up:
Minnesota Twins Lineup:
Chicago White Sox Lineup:
Game Recap
The pitching matchup:
Chicago White Sox LHP Garrett Crochet (1-4, 6.37 ERA, 1.180 WHIP*)
vs
Minnesota Twins RHP Joe Ryan (1-1, 3.45 ERA, 1.012 WHIP*)
*ERA=Earned Run Average; WHIP=Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched
Minnesota Twins DH Ryan Jeffers flew out to left field to begin the game. SS Carlos Correa grounded out to short & 3B Jose Miranda struck out swinging to end the top of the 1st.
Chicago White Sox 2B Nicky Lopez singled to center field on the 1st pitch he saw. 1B Andrew Vaughn was up next. He fouled off the first 2 pitches to go down 0-2 then took a pitch outside for ball 1. The 4th pitch, a sweeper up & in sure looked like it should’ve been strike 3 but the ump didn’t call it so the count was even instead of being the 1st out. The catcher was set up for a pitch on the outside of the plate but the ump is set up to see that pitch perfectly so… why isn’t it called a strike? Is it the ump’s strike zone?
It looks like he swung on the next pitch but the 1st base ump said he didn’t:
He fouled off the next pitch then got an inside fastball that he hammered to the left center field wall to score Nicky Lopez from 1st:
RF Gavin Sheets followed with a single to right field & Andrew Vaughn advanced to 3rd. Twins pitcher Joe Ryan then got DH Eloy Jiménez to ground into a 6-4-3 double play but Vaughn scored from 3rd. LF Andrew Benintendi then grounded out to 1st to end the 1st inning.
So… if strike 3 or the check swing was called on Andrew Vaughn for the 1st out, who knows how that inning would’ve played out. If some a challenge system was in place, the Twins would likely have challenged that 4th pitch & it would’ve been a strike if we agreed that the broadcast’s box is a good measurement of the actual strike zone.
Minnesota Twins 0 | 2 Chicago White Sox End of the 1st
Twins CF Byron Buxton struck out looking at three pitches to lead off the 2nd inning. LF Manuel Margot walked and there were 2 called balls (pitches 3 & 5) that were in the zone.
The home plate umpire’s high zone was apparently a lot lower than the broadcast’s or the real strike zone. Great! This should be an interesting thing to keep track of. Ahh… the strike zone is like pi. We will never know what the answer to it is.
On the next pitch, Carlos Santana was at the plate and…
THIS…
GAME…
WAS…
TIED!!!
Does that make it even on bad calls from the home plate umpire? The Twins only got one run because of it whereas the White Sox got two so… whatever! LF Willi Castro singled on a soft grounder to the pitcher who threw wildly to 1st but Castro didn’t advance to 2nd on the play. He then stole 2nd but C Christian Vázquez struck out looking & 2B Kyle Farmer flew out to right field to end the top of the 2nd.
Minnesota Twins 2 | 2 Chicago White Sox Middle of the 2nd
Chicago got a 1-out walk from CF Rafael Ortega in the bottom of the 2nd but SS Paul Dejong grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to end the 2nd inning.
Over the next 6 innings, there were just 3 walks & 3 hits (all singles) and the Twins only had 2 of the walks and none of the hits but the game was still tied at 2.
RHP Brad Keller replaced Garrett Crochet to begin the 6th inning. He allowed 2 walks but no hits over 1.2 innings before he was replaced by LHP Tim Hill who finished off the 7th inning.
Chicago White Sox RHP Garrett Crochet’s Final Line: 5IP 2H 2R 2ER 1BB 7K 1HR
Twins RHP Joe Ryan was replaced by RHP Brock Stewart to begin the 7th inning and Stew sandwiched a groundout between 2 swinging strikeouts.
Minnesota Twins RHP Joe Ryan’s Final Line: 6IP 6H 2R 2ER 1BB 3K
RHP Michael Kopech replaced Tim Hill to pitch the 8th inning for Chicago & he set down the Twins 1-2-3. RHP Griffin Jax replaced Brock Stewart and he allowed a leadoff single to C Korey Lee & a 2-out walk to Gavin Sheets before striking out DH Eloy Jiménez with a nasty changeup to end the 8th.
So it was on to the 9th in a tie ballgame…
Byron Buxton, Max Kepler & Carlos Santana were due up against White Sox RHP John Brebbia. Buxton hit the 1st pitch down the left field line for a double (8)
That’s some Buck Trucking:
RF Max Kepler worked the count full…
He hit the inside fastball for a single to right field to score Buxton & put the Twins up 3-2.
Santana struck out swinging. Castro lined out to center field & Vázquez struck out swinging.
Minnesota Twins 3 | 2 Chicago White Sox Middle of the 9th
LHP Caleb Thielbar was called on to save the game for Minnesota. He got Benintendi to strike out swinging. He walked Mendick but then got pinch-hitter Tommy Pham to line out to right field for the 2nd out. Former Twin Robbie Grossman hit a bloop single to right to put the tying run in scoring position on 3rd base and the winning run on. To the plate was C Korey Lee.
Even though Caleb starts with a C, the man at the plate’s name started with a K & Thielbar needed just 3 pitches to strike him out swinging for his 2nd save and an 8-game winning streak for the Minnesota TWWWWWWWWINS!
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Final Score Minnesota Twins 3 | 2 Chicago White Sox W-Griffin Jax (2-2) L-John Brebbia (0-1) S-Caleb Thielbar (2)
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