4/23/1961 – The Twins play their first 1-0 game in history and come up winners at Met Stadium when Jack Kralick pitches a complete game 4 hit shutout of the Washington Senators. Kralick also knocks in the Twins lone run of the game with a fifth inning single. Box score
4/23/1980 – Angels pitcher Bruce Kison settles for a one-hitter when Minnesota’s Ken Landreaux rips a double with one out in the 9th inning of California’s 17-0 romp. For Landreaux, the hit marks the beginning of a 31-game hitting streak. Box score
4/23/1982 – The Twins beat the Seattle Mariners 12-4 at the Kingdome. Twins pitcher Roger Erickson recovers after a rough first inning where he gives up 3 runs on 5 hits and proceeds to pitch a complete game. Erickson strikes out no one and gives up 13 hits and walks two more in this unusual game. It marks the only time that Erickson pitched a complete game with no strikeouts. Twins hitters were no slouches themselves as they had 18 hits and drew 6 walks. Ron Washington had 4 hits and Bobby Mitchell and Gary Ward had 3 hits apiece.
Box score . See the table below showing all Twins pitchers that have pitched a complete game with zero strikeouts.
4/23/2011 – The Twins beat the visiting Cleveland Indians 10-3 at Target Field and in the process score more than 5 runs in a game for the first time in 2011. The Twins have not scored more than five runs in any game this season (19 games), according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it is the longest such streak to start a season in Twins history, and the longest streak in franchise history (the 1909 Washington Senators failed to score more than five runs in their first 18 games).The Twins were the only team in Major League Baseball that hasn’t scored six-or-more runs in a game in 2011. Box score
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Twins pitchers that have pitched a complete game with zero KO’s
| Rk | Player | Date ? | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | Pit | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brad Radke | 2002-05-08 | KCR | W 3-1 | CG 9, W | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 32 |
| 2 | Allan Anderson | 1991-04-20 | CAL | L 1-2 | CG 8, L | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 29 |
| 3 | Allan Anderson | 1988-08-04 | TOR | W 2-1 | CG 9, W | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 102 | 29 |
| 4 | Les Straker | 1987-06-29 | KCR | L 2-3 | CG 5, L | 4.1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | |
| 5 | Ken Schrom | 1985-04-12 | SEA | L 1-2 | CG 8, L | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |
| 6 | Roger Erickson | 1982-04-23 | SEA | W 12-4 | CG 9, W | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
| 7 | Paul Hartzell | 1979-04-30 | TOR | W 6-3 | CG 9, W | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | |
| 8 | Dave Goltz | 1978-06-23 | CHW | W 2-1 | CG 9, W | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | |
| 9 | Steve Luebber | 1976-09-08 | TEX | W 3-1 | CG 7, W | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | |
| 10 | Danny Fife | 1973-09-28 | CAL | W 7-1 | CG 9, W | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
| 11 | Jim Kaat | 1965-04-17 | CLE | W 3-0 | SHO9, W | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 |