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2023 – The Twins lost to the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field by a score of 7-3. Bailey Ober was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing two runs on two hits in 5 innings pitched, throwing 78 pitches and exiting with a 3-2 lead. Dylan Floro (4-6) was issued the loss, allowing five runs on six hits in 1 inning of relief. The offense recorded seven hits, highlighted by a Christian Vázquez two-run homer in the second inning. Kyle Farmer drove in the other run with a fourth-inning single. Brewers reliever Bryse Wilson (5-0) got the win. Box Score
2022 – The Twins lost to the Rangers at Target Field by a score of 2-1 in the series finale, losing the four-game series three games to one. Sonny Gray (7-4) was the starter and loser, allowing two runs on five hits in 6 innings pitched, with one walk and six strikeouts. The struggling offense recorded seven hits, two each from both Carlos Correa and Nick Gordon. Gordon drove in the Twins’ only run with a fourth-inning double. Minnesota went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position, finishing the series 2-for-26 with RISP. Uffda! The Twins have completed their seven-game, eight-day homestand with a record of 4-3, sweeping the Royals in three games last week, followed by going 1-3 against the Rangers over the last four day. They are now off to Houston. Box Score
2021 – No game today, game versus Yankees postponed in anticipation of Hurricane Henri hitting the NE coast. Game rescheduled for September 13. The Twins are on their way to Boston.
2020 – With five players on the IL the Twins turned the tables on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium with a 7-2 win after losing yesterday by a 7-2 score snapping a five game losing streak at the Royals home park. Randy Dobnak (5-1) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs on eight hits over 5 innings. Danny Coulombe made his Twins debut, pitching two scoreless innings. The Twins were charged with an E2 catcher (Alex Avila) interference in the fourth and sixth, their third and fourth errors in five games, after committing just two errors in their first 23. Their six errors in 28 games overall are still the fewest in the majors. Eddie Rosario (7) and Miguel Sano (5) each hit home runs and each had 3 RBI. Box Score
2019 – No Game Today
2018 – The Twins lost to the White Sox in a get-away afternoon game at Guaranteed Rate Field by a score of 7-3. Kyle Gibson (7-10) was the starter and loser, allowing seven runs (4 earned) on seven hits in 4.2 innings pitched. The offense recorded seven hits, three coming off the bat of Logan Forsythe while Jorge Polanco hit his third home run of the season. The Twins fly home to take on the high-flying Oakland A’s. Box Score
2016 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2014 – The Twins beat up on the Detroit Tigers 20-6 at Target Field in front of 29,394 fans that had to watch 3 hours and 59 minutes of baseball if they wanted to see the games final pitch. The Twins are the first AL team this season to score 20 runs in a game and this is the most runs ever scored by the Twins in a game at Target Field. This is the 13th time in franchise history and the eighth time in Twins team history that the team has scored 20 or more runs in a game. The Detroit Tigers have been the unlucky victims of the Twins/Senators 20 or more runs parade on five occasions, four times by the Twins and once by the Washington Senators. Eduardo Escobar goes 5 for 6 with a home run and a triple, walks three times, scores three times, and has an RBI. Danny Santana, Oswaldo Arcia and Trevor Plouffe also hit home runs. Twins starter Tommy Milone was the recipient of the hitting barrage but he lasted just 4.1 innings giving up 10 hits and there was no win for Milone. The Tigers used eight pitchers including position player Andrew Romine. Box Score
2006 – The Baltimore Orioles host the Minnesota Twins at Camden Yards and beat the visitors 6-3. Twins starter and loser Carlos Silva goes 5.1 innings and becomes only the second Twins pitcher to allow five home runs in a single game when he gives up three home runs to Nick Markakis and one each to Brian Roberts and Corey Patterson. Catcher Joe Mauer gets two of the Twins five hits including a triple and a RBI. Box Score
2005 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1981 – The 21-27 Twins get walked off when Milwaukee Brewer Ted Simmons singles off Twins reliever Don Cooper in the 10th inning with the bases full of Brewers in County Stadium. Rollie Fingers is the winner and Cooper, the seventh Twins pitcher of the day loses without retiring a batter. Hosken Powell was 2 for 4 with a runs scored and a RBI and Mickey Hatcher also had two hits. Box Score
The Twins and Tigers swapped 1B, the Twins acquired Tim Corcoran and gave up Ron “Papa Jack” Jackson.
1975 – The Twins Dave McKay homers in his first ML at bat during an 8-4 win over the Tigers, Vern Ruhle gave up the long ball at Met Stadium. McKay, playing third base and hitting eighth becomes the second Twins player to hit a home run in his first at bat. Dan Ford and Phil Roof also hit home runs. Twins starter Dave Goltz goes five innings and allows five runs but gets the win and Bill Campbell finishes the game for a four inning save. Box Score
1974 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1968 – Minnesota’s Jim Merritt loses his shutout in the 9th when Mickey Mantle hits a pinch homer, but Merritt pitches a complete game allowing the Yanks just three hits and wins 3-1 over the New York Yankees at Met Stadium. It is Mantle’s 534th HR, tying him with Jimmie Foxx for 3rd on the all-time list at that time. It was 91 degrees at Met Stadium when the game started. Box Score
1967 – The Twins and Tigers play a DH at Tiger Stadium. The Tigers win the first game 7-3 behind Earl Wilson’s complete game five-hitter as he won his 17th game. Three of the Twins five hits were home runs by Cesar Tovar, Tony Oliva and Ted Uhlaender. Twins starter Dean Chance lasted just 2.1 innings allowing five hits and three runs. Two Twins errors plus an 0 for 10 with RISP didn’t help the Twins at all. Box Score
In game 2 Jim Kaat shuts out the Tigers through 8 innings but in the ninth he gives up a lead-off single to Dick McAuliffe and then Al Kaline doubles to score McAuliffe and tie the game. In the bottom of the 11th inning McAuliffe again plagues the Twins by hitting a lead-off triple off Twins reliever Al Worthington. Worthington then gets Kaline to pop out for the first out but then Worthington throws a wild pitch with Willie Horton at bat and the run scores for a Tigers 2-1 walk-off win on a WP and a sweep of the DH. Hank Izquierdo had just entered the game as the Twins catcher in the bottom of the 11th inning. With the Red Sox winning both games of a DH and the White Sox splitting a DH the Twins find themselves a game out tied for third place. Cesar Tovar was 2 for 4 with a stolen base and Tony Oliva was 2 for 5 with a double. The Twins were 0 for 12 with RISP in the second game giving them a RISP of 0 for 22 for the day, a tough day at the ballpark for Twins hitters. Box Score
1966 – No Game Today
1964 – No Game Today.
1963 – No Game Today. True, but the Twins traveled to Philly and played an ISEG (in-season exhibition game) at Connie Mack stadium and beat the Phillies 7-3 behind some good pitching from a local pitcher Dennis Lortscher from Lake City.
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1961 – The now seventh place Twins arrive in Chicago to take on the fourth place Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park. Pedro Ramos started for Minnesota and Frank Baumann went for the White Sox but the Twins scored three in fourth when Bob Allison led off with a home run and the Twins added two more on three singles, a HBP and a groundout and Baumann was headed for the showers. The White Sox scored in the seventh to tie the game at 3-3. Ramos retired Roy Sievers for the first out in the ninth but then allowed a double to Minnie Minoso and gave Sherm Lollar an intentional pass before retiring Al Smith for the second out and was just about off the hook. Nellie Fox who had walked off the Twins earlier this season then delivered a single to center and the White Sox walked-off the Twins 4-3. Don Larsen who pitched 5.1 innings of scoreless relief pocketed the win upping his record to 4-1 while Ramos took his 15 defeat of the year. The Twins outhit the Sox 10 to 7 but went 1 for 7 with RISP and hit into two double-plays. The Twins 6 through 8 batters, Battey, Tuttle and Versalles each had two hits. Box Score
