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2023 – The Twins beat the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre by a score of 9-4, scoring all nine runs in the final three innings and securing the series win. Toronto had a 3-0 lead going into the seventh inning. Joe Ryan was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing three runs on six hits in 6 innings pitched, his team-leading 10th quality start. Jorge Lopez (2-2) got the win. The offense recorded 12 hits but struck out a season-high 17 times. The top two batters in Minnesota’s lineup (Edouard Julien — 2-for-3, BB & Donovan Solano — 3-for-5) combined to reach base six times in nine at-bats. Carlos Correa hit his second career grand slam, giving the Twins a 5-3 lead in the eighth inning. Trevor Larnach (6) added a solo home run in the seventh inning and Max Kepler (7) added a three-run homer in the eighth. An impressive crowd of 41,990 attended the game. Box Score
2022 – Tonight’s game against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays at Target Field will be seen on Apple TV+, a first for the Twins. The game will be available to anyone with internet access, for free, only on Apple TV+. The Twins hosted a Friday night fish fry and beat the visiting Rays at Target Field by a score of 9 -4. Devin Smeltzer (3-0) was the Twins starter and winner, allowing three runs on four hits in 6+ innings pitched, despite giving up three home runs. The offense recorded 13 hits, marking the fifth time in their last seven games with double-digit hit totals. Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa highlighted the offense, as Buck hit his 16th and 17th home runs of the season while Correa went 3-for-5 with his fifth home run. Additionally, Buxton became the fifth player in Twins/Senators franchise history (1901) with back-to-back multi-homer games, joining Harmon Killebrew (1959), Don Mincher (1963), Kirby Puckett (1987) and Eddie Rosario (2019). According to Elias, Buxton’s 17 home runs are the most for a player in their first 43 games of a season in franchise history (since 1901). Harmon Killebrew had 16 through his first 43 in 1959 and Nelson Cruz had 15 in 2020. Box Score
Minnesota Twins shortstop Royce Lewis will have reconstructive ACL surgery on his right knee for the second year in a row, yet another season-ending setback for the team’s top prospect. The Twins announced the news before they played Tampa Bay on Friday night. Lewis will have the procedure later this month and need a full year to recover. He was hurt in the game on May 29 in a third-inning collision with the wall while making a tough catch in his first, and perhaps only, appearance in center field.
2021 – The Twins prevented a Yankee series sweep at Target Field when they came back from a 5-3 deficit in the bottom of the ninth with four runs and walked off the Bronx Bombers 7-5 on a two-run home run into the juniper bushes in center by Nelson Cruz. The walk-off win was the Twins third this season. It marked their first win when trailing after eight innings this season (1-22). J.A. Happ was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing four runs on eight hits in 5 innings pitched. Hansel Robles who pitch the ninth inning got the win upping his record to 2-2. For Cruz (2-for-2 with 4 RBI), it marked his first walk-off homer as a Twin. The is the second time that the Twins have hit two home runs off Ardolis Chapman, the first was on June 18, 2016. It was also the Twins’ first walk-off home run overall since Miguel Sanó on August 5, 2019 versus Atlanta and the first first-pitch walk-off homer by a Twin since Brian Dozier on July 10, 2015 versus. Detroit. Additionally, it was the Twins’ first walk-off victory over the Yankees since July 5, 2014, when they won 2-1 in 11 innings, when the winning run scored on a Francisco Cervelli throwing error following Trevor Plouffe’s fielder’s choice grounder. The Houston Astros are waiting in the wings to take on the 25-37 Twins. Box Score
2020 – The Twins should be in the Charm City playing the O’s….. In reality nothing has changed, all the games this season have been postponed/cancelled due to COVID-19. We have now missed 69 games. If that is not bad enough take a look at the past two weeks May 27-June 9) of Star Tribune front pages. Click on image to make it larger.
The Minnesota Twins announced tonight that they have selected infielder Aaron Sabato from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with the 27th overall selection in the first round of the 2020 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The draft was limited to just five rounds this year due to the COVID-19 situation. Teams can sign unsigned players later for no more then $20K.
2019 – No Game Today
2018 – The Twins avoid a sweep and close out the home stand with a 7-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels at Target Field. Fernando Romero went five innings allowing 3 runs but it was enough for the third win of his career. Jake Cave and Logan Morrison hit home runs for Minnesota but the Cave was the hitting star by going 3 for 4 with a double in addition to his homer. The rookie outfielder also scored twice and had 3 RBI. As the Twins hit the road to Detroit they find themselves with a 28-34 record and in third place in the division, 6 games behind the first place Indians. Box Score
2013 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2006 – Daniel Cabrera pitched 6 scoreless innings for the Orioles who took an 8-0 lead into the
bottom of the seventh then held on as the Twins scored five runs in the bottom of the inning. Michael Cuddyer hit a grand slam in the Twins’ five-run seventh. Joe Mauer reached base four times for the fourth game in a row. But when the final score was posted the Baltimore Orioles had a 9-4 win. Carlos Silva (2-8) was the losing pitcher, but he did retire the side on three pitches in the second as he did it the previous year in his 74-pitch game. Box Score
1999 – No Game Today
1976 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1969 – Leo Cardenas led off the third inning at Met Stadium with a single and the Twins batted around scoring five runs on six hits including a Harmon Killebrew triple that scored two and the Twins jumped out in front of the Red Sox 5-0 and held on for a 6-2 win on a complete game by Jim Kaat. At the end of the day the Twins record was 30-23 and they had a 2.5 game lead over the A’s. Box Score
1968 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1961 – The lack-luster Twins lose to the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 at Memorial Stadium and their winning streak ends after just one game. The Twins have now lost 19 of their last 21 games. Not much to write home about this game if you are a Twins fan, the Twins could only muster five hits and starter Camilo Pascual (4-7) was not particularly effective and it added up to be a loss for the visiting Twins as their record dropped to 20-33. The rains came down in the seventh with the Orioles coming to bat and a rain delay of about an hour ensued and when the game resumed Pascual was done and Don Lee was the Twins pitcher. The Twins top two starters, Pascual and Pedro Ramos have lost nine straight games between them. What make this game unique however; is that this was the first time that the Minnesota Twins had ever appeared in a nationally televised game. The game was on NBC and the announcers were Lindsey Nelson and Joe Garagiola. The Twin would not have a home game on national TV until April 25, 1964. After the game the Twins left for Boston, the last stop on their six city road trip where they will play a DH tomorrow. Box Score
