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2023 – SONNY GRAY IS HUMAN AFTER ALL: The Twins lost to the Guardians by a score of 4-2 at Target Field and ended their three game winning streak. Sonny Gray (4-1) was the starter and loser, allowing three runs on a season-high 10 hits in 6.2 innings pitched. He allowed his first home run of the season, a two-run shot to Will Brennan in the seventh inning, proving to be the game winner. The Twins had eight hits, two from both Donovan Solano and Kyle Farmer. Jorge Polanco hit his fifth home run to lead off the game, the second of his career and fourth for a Twin this season. Cleveland starter Logan Allen (3-2) got the win. Box Score
2022 – The Twins are in Toronto to play the Blue Jays. The Twins have placed right-handed pitchers Trevor Megill and Emilio Pagán, left-handed pitcher Caleb Thielbar and outfielder Max Kepler on the restricted list as they have not been COVID vaccinated and are not allowed into Canada. They have been replaced by RHP Jharel Cotton, RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez, RHP Ian Hamilton and OF Mark Contreras. In addition; Former All-Star closer Glen Perkins will join Twins Hall of Fame electee Dan Gladden this weekend on WCCO Radio for the three-game series against the Blue Jays, all games will be broadcast from Target Field. Cory Provus and Kris Attenberry were scheduled to do the broadcast from Toronto but tested positive for COVID. As for the game itself, The Twins beat the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre by a score of 9-3, snapping a three-game losing streak and snapping Toronto’s eight game winning streak. Chi Chi González was the Twins starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing three runs on four hits in 3 innings pitched. Five relievers combined to pitch 6 scoreless innings, highlighted by Jharel Cotton’s (1-1) 2 perfect innings who was credited with the win. The offense recorded 12 hits, five going for home runs, including two from both Kyle Garlick and Jose Miranda and one from Byron Buxton. Five home runs marked the most ever for the Twins in a single game at the Rogers Centre. It marked the 13th time in Twins history to have multiple players with two-plus home-runs in a road game. Box Score
2021 – The Twins moved on to face the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium but didn’t find that much to their liking either as they lost to the Royals by a score of 6-5 in game one of the four-game series in which the teams traded leads a couple of times. J.A. Happ started and allowed five runs on nine hits in 5 innings of pitching but did not factor into the decision. Hansel Robles (0-1) was issued the loss, allowing an unearned run in the seventh inning after two errors on one play in left- centerfield from rookie Gilberto Celestino. The offense had 10 hits, including three apiece from Jorge Polanco and Josh Donaldson. Donaldson doubled and hit two home runs, marking his 21st career multi-homer game. The 22-34 Twins have now lost three games in a row. Box Score
2020 – The Twins are home and playing the Tampa Rays. Nothing has changed, all the games this season have been postponed/cancelled due to COVID-19. We have now missed 63 games.
2019 – No Game Today. The Minnesota Twins announced that they have selected infielder Keoni Cavaco from Eastlake High School in Chula Vista, CA with the 13th overall selection in the first round of the 2019 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Cavaco, who turned 18 years old yesterday, just completed his high school career at Eastlake High School. At 6-foot-1, 180-pounds, Cavaco becomes the first player from Eastlake High School to be drafted in the first round of the First-Year Player Draft since Adrián González was the first overall pick by the Florida Marlins in 2000.
2018 – A day after he frustrated the Indians Trevor Bauer by homering off a pitch well inside, Eddie Rosario hit two more rounder-trippers on offerings out of the zone on Sunday as part of a three-homer performance. When the Twins outfielder drove a 94-mph fastball that was up and away from Cody Allen into the flower bed atop the 23-foot wall in center field for a game-winning homer, it set off a wild celebration at Target Field. Rosario’s blast capped his red-hot weekend and lifted the Twins to a 7-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Not only did the 400-foot shot help the Twins (25-30) earn a critical series win, Rosario also became the first player in Twins history with a pair of three-homer games. Brian Dozier also hit a home run and Ryan LaMarre had 3 hits including two doubles and a stolen base. Fernando Rodney was credited with the win. Box Score
2017 – Albert Pujols hit his 600th major-league home run in the Angels’ 7-2 win over the Twins, a long grand slam off Ervin Santana at Angel Stadium of Anaheim. The only player in major-league history who hit a “100th” home run of 400-or-higher that was a grand slam was Carlos Delgado, whose 400th home run was a grand slam, for the Mets at home off Jeff Weaver of the Cardinals on August 22, 2006. Pujols is the ninth player to join the 600 home run club, and he had 1,223 extra-base hits leading up to his 600th homer. That’s the second-most for a player at the time of his 600th homer, behind Hank Aaron (1,233). Twins outfielder Max Kepler hit a home run in the first inning to put the Twins up 1-0 but the Angels bounced back with three runs in the third inning and Pujols grand slam in the fourth inning put the game out of reach. Kepler was 2 for 4 with a run scored and two RBI. Box Score
2013 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2010 – The Seattle Mariners and pitcher Felix Hernandez beat the Twins 4-1 at Safeco Field. The Twins jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first inning but Seattle got to Carl Pavano for four runs in the third inning aided by a Jose Lopez 3-run home run and that was the ballgame. In the eighth inning, Hernandez struck out 4 Twins batters. After Denard Span and Matt Tolbert went down swinging on strikes, Joe Mauer struck out but reached first on a wild pitch, that allowed King Felix as he is often called to face another batter and he proceeded to blow a fastball clocked at 95 MPH by Justin Morneau for strike three. Hernandez went 8 innings and struck out nine for the win. Box Score
1982 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1976 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1971 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1970 – No game today, rained out at Fenway Park. Rescheduled for game 1 of a DH on August 15.
1969 – The Minnesota Twins shutout the New York Yankees 4-0 at the Met in one of the shortest games of the season, just one hour and 55 minutes. This is the fifth time in a row the Twins have beaten the Yankees. Twins starter Dave Boswell was on his game and didn’t give up a hit until the fifth inning but was taken out after giving up a double and his lone walk in the eighth inning due to a blister issue. To that point in the game Boswell had thrown just 76 pitches. Ron Perranoski finished the shutout for Boswell. The Twins scored in the bottom of the first inning off Yankee starter Fritz Peterson when Cardenas singled and Harmon Killebrew followed home run number 12 in Twins game number 47. The Twins scored single runs in the fourth and sixth innings thanks to the bat of Tony Oliva. The win puts extends the Twins lead over Oakland to 2.5 games. Box Score
1968 – The Twins are leading the Yankees on the road by a 4-3 score in the top of the eighth inning with no one out. Bob Allison is on first base, Jackie Hernandez is on second base and Tony Oliva is on third base. Johnny Roseboro is the batter with a 0-0 count. He hits a pop fly fielded by the Yankee pitcher, Dooley Womack (OUT 1), the pitcher then throws to the third baseman (Bobby Cox) doubling the runner caught off third, Tony Oliva (OUT 2) the third baseman pegs the ball across the diamond to the first baseman (Mickey Mantle) who puts out the runner caught off first, Bob Allison (OUT 3). A triple play but the Twins hold on for a 4-3 victory. This is the first triple play that a Twins batter ever hit into. Rich Rollins hit the games only home run in the seventh to tie the score at 3-3. The winning run scored on a Tom Tresh error in the eighth inning, the third Yankee error of the game. Ron Perranoski who relieved starter Jim Kaat and pitched the final 3.1 hitless inning got the win. Box Score
1967 – The Minnesota Twins beat the California Angels 8-6 but the big story of the game is a home run hit by Killebrew, his 11th of the season. Harmon Killebrew hit the longest home run ever hit by a Twin, estimated at 522 feet. The Killer crushed this 3-run blast against Lew Burdette of the Angels. The ball landed in the sixth row of the upper deck at Metropolitan Stadium and Killebrew becomes the first player to hit a ball into the second deck of the left field pavilion. The ball cracked the seat, which was later painted orange to commemorate the event and the seat eventually found its way to the Hall of Fame. Dave Boswell pitched 5 innings to get the win. Box Score
1961 – Twins pitchers Pedro Ramos (3-6) and Ray Moore hold the Detroit Tigers to just five hits but the slumping Twins still find a way to lose their seventh game in a row when they come up on the short end of a 2-1 game at Tiger Stadium. Granted, five walks and two errors did not help the situation. The Twins who trailed 2-0 after eight innings rallied for one run in the top of the ninth but Billy Martin’s ground out with runners at first and second snuffed that rally. Zoilo Versalles had two of the Twins seven hits, all of which were singles. Tiger lefty Don Mossi upped his record to 6-0. The eighth place Twins play a DH against the first place Tigers tomorrow. Box Score
Meanwhile, off the field – Paul Giel calls it quits.pdf
