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2023 – The Twins blew a 2-0 lead but managed to hang on to walk-off the Padres last night by a score of 4-3 in 11 innings at Target Field and put the Twins back in the win column. Pablo López was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing one run on two hits in 6.1 innings pitched, with a season-high four walks and eight strikeouts. The offense recorded nine, two from both Max Kepler and Alex Kirilloff. Kepler hit his sixth home run of the season. Kirilloff drove in Kepler in the 11th inning with a walk-off single to right field, the first walk-off RBI of AK’s career. It marked the third walk-off hit for the Twins this season. Griffin Jax (2-4) got the win and Domingo Tapia (0-1) took the loss for the Padres. Box score
In off the field news Jose Miranda was sent to AAA St. Paul and Kyle Farmer who was hit in the face with a pitch on April 12th was activated.
2022 – The Twins were shut out by the Houston Astros and future HOF pitcher Justin Verlander at Target Field by a score of 5-0. Gio Urshela broke up Verlander’s no-hitter with an eighth-inning single to right field. Joe Ryan (3-2) was the Twins starter and loser, allowing four runs on four hits in 4 innings pitched, with a career-high five walks. Ryan just did not look like his normal self. Recent call-up Jharel Cotton pitched 3.2 scoreless innings of relief with three hits allowed, two walks and four
strikeouts. The offense recorded just three hits, all singles from Gio Urshela, Alex Kirilloff and Gilberto Celestino. Box Score
2021 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2020 – The Twins are still home and would have taken on the Kansas City Royals but as we all know it did not happen. So far all games this season have been postponed/canceled due to COVID-19. We have now missed 40 games.
2019 – The streaking (4 wins in a row) Twins beat the Tigers at Target Field by a score of 6-0. This is the Twins fifth shutout of an opponent this season and third in their last four games. Jake Odorizzi (5-2) was the starter and winner, pitching 7 shutout innings with one hit allowed, no walks and five strikeouts. Mitch Garver goes 1 for 1 with a home run, scores twice and has two RBI along with 3 walks. Max Kepler also adds a home run and Jorge Polanco plates 3 runners. The Twins not have 66 home runs on the season. Box Score
2018 – The Twins lost to the Angels last night by a score of 7-4 in la-la land. José Berríos (3-4) was the starter and loser, allowing five runs on seven hits in 5.1 innings pitched. The offense recorded eight hits, four (including a double and a home run) coming from Brian Dozier, tying his career-high. Dozier and Max Kepler hit back-to-back homers to tie the game in the sixth inning but the bullpen allowed three runs in the sixth and seventh. Box Score
2011 – Talk about unusual. The Twins were playing the Detroit Tigers at Target Field and the temperature at game time (7:10 PM) was an unseasonably warm 87 degrees. Francisco Liriano was pitching in his first game since he had thrown a no-hitter just one week earlier but Liriano lasted just 3 innings and the Twins were down 4-0 when Liriano left the game due to illness. The area was under a tornado warning due to heavy thunderstorms in the vicinity when the game was delayed in the bottom of the fourth inning due to rain and then the hail started and lasted for about 5 minutes, some of the hail was golf ball sized and littered the outfield grass. The game was delayed for 64 minutes while the grounds crew pondered what to do next. They had a tractor pulling a jet blower to try to round up the hail but finally settled on rakes and buckets to get the larger ice chunks off the field. Later in the game Twins rookie Rene Tosoni hit his first major league home run but it was to little too late and the Twins ended up losing 10-2. Players from both teams were seen playfully tossing the hail at each other and some were even trying to hit the hail with their bats. Yes, it was a strange night in a strange season. Box Score
2010 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2004 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2000 – In their biggest come from behind victory ever, the Twins storm back from an 8-1 deficit at the Metrodome with six runs in the bottom of the seventh and three more in the bottom of the ninth to walk-off the Indians 10-9. The Twins are down 9-7 entering the bottom of the ninth inning and Steve Karsay comes in to close out the game for the Indians. He retires Denny Hocking, Matt Lawton doubles and Ron Coomer singles him home and the Twins are down just one run. Butch Huskey is retired for out number two and Midre Cummings steps up and delivers a 2-run homer for the win. Box Score
1989 – No game today. Game against the Red Sox will be made up as part of a double-header on June 24.
1982 – Gary Ward hits the first Twins Metrodome grand slam off of Boston’s Mike Torrez but it is too little and too late as the Red Sox hold off the Twins 9-5. Twins pitcher Roger Erickson gives up 8 earned runs in less than four innings. Box Score
1979 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1973 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1971 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1969 – No game today, rained out in Detroit.
1962 – Minnesota’s Lenny Green and Vic Power hit back-to-back home runs off Cleveland’s Jim Perry to start the game at Met Stadium tying a ML record. Cleveland comes back to win 9-4 and Twins starter Don Lee picks up the defeat. Box Score
1961 – There are only 5,410 people in the stands at the Met when the Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 10-6. It makes the game a bit easier when you can put up a nine spot in the second inning. The Twins scored the 9 runs on 5 hits including home runs by Billy Gardner, Zoilo Versalles and Harmon Killebrew, 5 walks, and an error. The Twins sent O’s starter Dick Hall to the showers in the second inning while Twins pitcher Jack Kralick lasted 8 innings in spite of give up six earned runs. Box Score
In off the field action the Los Angeles Dodgers traded first baseman/outfielder Joe Altobelli and pitcher Ed Palmquist to the Minnesota Twins for outfielder Ernie Oravetz and cash.
