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2024 After completing their six-game roadtrip with a perfect record of 6-0, the Twins beat the Red Sox at Target Field by a score of 5-2, earning their 11th consecutive victory. “Sheriff” Chris Paddack (3-1) was the starter and winner, pitching 6 shutout innings with two hits allowed, one walk and six strikeouts. Griffin Jax earned his fifth hold with one scoreless inning, striking out all three batters faced on 11 pitches. The offense scored four of their five runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by an Edouard Julien pitch clock violation walk that forced in a run and a Ryan Jeffers two-run double. Byron Buxton once shows up on the IL list, this time with knee inflammation after leaving a game in Chicago. Box Score
2023 – The Twins lost another tough one to the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field by a score of 6-4. Louie Varland made his second start of the season, allowing four runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings (87 pitches) pitched, including a three-run homer to Luis Robert Jr. in the first inning. Griffin Jax (1-3) was dealt the loss, allowing an RBI-single to Eloy Jiménez in the seventh inning, breaking a 4-4 tie. The offense recorded eight hits and tied their season-high with six walks. They went 3-for-8 with runners in scoring position, but left the bases loaded in the seventh inning with nobody out as Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton each grounded into a fielder’s choice, followed by a Trevor Larnach strikeout. Box Score
2022 – The Twins win for the eleventh time in their last twelve games when they beat up the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards by a score of 7-2, winning their second game of the series, while extending their current winning streak to four games. Joe Ryan was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing two runs on six hits in 4.2 innings pitched. It was not one of Ryan’s best games. Caleb Thielbar (1.2), Tyler Duffey (1.2) and Cody Stashak (1.0), combined for 4.1 scoreless innings of relief. Twins bats recorded seven doubles, marking their most since hitting eight on September 26, 2020 against Cincinnati. The big blast was a three-run home run from Ryan Jeffers (3) in the sixth inning to put the Twins up 5 to 2. Box Score
2021 – The Twins beat the visiting Texas Rangers at Target Field by a score of 6-5, holding the Rangers scoreless through the first seven innings. Kenta Maeda (2-2) was the starter and winner, pitching 5.2 shutouts innings with two hits allowed, two walks and eight strikeouts. The offense recorded eight hits, two apiece from Alex Kirilloff and Jorge Polanco. The Twins did not homer for the first time since April 25, snapping their seven-game homer streak. Box Score
Off the field the Minnesota Twins, in conjunction with Major League Baseball, announced today that outfielder Byron Buxton has been named recipient of the American League Player of the Month award for April. He becomes the 16th Twins player to win the award and the first since Delmon Young in July 2010. He is also just the third Twin to be named AL Player of the Month for April, joining Kirby Puckett (1986) and Torii Hunter (2002).
2020 – The Twins were going to be in Anaheim playing the Angels today but as we all know, the season thus far has been postponed/canceled due to COVID-19. Counting today it means we have missed 34 games so far.
2019 – The power-hitting Twins visit Yankee Stadium III with the best record in baseball but lose their eighth game in a row to the Yankees in New York when they get beat 6-3. Kyle Gibson (2-1) started and pitched five innings giving up 7 hits and 5 runs but only 2 were earned and took his first loss of the season. The Twins only had four hits with Marwin Gonzalez getting two of them and DH Nelson Cruz chipped in his sixth home run of the season. With the loss the Twins lead drops to 2 games. Box Score
The FOX Sports North television booth recreated a little history of their own, as 36-year play-by-play veteran Dick Bremer was joined by three-time All-Star pitcher Jim Kaat, who spent 13 of his 25 Major League seasons with the Twins from 1961-1973. Bremer and Kaat broadcast games together when the latter called games for the Twins from 1988-1993, and this game marked their first broadcast together in over 25 years.
2018 – The Twins and starter Jake Odorizzi had a 5-1 lead in the fourth inning but managed to squander it and for the fifth time in 27 games, the Twins lost in walk-off fashion, this time when Trayce Thompson blasted a ninth-inning, solo home run off Addison Reed to give the 9-19 Chicago White Sox a 6-5 victory at Guaranteed Field. Most of the Twins hitting came from the seven and eight spots in the line-up as DH Logan Morrison went 3 for 4 with a homer and a double and recent call-up Gregorio Petit who played at short had 2 hits in 4 at bats. Box Score
2012 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2011 – Francisco Liriano no-hits the Chicago White Sox 1-0 at on a chilly night (42 degrees) at U.S. Cellular Field and became the first opposing pitcher to throw a no-hitter at Cellular Field. Liriano entered the game with a 1-4 record and a 9.13 ERA. Liriano faced 30 batters, walking six and threw 123 pitches, 66 for strikes. Liriano only struck out two White Sox batters. According to Francisco, he has never pitched a complete game, not even in the minors where some games are only 7 innings. Liriano’s gem was the Twins fifth no-hitter. Liriano became the fifth pitcher born in the Dominican Republic to throw a no-hitter, the others being Juan Marichal (1963), Ramon Martinez (1995), Jose Jimenez (1999) and Ubaldo Jimenez (2010). The mustered just six hits and the only run in the game was a Jason Kubel home run off White Sox starter Edwin Jackson. Box Score
2004 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1986 – Minnesota’s Kirby Puckett hits a home run on the game’s first pitch (from Walt Terrell) for the 2nd consecutive night, but the Twins lose to the Tigers 7-4. Walt Terrell pitched a complete game to notch his third win of the young season. John Butcher remained win-less by giving up 7 earned runs in 4.1 innings.The night before Puckett hit Jack Morris’s first pitch for a home run to spark the Twins to a 10-1 victory. Box Score
1976 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1973 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1971 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1969 – The Chicago White Sox visit the Met but without their manager Al Lopez who resigned yesterday due to stomach issues. Don Gutteridge will take over as the Sox skipper for the rest of the year. Gutteridge didn’t enjoy his first game as the Twins won their seventh game in a row when they beat the White Sox 3-1. Jim Perry won his third game of the season with five innings and one run allowed. Ron Perranoski was brought in to pitch the last four innings (one hit) for his fourth save of the season. Leo Cardenas was 3 for 4 with a RBI and Harmon Killebrew had just one hit but it was a 2-run home run. With the win the Twins are now two games up on Oakland in the AL West. Box Score
1965 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1964 – The Kansas City Athletics sweep the Twins 7-4 and 8-7 at Municipal Stadium and KC reliever John Wyatt picks up the victory in both games earning the A’s a split in the four-game series.
In the first game the Twins hits four home runs (Rollins, Hall, Battey and Kaat) but it still was not enough and Jim Kaat took the loss. Box Score game 1.
In game 2 the Twins were walked off by the A’s in an 8-7 game. The Twins quickly jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a Tony Oliva two-run homer and scored in 6 of the 9 innings but the A’s put together a big fourth inning when they scored 6 runs on 6 hits, 1 walk and three Twins errors. The game was tied at 7-7 going into the bottom of the ninth inning and Bill Pleis was brought in to pitch for Minnesota. Pleis walked Nelson Mathews, George Williams sacrificed him to second, then Pleis walked Wayne Causey but struck out Dick Green for the second out of the inning. Pleis then walked Ed Charles to lead up the bases and George Alusik stepped to the plate. Pleis promptly walked Alusik and with the bases full and the A’s were 8-7 winners. Tony Oliva the hottest batter in the league was 11-18 in the series and raised his average to .408 . A’s reliever John Wyatt who pitched 2 innings for the win in game one showed up again and pitched the last 1.2 innings and got himself his second win of the day. The Twins hit three home runs in this game (Oliva, Hall, and Mincher) but still came out on the short end of the score. Box Score game 2
1961 – The error-prone (last in AL in fielding) Twins give the Yankees four unearned runs and help the Yankees to a 7-3 win at Met Stadium. Yankee starter Bob Turley went the distance allowing just 6 hits and upped his mark to 3-1. Pedro Ramos started for the Twins and took his first loss of the season, little did he know that by seasons end he would have a league leading 20 losses. Hibbing, Minnesota native New York Yankee Roger Maris hit his second home run of the season on his way to a record-breaking 61 that season. The loss dropped the third place Twins record to 10-8. Box Score
