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2023 – The Twins lost to the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field by a score of 7-6, scoring five runs across the eighth and ninth innings combined. Pablo López (10-8) was the starter and loser, allowing five runs on eight hits in 5 innings pitched, with no walks and eight strikeouts. Lopez allowed five runs in the first inning and the Twins could not recover. The offense recorded nine hits and were led by Royce Lewis, who went 3-for-4 with a walk. The Twins were 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base. Need I say more? Box Score
2022 – OUCH! The Twins blow a 3-0 lead and lose to the Guardians at Progressive Field by a score of 4-3, making them 20-23 in one-run games this season. Bailey Ober made his first major league start since June 1, returning from the Injured List (right groin strain), pitching 5 shutout innings with one hit allowed, one walk and five strikeouts. Jhoan Duran (2-4) was issued the loss, allowing the go-ahead run to score in the bottom of the eighth inning on a two-base wild pitch. The offense recorded eight hits, highlighted by Jake Cave, who went 2-for-4 and hit his fourth home run of the season, a two-run shot in the fourth inning off Triston McKenzie. Jose Miranda drove in the other run, his team-leading 64th RBI on the season. The Twins have gone 2-11 in their last 13 road games and 4-17 in their last 21 away from Target Field, they will get two chances to improve that record tomorrow. Box Score
2021 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2020 – The Twins beat the White Sox last at Guaranteed Rate Field by a score of 5-1. Jake Odorizzi made his return from the 10-day Injured List, allowing one run on two hits in 3.2 innings pitched before exiting with a finger injury. The bullpen of Cody Stashak, Tyler Duffey and Trevor May combined to pitch 5.1 perfect innings. Stashak (1-0) was awarded the win, his first major league victory. Twins pitchers retired the last 18 Chicago batters. The offense recorded seven hits, three going for home runs by Eddie Rosario (11), Byron Buxton (10) and Miguel Sanó (12). The only run scored by the White Sox was a home run by Jose Abreu, one of the two hits allowed by Twins pitching. With the win the Twins break a short two-game losing streak and also pick-up a game in the standings but still remain two back with nine to play. Box Score
2019 – Doing what is expected of them, the Twins beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 5-3 as they begin their final home-stand of the season. José Berríos (13-8) was the starter and winner, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out 8 in 7.1 innings (94 pitches) pitched. Taylor Rogers earned his 27th save. No Bombas today but Luis Arraez had 3 hits and Mitch Garver had two. The game was over in a quick (based on todays standards) 2 hours and 42 minutes. Box Score
2018 – The Twins avoided a four-game sweep in Kansas City when they finally beat the Kansas City Royals by a score of 9-6 behind starter Kyle Gibson who allowed five runs on 11 hits in 6.2 innings. The Twins had a season high of 18 hits and tied a single-game season-high of four home runs by Polanco (5), Kepler (19), Austin (16), Field (7). Jorge Polanco and Johnny Field each had four hits and two RBI. The Tigers in Detroit are next on the agenda. Box Score
2001 – No Game Today. All MLB games postponed due to the 9/11 attacks. These games will be made up at the end of the season.
1996 – Paul Molitor gets his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 21st major leaguer to reach the mark and the first to do it with a triple (off Jose Rosado) while the Twins were on the road in Kansas City. The ‘Igniter’ reaches this milestone in the same season in which he also collects 200 hits, making him the only player to accomplish both feats in the same campaign. Molitor had 3 hits in 4 AB’s with one run and one RBI. The Twins end up losing the game 6-5 with Brad Radke taking the loss.
video of Paul Molitor’s 3,000th hit
1993 – The A’s jump out to a quick 2-0 lead at the Metrodome before the Twins even come to bat and the score remains unchanged until the bottom of ninth. Kirby Puckett leads off the ninth with a triple off “The Eck”, Chip Hale strikes out looking and that brings up Dave Winfield who becomes the 19th player in major league history to get 3,000 hits when he singles off Dennis Eckersley to score Puckett. In the process Winfield became the first player wearing a Twins uniform to get his 3,000th hit. Brian Harper pinch-hits for Pedro Munoz and singles putting runners at the corners with one out. Shane Mack is brought in to run for Harper and Bernardo Brito hits for Derek Parks but strikes out making it two on and two out. Scott Stahoviak singles in Winfield tying the score at 2-2 and the Twins send Mack but he is thrown out at home for the third out and it is time for bonus baseball. No one scores in innings ten through twelve, but in the top of the thirteenth the A’s score twice off Twins reliever Brett Merriman before Mike Hartley can put out the fire. The Twins are not done by any means, Chuck Knoblauch drives in a run, Pat Mears drives in another and we are once again tied. With two out and runners at first and second Chip Hale delivers a single off some guy named Roger Smithberg and the Twins have a walk-off 5-4 win over the Oakland A’s. Mike Hartley gets his first win as a Minnesota Twin and as it has it, the only win he will get as a Twins pitcher in 53 games. Not bad for a guy that faced and retired just one batter in the game and threw just two pitches WOW!, what an exciting four hours and 36 minutes of historic baseball. Box Score
Dave Winfield collects 3,000th career hit by Douglas Jordan
short video of Winfield’s 3,000 hit
1983 – Minnesota’s lead-off hitter and second baseman Tim Teufel goes 5-for-5 with a triple and hits the first two home runs of his ML career in an 11-4 win over the Blue Jays and in the process becomes the first Twin to get 5 hits in a single game at the Metrodome. Teufel becomes the only Twins player to ever get 5 hits and score 5 runs in a game and ends up with 13 total bases for the game. Mickey Hatcher and Tom Brunansky also hits home runs in the game for Minnesota. Pete Filson starts for the Twins but only goes 4.1 inning and is relieved by Rick Lysander who finishes the game with 4.2 innings of relief and gets the win for his work. Box Score
1980 – No game today. The Twins game at County Stadium in Milwaukee against the Brewers was rained out and rescheduled as part of a DH tomorrow.
1970 – Pitcher Clyde Wright becomes the California Angels second ever 20 game winner when he beat the Twins and Bert Blyleven 5-1 at Met Stadium. Bert Blyleven, a 19-year old rookie, ties an AL record by striking out the first six batters (Sandy Alomar, Tony Gonzalez, Jim Fregosi, Alex Johnson, Ken McMullen, and Jay Johnstone). He strikes out 10 in 6 2/3 innings. Wright pitches a complete game three hitter and the only run he allows scores on a ground out. Box Score
1961 – The Cleveland Indians and Barry Latman came out on top in a tight pitchers duel with the Minnesota Twins and Pedro Ramos and it’s a shame that only 2,946 baseball fans showed up at Cleveland Stadium to watch it. The only scoring took place in the fifth inning when Ramos gave up a gopher ball to shortstop Woodie Held to lead off the inning and the Indians followed that with a Jack Kubiszyn single and a Valmy Thomas double that scored Kubiszyn. The Twins who had only four hits, two by Billy Martin, didn’t get a runner past second base and never had more than one runner on the bases at any point in the game. Ramos went eight innings and deserved a better fate but his tendency to give up the long ball hurt him once again and his record dropped to 11-18. Latman (13-4) garnered the complete game shutout, the tenth time that the Twins have been shutout this season. Box Score
