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2023 – The Twins (84-73) beat the A’s (48-109) at Target Field by a score of 11-3. Bailey Ober (8-6) was the starter and winner, pitching 5 shutout innings, with two hits allowed, no walks and eight strikeouts. Chris Paddack made his official return to the mound (Tommy John surgery), allowing three runs on four hits in 2 innings pitched, with four strikeouts — his first appearance on a big league mound in 507 days. Brock Stewart also returned (right elbow soreness) and pitched a scoreless inning, with two strikeouts. Matt Wallner hit his second career grand slam in the first inning, while Donovan Solano reached base five times, going 4-for-4 with a walk. The GS was the Twins seventh of the season, second highest total in Twins history. The Twins have had 14 bases-loaded walks this season, second most in MLB, in 2022 they had just three, the fewest in all of MLB. Box Score
2022 – No Game Today, scheduled day off.
2021 – The Blue Jays jumped out to an early lead at Target Field and the Twins lost to Toronto by a score of 5-2, splitting the four-game series. Rookie Griffin Jax (3-5) was the starter and loser, allowing four runs on six hits over 5 innings. The offense recorded eight hits, highlighted by a Byron Buxton solo home run, his 16th of the season to tie his single-season career-high, previously done in 2017. The Twins finished the season 3-4 vs. the Blue Jays and lost the season series for the first time since 2016. Box Score
2020 – After losing to the Reds 7-2 yesterday, the Twins bounced back to beat the Reds 7-3 at Target Field today. Michael Pineda was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing two runs (both in the 1st inning) on four hits in 4 innings pitched. Max Kepler and Luis Arraez combined to go 6 for 7 with five doubles, 5 runs scored and 3 RBI. The eight Twins doubles on the night tied for second-highest single-game total in Twins/Senators franchise history (record is nine on July 5, 2019 by MIN and June 9, 1934 by WAS). Tyler Clippard (2-1) who pitched a scoreless fifth inning was credited with the win. With the victory the first place Twins clinched home field in the first round of the playoffs and remain on top of the AL Central standings, ahead of Chicago by one game with one game left to play. Derek Falvey stated after the game that the Twins feel that both Josh Donaldson and Byron Buxton will be available for the playoffs after both left the game yesterday with injuries. Box Score
2019 – After celebrating late into the night/morning the Twins (mostly back-ups) win game 99 when they put a 10-4 whippin’ on the Tigers in Comerica Park and sweep a series for the eleventh time this season in spite of the fact that each team had 13 hits. Devin Smeltzer (2-2) was the starter and winner, allowing three runs on 10 hits in 5 innings. The bats recorded 13 hits, highlighted by Willians Astudillo, who went 4-for-5 with a home run (4) and Jonathan Schoop hit his 23rd home run, the 300th for the Twins on the season, making them the first team in Major League Baseball history to hit 300 home runs in a season. Ronald Torreyes stole a base, his first of the season. It was the Twins first stolen base since August 20th but then again when you hit 300 home runs you don’t steal many bases. Box Score
2018 – The Twins beat the Tigers at Target Field by a score of 11-4, evening the three-game series. Jake Odorizzi was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing four runs on six hits in 3.0 innings pitched, the bullpen combined for 6.0 scoreless innings of relief with two hits allowed and one walk. Tyler Duffey went two innings allowing just a walk and evened his record at 2-2 for the season. Third baseman Willians Astudillo had three of the Twins 14 hits. Outfielder Johnny Field recorded his first multi-homer game when he went two for four with two long balls and 3 RBI. Tyler Austin also hit a home run. The win marked the 300th of Paul Molitor’s managerial career. Box Score
2017 – The Twins pin a loss on the Indians in comeback fashion, their 39th come from-behind victory this season and their fifth win (5-63) when trailing after seven innings. Bartolo Colón started and pitched only 1.0 inning due to illness; he was one of 10 pitchers used, a club record for a nine-inning game. Eddie Rosario had four of the Twins 17 hits and Brian Dozier had three including a three-run go ahead homer in the eighth inning, giving the Twins a 7-6 lead. Byron Buxton stole his 23rd consecutive base, setting a new club record. Brian Dozier scored three runs giving him 102 on the season, the fourth straight year with 100-plus runs, again a club record. Reliever Taylor Rogers got his seventh win of the season. Box Score
2016 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2011 – The Kansas City Royals defeated Kevin Slowey and the Twins 7-3 at Target Field, dropping Slowey to 0-8 in eight starts this season and the Twins team to 99 losses for the season. Slowey gave up 5 runs on 10 hits in 5.2 innings. Outfielder Michael Cuddyer was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI. Only three other pitchers in major league history have made eight or more starts in one season and lost them all: Lou Sleater for the 1951 St. Louis Browns (8 starts); Ike Pearson for the 1941 Phillies (10 starts); and Charlie Stecher for Philadelphia of the American Association in 1890 (10 starts). Box Score
1981 – Rain delayed the Twins/Rangers game for 48 minutes at Met Stadium in front of 4,959 die-hard Twins fans who had come out to see their last place team play ball. This was the last rain delay for a Twins home game until May 25, 2010 because the Twins moved to the Metrodome in 1982 and played under the roof through the 2009 season. Twins starter Fernando Arroyo pitched a complete game for the win. Third baseman John Castino had two hits including a triple and 3 RBI while catcher Butch Wynegar had 2 hits including a double and 2 RBI. Box Score
1977 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1973 – Bert Blyleven wins game number 20 beating 21 game winner Catfish Hunter as Blyleven posts his second one-hitter of the season, beating the A’s 4 – 1 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Angel Mangual’s single in the 5th is the A’s only hit and it scored the Angels only run (unearned). Tony Oliva, George Mitterwald and Mike Adams all hit home runs for the Twins. Box Score
1972 – No game today, Twins versus A’s game rained out in Oakland for a second day in a row, rescheduled for September 28.
1968 – No Game Today
1967 – With a one game lead and just four games to play only 8,012 fans show up to see the Twins beat the California Angels 7-3 behind a complete game 13 strikeout win from Jim Kaat at the Met. Killebrew and Allison again provide the power with Harmon hitting two home runs while Bob hits a home run and a triple. Rod Carew’s three hits and stolen base are kind of over-looked. Box Score
1966 – No Game Today
1965 – Minnesota gains its first AL pennant by defeating Washington 2-1 at D.C. Stadium in their 157th game of the season. Jim Kaat (17-11) wins the clincher with a complete game and Pete Richert also goes all the way for the Washington Senators giving up just three hits. Zoilo Versalles was involved in both Twins runs as he scored the first Twins run on a passed ball after hitting a triple and he knocked in the Twins winning run on a sac fly in the eighth inning.
1963 – No Game Today, scheduled day off
1962 – No Game Today, scheduled day off
1961 – It was pretty much all Cleveland today as the Indians took an early lead and kept adding on. Twins starter Jack Kralick went the first six innings for the Twins allowing three runs on six hits. Lee Stange who relieved Kralick wasn’t that lucky as he gave up four runs, three earned on five hits over two innings. With the Indians leading 7-0 the Twins finally got to Cleveland starter Gary Bell in the bottom of the eighth when Earl Battey doubled, Bob Allison singled and Zoilo Versalles hitting in the eight-hole homered deep to left to put the Twins on the board albeit down 7 to 3. Bell got out of that jam and shut the Twins down in the ninth for a complete game win pushing his record to 12-15. The Twins had ten hits and five walks but Bell had just enough to slip out of each predicament he got himself into. He admitted after the game that he “had nothing” until the ninth inning and that his defense saved him. Versalles had the big bat for Minnesota going 3 for 4 with a double, home run, a run scored and 3 RBI. Billy Martin and Allison also chipped in two hits each. With the loss Kralick’s record dropped to 13-11 and the Twins pretty much lost any chance of catching the Indians in the standings. Box Score
