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2023 – The Twins beat the Tigers at Comerica Park by a score of 6-3 in 10 innings, making them 8-3 in extra inning games this season. The win made them 11-11-3 in series play (4-7-1 on the road). Bailey Ober was the starter but did not factor into the decision, allowing three runs on five hits in 6 innings pitched, with one walk and a season-high eight strikeouts, the second most of his career. Five relievers (Balazovic, Headrick, Stewart, Jax & Duran) combined to pitch 4 scoreless innings with one hit allowed and six strikeouts. The offense recorded 12 hits, three from Royce Lewis (all singles) and they also went 5-for-13 with runners in scoring position. The Twins are now off to Atlanta to play the Braves in Truist Park, a park they have never previously played in . Box Score
2022 – The Twins shut out the Rockies at Target Field by a score of 6-0. Chris Archer (2-3) was the Twins starter and winner, pitching 5 shutout innings with one hit allowed, one walk and five strikeouts. Archer retired the last 12 batters he faced. Jharel Cotton (1.0), Griffin Jax (1.0) and Tyler Thornburg (2.0) combined for 4.0 innings of no-hit relief. Alex Kirilloff drove in a season-high three runs and went 1-for-3 with a double. Twins pitchers combined to allow just one hit for the 21st time in club history (since 1961), first since September 8, 2021 at Cleveland. Rocco Baldelli earned his 250th career managerial win, the eighth Twins manager to reach that mark. Box Score
2021 – The Twins beat the Cleveland Indians at Target Field by a score of 8-7, squaring the series at one game apiece. Danny Coulombe was the Opener, allowing three runs on two hits in 1.2 innings pitched. Rookie Griffin Jax (1-0) earned his first career win, allowing three runs on three hits in 4.1 innings of relief. Hansel Robles earned his seventh save. Luis Arraez became the fourth player in Twins history with two triples and a double in a game, joining Carlos Gómez (September 25, 2008 vs. Chicago-AL), Chuck Knoblauch (June 29, 1996 at Kansas City) and Rod Carew (May 8, 1977 at Toronto). Arraez also became the first Twins hitter to accumulate at least eight total bases in a game without hitting a home run since Joe Mauer (single, 2 doubles, triple) on August 3, 2016 at Cleveland. Jorge Polanco had a game he would prefer to forget, he was 1 for 4 with 2 LOB, he was picked off first and committed an error. Alex Kirilloff hit a home run (6). The Twins are 32-43 and in fourth place 12 games behind the White Sox. Box Score
2020 – The Twins had a scheduled day off as they wait for the Rockies to come to town but then you remember that nothing has changed, all the games this season have been postponed/cancelled due to COVID-19. 82 games missed so far.
Minnesota Twins President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey said during a video call with reporters that some players in the organization have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past several days. None of the players were located in Minneapolis or the team’s spring training headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida, but underwent testing after being in the vicinity of another person who tested positive. Falvey did not name the players or give specifics on exact numbers but mentioned at least one is a member of the 60-man roster of players expected to report to Target Field by Wednesday. Players who tested positive — more than one showed no symptoms of the virus — are now under quarantine and will not join the team until they pass MLB health protocols, which require two negative tests. Falvey said no non-playing staff members have tested positive to the team’s knowledge.
2019 – The Twins faced off against the Tampa Rays and the 2018 Cy Young award winner Blake Snell but showed him no respect when they knocked him out of the game after just 3.1 innings after he allowed 11 hits and 7 runs. Kyle Gibson (8-4) was the starter and winner, allowing four runs on seven hits in 7 innings pitched. Twins bats were kept busy recording 15 hits, four from Eddie Rosario, tying his season-high. Willians Astudillo and Mitch Garver each added three hits-a-piece as Garver hit his 12th home run. Box Score
2018 – No game today, scheduled day off.
2015 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1997 – No game today. Twins versus Indians game in Cleveland rained out and will be made up on September 27th as part of a doubleheader.
1995 – No game today. The Twins versus Kansas City Royals game was rained out out at Kauffman Stadium and was made up as part of a September 18 double header.
1982 – No game today, game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Exhibition Stadium rained out and rescheduled as part of a double-header on September 28.
1981 – MLB on strike.
1979 – No game today, scheduled day off.
1970 – Originally scheduled as a day off. But a May 15 rainout in Milwaukee is made up today at County Stadium against the Brewers. Jim Perry starts for the Twins and struggles in the first inning giving up 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk. In the second Perry gives up a single, strikes out the pitcher but then walks the lead-off batter and his day is done. Tommy Hall relieves Perry and promptly gives up a single and the Brewers are up 4-0 in the second inning. Hall, Bill Zepp and Steve Barber don’t give up a hit the rest of the way but the Twins get only four hits off Milwaukee starter Lew Krausse for just one run and the Brewers are 4-1 winners. The Brewers out hit Minnesota 5 to 4 and they commit the games only error but they bunched all their hits in the first two innings and came away winners. Box Score
1964 – The Cleveland Indians pound the Twins 8-1 at the Met by scoring two in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th innings. The Twins could only get three hits and they were all off Indians starter Jack Kralick who went 7 innings for the win. Don McMahon went the final two innings for the save. Mudcat Grant was the starter and loser for Minnesota. Box Score
Twins scouts Herb Stein and Monroe Katz sign Rod Carew as an amateur free agent and he would go on to become a Hall of Famer.
1962 – No Twins game, scheduled day off.
1961 – The Twins score first and last but the New York Yankees score enough in between to win 8-4 at Met Stadium. Harmon Killebrew had two hits including his 22nd home run and Dan Dobbek also had two hits but starter Jack Kralick (6-5) gives up 8 runs in 6.2 innings and takes the loss. Yankees Elston Howard and Bob Cerv hit home runs for the Bronx Bombers and Bill Stafford gets the win. The Twins drew a very nice crowd of 101,291 fans for the three game series which was back in the day when they counted “butts in the seats” and not tickets sold. Box Score
