The Twins smashed three solo home runs on Monday, but the Detroit Tigers accomplished the same with men on base and emerged with a 6-3 win.
There’s not much else to say, except that perhaps rookie pitcher Travis Adams might have stayed in the game an inning or two longer so they could have avoided reliever Noah Davis.
Adams looked pretty good as he fanned seven across five innings with two runs allowed on four hits. But he was lifted from the game after 63 pitches, which seems too early to me, and in came Davis who was terrible.
Davis faced eight batters in the sixth inning and served up three runs on five hits, including the Tigers’ second home run. He also had a walk, a whiff and a wild pitch. He was gone after 28 pitches.
Reliever Erasmo Ramirez was again asked to close out the game and he allowed the Tigers’ third home run of the game.
The Twins try to even the series on Tuesday. Zebby Matthews gets the ball against old friend Chris Paddack.
Extra innings…
–The Twins are 52-60.
–Monday’s game was played in one-hour and 58 minutes. That’s fast.
–At least the power show was fun to watch. Ryan Jeffers went deep, Trevor Larnach was long overdue with his 14th of the season and Matt Wallner hit No. 15. Cement Bones had a pretty good game. Not only did he homer to straightaway center, he also threw out two runners on the base paths.
–Alan Roden struck out two more times.
–The Twins and Tigers turned six double plays.
–Again, I look at the Tigers lineup and my reaction continues to be, “Who are these guys?” The pitching victory went to starter Casey Mize and Kyle Finnegan locked down save No. 22. Who?
–The Twins haven’t won a series since they took two of three games from the Pittsburgh Pirates the weekend of July 11-13. I gotta be honest here: I’m not sure they have another series win in them.
–Since then, the Twins have produced series losses against the Rockies (ugh), Dodgers, Nationals, Red Sox and the Guardians.