The Twins turned the tables on their next door neighbor, the Milwaukee Brewers, on Sunday and emerged with a one-run, 5-4 victory, in the finale of their weekend series.
Now, can they make it four wins in a row?
The injury-riddled Houston Astros, a team that seems ripe for the picking to me, limp into Target Field on Monday for a three-game set.
The state of the Astros:
- Ten games under .500 at 19-29.
- A run differential of negative 51.
- An American League-worst 263 runs allowed.
This seems like a sweep in the making. All you have to do is make sure that you pitch around the always-dangerous Yordan Alvarez.
It appears to be a bullpen day on the mound because Kendry Rojas gets the ball.
Extra innings…
–The Twins scored their five runs on six hits, and the heart of the order — Ryan Jeffers, Kody Clemens and Luke Keaschall — had all of them.
Jeffers hit his seventh home run of the season, Clemens cracked two doubles, one of which became a “home run” after a two-base throwing error, and Keaschall singled and tripled.
–Starter Bailey Ober missed out on the quality start, but he still secured the win, allowing three runs on six hits across five innings. He improves to 5-2 with a 3.63 ERA.
–Ober was followed by four relievers and three scoreless innings, then the 9th inning, somewhat incredibly, belonged to Luis Garcia and his 9.00 ERA. He allowed a run on two hits with a walk and a whiff and notched his second save of the season. Living dangerously, for sure.
–Royce Lewis struck out three more times on Sunday. He’s now hitting .163 on the season.
–Ex-Twin and current San Francisco Giant Luis Arraez just keeps on hitting. He had a 3-for-4 day in the Giants’ 10-1 win over the West Sacramento A’s, or whatever you want to call them, with two runs scored, an RBI and a walk. He’s now hitting .328. No doubt about it: the guy can hit.