It’s been a strange season when it comes to the Minnesota Twins and the National League.
The Twins took the series from the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday with a 4-2 win, but it only “improved” their record against the Senior Circuit to 18-30.
And series wins were rare. In fact, the Twins usually came away completely empty-handed as they were swept by the Reds, Dodgers, Phillies, Pirates and the Padres.
Now, about the game.
Luke Keaschall started off the scoring with his 10th home run, followed by a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 2-2. Then Walker Jenkins was asked to pinch hit.
Jenkins recently participated in a dress up day for Twins rookies, and he showed up decked out as Captain America. He then cracked a pinch-hit single to drive in the go-ahead run in Wednesday’s game, which prompted radio voice Kris Atteberry to call him Captain America. I noticed that Cory Provus on the Twins TV side of things has done the same.
If Jenkins becomes the player we all think he can be, that nickname is going to stick, people. Just the hero we need, right?
The Twins return home for the final series of the 2026 season against the Texas Rangers. Joe Ryan gets the ball Friday.
Extra innings…
–The Twins are 75-84.
–Closer Yoendrys Gomez, who has been terrible of late, picked up the win after he secured five outs with two strikeouts. He is now 3-4 with a 4.36 ERA. Andrew Morris locked down the save, his fifth.
–Just when you thought the number could not go any higher it has: 15 Twins pitchers now have at least one save after Jeff Hoffman closed out Tuesday’s win.
–Connor Prielipp made the no-decision start. He allowed two runs over five-plus innings with two walks and three strikeouts.
–Atteberry and Dan Gladden were again singing the praises of Prielipp during the game, but I was pleased to hear Mark Genosky, the pregame and postgame voice of Twins radio, pump the brakes a bit on the enthusiasm in his post-game interview with Gladden. I’m with you, Mark. I’m not there just yet on Prielipp either.
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