Tigers vs twins score today series#
The Twins have taken six straight season series from the Tigers, going 65-40 against them from 2017-22. “I would do it again, 100 times out of 100.” “They have to make two perfect throws, and they did,” Short said. Catcher Ryan Jeffers snagged it and brushed Short's backside with his glove in one motion, a close call that was confirmed after a long replay review. Miguel Cabrera doubled off Headrick down the left-field line, where Willi Castro grabbed it and threw it to shortstop Carlos Correa.Ĭorrea fired a one-hopper home from the edge of the grass. The Twins made an even bigger impact on defense.Īfter Zack Short drew a two-out walk in the fifth for the first baserunner of the game. Second baseman Nick Maton ended the third with a leaping catch of Michael Taylor’s line drive. The left-hander had a career-high nine strikeouts over six innings to match his season-long turn, enjoying some fine glovework behind him.įirst baseman Spencer Torkleson leaned over the wall to catch a foul pop against the protective netting down the line in the fourth inning. The Twins had only three hits themselves, thanks to Wentz (1-7).
“Shutouts are great, no matter who’s pitching,” Headrick said. Jhoan Duran, the sixth pitcher to appear, earned his ninth save in 10 attempts with a crisp ninth accelerated by a double-play grounder that pinch-hitter Eric Haase bounced to third baseman Royce Lewis. Brent Headrick (1-0) claimed his first major league victory with 2 1/3 innings after that, having been summoned on the fresh arm express from Triple-A before the game. José De León started with two perfect innings for the Twins, who opted for an all-reliever game to give their rotation a break during this stretch of 16 games without a day off.Įmilio Pagán was perfect for five outs. “The guys were locked in on what was going on in the game when it was still 0-0 and we were just trying to get something going.” The guys were pulling for their teammates,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. Minnesota's bullpen teamed up for a three-hitter, Alex Kirilloff delivered an RBI single in a breakthrough fifth inning against Detroit starter Joey Wentz, and the Twins beat the Tigers 2-0 on Saturday afternoon. Pick-me-ups are welcome from any place, whether a relief pitcher starting the game or a pair of perfectly executed relay throws to the plate. MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Twins are still trying to find their way, particularly their hitting stride. I’ll take the over.Twins bullpen 3-hits Tigers in 2-0 win behind Kirilloff's RBI single in 5th In five of the Tigers’ last seven games there have been double-digit runs scored and in one of the two with under 10 runs scored, Detroit scored seven. Baez could touch up that slider and Detroit could do some damage to Varland. Javier Baez is having another bad season at the plate, but he hit a breaking pitch for a home run the other night and has three of his five homers off breaking pitchers. 641 off that pitch with four home runs allowed. Varland also relies on his slider to right handed hitters, but he’s allowing an expected slugging of. If that rises then to league average he could be in real trouble, giving up far too many hits to survive deep into outings. However, he’s allowed 51 hits while having a BABIP of.
His strikeout and walk rates are both solid, 49th percentile and 78th percentile respectively. Varland has been okay for Minnesota, but he’s allowed 51 hits in 51.2 innings of work with 50 strikeouts to 14 walks. The Tigers have scored 52 runs this month, actually two more than Minnesota and with Varland on the mound today Detroit could extend that lead. However, Minnesota allowed them to score 15 runs across the first two games of this series before getting shut out yesterday. The Tigers are back to being a horrendous offensive team as they were last year. Twins odds, run line and total Tigers vs. The Twins are the favorites to take the final game of this four-game set at home. Whoever does take the mound for the Tigers will be opposed by Louie Varland who is 3-2 with a 4.70 ERA for the Twins this season. While they’re only 29-40 on the year, the Tigers can pull to within five games of the AL Central leaders, the 36-35 Twins with a win today.Īs Detroit goes for the series win they still have a question mark on the mound. Yesterday the Minnesota Twins took a 2-0 win over the Detroit Tigers and have a chance to finish with a series split today in Game 4.
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