Minnesota leads Major League Baseball in scoring since July 1, has more home runs than any team in that time, too, and has pummeled the Indians with 22 runs and 19 extra-base hits in two days here, against star pitchers Danny Salazar and Carlos Carrasco.
Advertisement
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Minnesota Twins have acquired starting pitcher Hector Santiago a minor leaguer from the Los Angeles Angels for right-handers Ricky Nolasco and Alex Meyer and cash.
Cleveland Indians’ Jose Ramirez throws out Minnesota Twins’ Brian Dozier at first base during the fourth inning.
Leading 8-6, the Twins added two insurance runs in the ninth inning on a two-run home run by Escobar off Austin Adams.
Three weeks ago, the Rangers owned the AL’s best record, until the Twins walloped them with 38 runs over four games, giving Cleveland the top record. The Twins won 10-6.
Encarnacion launched his 29th home run to lead off the fourth – a monstrous shot that bounced off the railroad tracks at Minute Maid Park before landing in left field. The over is 11-3 in the last 14 meetings in Cleveland and Minnesota are 13-6 in the last 19 meetings. Sanchez, though, retired Charlie Tilson with runners at the corners to end the inning.
When the fourth-year right-hander notched three more outs around a two-out single in the seventh, order had been restored and the Twins were on their way to a 10-6 win on Tuesday night.
“That’s kind of what we want to do, right?”
“I’m not really sure what happened, honestly”, Gibson said.
Carlos Carrasco didn’t have it Tuesday, getting torched for eight runs over just 3 2/3 frames in a loss to the Twins.
Carrasco’s ERA entering the game was 2.45, which would have led the American League if he had an additional 10 innings to qualify.
Over his last five starts, Salazar has allowed 21 earned runs in 24 innings, with his season ERA climbing from 2.22 to 3.38. Kennys Vargas, the next batter, walked, and Salazar was removed from the game.
“I don’t know if I ever saw it quite this way”, Molitor said. “That turned out to be the case”. In the first two games, Kepler is 5-for-8 with four home runs, eight RBIs, six runs scored and three walks. Gibson allowed six runs in 4 2/3 innings. He landed on the disabled list with a lower back problem a few days later.
For the second straight night an Indians’ starter was pounded by the Twins.
The Astros snapped a three-game losing skid thanks to brilliant relief work from right-handers Chris Devenski, who struck out seven over 4 1/3 ideal innings, and Michael Feliz (7-1), who pitched a flawless 14th.
Advertisement
“It snowballed on him and he couldn’t stop it”. “If you don’t make them, you’re going to pay”. He got one out and gave up a dinger to Joe Mauer. The Indians elected to intentionally walk Kepler, but designated hitter Miguel Sano drove in a pair of runs with a double to deep center field.
