But the Twins answered in the bottom half of the inning when Byung Ho Park homered into the Marlins bullpen in center field for a 5-5 tie.
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For one night, any physical pain or frustration from lack of production was an afterthought.
Ichiro Suzuki singled twice, scored two runs and drove in the winning run for the Miami Marlins in a 10-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.
Plouffe hit a ball off the right field wall with two outs in the seventh, breaking a tie by scoring Joe Mauer from first base as the Twins (18-40) won their second straight game in a row. Trevor Plouffe then followed with a 2-run homer in the third inning and it appeared as though the Twins would coast to victory. “We kind of have had some discussions around here about how we’re having to use our bullpen, and we’re having to mix and match”. In short, I think the only fair statement is to acknowledge that it’s a circular argument. Chen lasted 5 1/3 for the Marlins, allowing nine hits and five runs.
Nick Wittgren (1-1) took the loss for the Marlins (30-29), who have dropped four of their last five. Taylor Rogers replaced May and allowed a pinch-hit two-run homer by Chris Johnson before getting out of the inning. The Twins are 3-7 in their last 10 Thursday games and 1-10 in Santanas last 11 starts. “But today, I didn’t do a good job pitching”. “I traded my pontoon in and my wife almost killed me, but I got a bigger boat but I’ve been going out in the ocean catching bigger fish”.
They’re also 2-7 in their last nine games versus National League East opponents and are 2-10 in their last 12 games versus a starter with a WHIP greater than 1.30. He didn’t walk anyone, and struck out Giancarlo Stanton three times (he didn’t strike anyone else out at all).
Including his 1,278 hits in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan, Suzuki is seven hits away from Pete Rose’s career hit record of 4,256 hits. But when he’s not in a ballpark observing the Twins and Miami Marlins, long-time Twins manager Ron Gardenhire admits that he spends a lot of time fishing in Florida. The former Twins manager was hired as a special assistant to Minnesota general manager Terry Ryan in April and said Wednesday he’s enjoying the role, which has him instructing and evaluating in the minor leagues.
The 42-year-old Ichiro led off the game with a single.
“I’m always hesitant to jump on the home run bandwagon, but it’s good to see”, Molitor said. But it’s not live or die, take it or leave it. I’d love to do it because I love baseball.
“I’m OK. I am throwing because I am fine”, said Darvish, who on Wednesday gave up a leadoff homer and came off the mound after five innings with shoulder tightness in the Rangers’ 3-1 defeat to the Houston Astros.
Twins: Right-handed reliever Trevor May pitched for the first time since June 1.
The Twins are coming into this game after allowing one walk during their last outing. He got a groundout on two pitches to end the sixth….
“He makes it look easy, ” Santana said.
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Ervin Santana #54 of the Minnesota Twins delivers a pitch against the Miami Marlins during the first inning of the game on June 9, 2016 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He went six innings last Saturday against the Rays but fell victim to five earned runs.
