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SEATTLE — The Twins have often talked about believing they’re in every game, no matter the score, and never has that been more evident than this week.
Twice in their series against the Kansas City Royals last week at Target Field, they were down to their last out and twice they came away with walk-off wins. On Sunday, they were trailing by six runs entering the eighth inning after being held quiet for seven innings by Mariners starter George Kirby.
No matter.
The Twins ambushed the Mariners for five runs in the eighth inning, and a Luke Keaschall home run off Andrés Muñoz evened things up in the ninth. But they couldn’t bring home the a go-ahead from second base, then were walked off for the second-straight day in a 7-6 loss in the series finale at T-Mobile Park.
Colt Emerson’s single off Yoendrys Gómez found a hole in a five-man infield and brought in pinch-runner Stuart Fairchild, sending the Twins to a loss in their final game before the trade deadline.
The Twins’ comeback began shortly after reliever Kendry Rojas allowed a three-run home run to Cal Raleigh on a pitch at top of the zone in the bottom of the seventh, forcing the Twins to erase a deficit twice as large.
Trevor Larnach’s two-run home run off Eduard Bazardo finally got the Twins on the board, and after Ryan Jeffers grounded out, Josh Bell re-ignited the rally.
Bell’s double and Kody Clemens’ single put a pair of runners on base for Royce Lewis, whose three-run home run cleared the center-field wall to bring the Twins back within a run. An inning later, off Muñoz, a two-time all-star, Keaschall took a fastball over the heart of the zone and sent it out to right for an opposite-field homer that made it 6-6.
That home run pulled the Twins back to even for the first time since the first inning, as the Twins, for the third straight day, fell into a two-run deficit early. Starter Taj Bradley allowed the first two batters of the game to reach base before a Josh Naylor double brought both runners in.
Bradley allowed one more run in the sixth, his final inning of work, and while he did throw a quality start, he wasn’t at his best, allowing twice as many walks (four) as he had strikeouts (two). The two strikeouts were a season-low for the starter.
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Twice in their series against the Kansas City Royals last week at Target Field, they were down to their last out and twice they came away with walk-off wins. On Sunday, they were trailing by six runs entering the eighth inning after being held quiet for seven innings by Mariners starter George Kirby.
No matter.
The Twins ambushed the Mariners for five runs in the eighth inning, and a Luke Keaschall home run off Andrés Muñoz evened things up in the ninth. But they couldn’t bring home the a go-ahead from second base, then were walked off for the second-straight day in a 7-6 loss in the series finale at T-Mobile Park.
Colt Emerson’s single off Yoendrys Gómez found a hole in a five-man infield and brought in pinch-runner Stuart Fairchild, sending the Twins to a loss in their final game before the trade deadline.
The Twins’ comeback began shortly after reliever Kendry Rojas allowed a three-run home run to Cal Raleigh on a pitch at top of the zone in the bottom of the seventh, forcing the Twins to erase a deficit twice as large.
Trevor Larnach’s two-run home run off Eduard Bazardo finally got the Twins on the board, and after Ryan Jeffers grounded out, Josh Bell re-ignited the rally.
Bell’s double and Kody Clemens’ single put a pair of runners on base for Royce Lewis, whose three-run home run cleared the center-field wall to bring the Twins back within a run. An inning later, off Muñoz, a two-time all-star, Keaschall took a fastball over the heart of the zone and sent it out to right for an opposite-field homer that made it 6-6.
That home run pulled the Twins back to even for the first time since the first inning, as the Twins, for the third straight day, fell into a two-run deficit early. Starter Taj Bradley allowed the first two batters of the game to reach base before a Josh Naylor double brought both runners in.
Bradley allowed one more run in the sixth, his final inning of work, and while he did throw a quality start, he wasn’t at his best, allowing twice as many walks (four) as he had strikeouts (two). The two strikeouts were a season-low for the starter.
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