After being swept by the presiding World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers this past week, the Minnesota Twins were looking for a “get right” series this weekend with the Colorado Rockies.
They got it–taking two-of-three from the Colorado kids and keeping their quest for .500 in the right direction.
Twins SP Connor Prielipp’s afternoon did not get off to a great start: a base hit from Willi Castro and HBP off the hand of Tyler Freeman. Castro would eventually touch the dish on a TJ Rumfield single, but
Prielipp would wriggle out of further damage by whiffing Kyle Karros (with an ABS assist from Alex Jackson) to strand runners on 2B & 3B. 1-0 COL.
The Twins tied things up in B2 when a Royce Lewis leadoff double down the LF line was immediately paid off by a Brooks Lee single plus throwing error from COL 3B-man Karros. Alas, a MN lead was prevented by an Ezequiel Tovar web gem throw from SS to nip Austin Martin at the 1B bag. 1-1 tie.
Prielipp would again get himself into a T4 jam–bases loaded, one out—but again sidestep severity with a K and a ground out. MIN wouldn’t let the escape-artist trick go to waste in B4, when Kody Clemens clobbered a majestic moonshot that nearly clanged off the flagpole in the RF plaza! 2-1 MN.
T6 started with a Rumfield single–and ended with a tie ballgame after a Troy Johnston RBI single. Prielipp would depart after those six frames with a no-decision, but an impressive 10 K and 2 ER quality start. 2-2 tie.
After a scoreless frame from RP Andrew Morris, it looked to be the same for the Twins in B7–until a two-out bomb to the CF berm from Ryan Kreidler! 3-2 MN.
Could the bullpen record 6 outs without coughing up the slim lead? Always the terrifying dilemma for the Twins.
Well, things went fine in T8–Anthony Banda setting down the side scoreless even amongst a little base paths traffic. But the first pitch of T9 from Banda plunked Braxton Fulford–then Banda immediately left the game with an undisclosed injury.
Uh oh.
But just four pitches from Yoendrys Gomez was all it took to set down the Rockies for the final three outs.
Your Final: Minnesota Twins 3, Colorado Rockies 2.
Still hanging around in the AL Central race and Wild Card berth consideration within the muddled AL.
Zach’s Zealot
- Prielipp: 6 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 10 K–easily his best outing as a Twin thus far.
Zach’s Zombie
- Luke Keaschall: 0-3, .645 OPS. Still struggling to find any sort of consistency in ’26.
Egg-cellent Elocution
- norff commenting from the Target Field bleachers on the last pleasant day before the humidity seeps in.
Who’s Got Next
- A hop to always-humid Houston for three games with the
Yordan Alvarez’sAstros (Mon. night, Tues. night, Wed. night).
