The Minnesota Twins drop another game, losing 6 of their last 7 games and 11 of their last 14.
We will get to the game in a minute, but the good news of the night, Twins top prospect Walker Jenkins got the call up to AAA. He will be joining the Saints on the road in Toledo starting tomorrow. According to ESPN, Jenkins, an outfielder, is ranked #14 overall in the MLB.
As for the Twins Monday night in Toronto, the Blue Jays got to Twins pitcher Joe Ryan early. Bo Bichette singled on a ground ball to left,
scoring George Springer. Nathan Lukes got to third on the hit and would later score in the inning. Also in the first, Alejandro Kirk hit a two-run shot, putting the Twins up early 4-0.
Here is a video of me telling the world (well southeastern Minnesota and north Iowa) the Twins gave up four runs in the first inning after just telling them it was 0-0.
To the second inning now, Joe Ryan gives up another home run, this time to Andres Gimenez. It feels like Gimenez always does well against the Twins, but a simple stat search tells me he is hitting .242 with 47 hits and 4 home runs and 18 RBI against the Twins.
Matt Wallner had some answers for the Twins hitting two home runs (18, 19) on the night and actually keeping Max Scherzer from achieving a quality start.
The Twins bullpen wouldn’t help the Twins much. Brooks Kriske pitched one inning, giving up 3 hits and 4 ER. Génesis Cabrera pitched two shutout innings.
Max Scherzer got the win. He’s now 5-2 after pitching 6 strong and giving up 4 hits, 1 BB and 5 SO. Joe Ryan landed his 7th loss of the season (12-7) giving up 7 hits, 6 ER, 7 SO and 1 BB. His ERA is now above 3 at 3.22. This is the second start in a row Ryan did not surpass 5 innings.
The Blue Jays are now 77-55 on the season. The Red Sox lost tonight, so the BJs remain 5 games up on their competition. The Twins are now 18.5 games back in the Central with a 59-72 record.
Game time tomorrow in Toronto is 6:07 Central.
