It was an unfortunate series for the Minnesota Twins who probably couldn’t help but leave thinking, “what if?”
Mother Nature was brutal to the Minnesota Twins who saw 5-0 lead off the 2015 American League Cy Young winner Dallas Kuechel disappear due to – if you ask me – absurd rule.
That means Brian Dozier‘s 24th home run and Ervin Santana‘s hot start meant nothing.
But odd rules aside, the Houston Astros ended up showing why they are still in postseason contention in a big way, scoring a combined 32 runs in the final three games played.
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Game One: W, 3-1, 11 Hits, 1 Walk, 7 Strikeouts, 0 Home Runs, 2 Doubles, 1 Triple
Game Two: L, 7-5, 9 Hits, 4 Walks, 10 Strikeouts, 2 Doubles, 3 Home Runs
Game Three: L, 15-7, 13 Hits, 2 Walks, 6 Strikeouts, 2 Home Runs, 3 Doubles
Game Four: L, 10-2, 9 Hits, 0 Walks, 9 Strikeouts, 0 Home Runs, 3 Doubles
Dozier saw another home run get negated by the MLB’s rain out rule which wiped out all stats from a 5-0 Minnesota Twins lead.
As a team, the Twins scored 19 runs, not bad for a four game series, just not good enough when the starting staff is getting tossed around by an even better Houston Astros offense.
The Minnesota Twins flexed their muscles with Dozier,
STARTERS
Game One: 6 IP, 4 Hits, 1 Earned Run, 1 Walk, 8 Strikeouts
Game Two: 5 1/3 IP, 7 Hits, 5 Runs (4 Earned Runs), 1 Walk, 4 Strikeouts
Game Three: 2 IP, 8 Hits, 6 Runs (5 Earned Runs), 1 Walk, 1 Strikeout
Game Four: 3 IP, 5 Hits, 5 Earned Runs, 2 Walks, 1 Strikeout
Not much competition here,
RELIEVERS
Game One: 3 IP, 0 Hits, 0 Runs, 1 Walk, 1 Strikeout
Game Two: 3 2/3 IP, 5 Hits, 2 Earned Runs, 1 Walks, 2 Strikeouts
Game Three: 7 IP, 11 Hits, 9 Runs (8 Earned Runs), 5 Walks, 4 Strikeouts
Game Four: 6 IP, 11 Hits, 5 Runs (3 Earned Runs), 1 Walk, 5 Strikeouts
As tempting as it is to give
MVT: Tyler Duffey
Next up for the Minnesota Twins will be a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Target Field.
Next: Kintzler or Perkins in 2017?
The defending World Series champs are in third place currently and just 9.5 games ahead of the Twins.
Kyle Gibson (4-6, 4.86) will go for the Minnesota Twins against Yordano Ventura (7-9, 4.64).