Minnesota Twins lose to Cleveland Indians 7-6 at Progressive Field in extra innings – MLB Update
The Minnesota Twins lost to the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field 7-6 in a competitive game which was decided in the tenth inning. The defeat leaves the Twins standing with a 12-13 win-loss record thus far in the season.
Starting pitcher Pedro Hernandez did not have a great time as he could only throw down a little over five innings and surrendered five runs in eight hits and allowed four batters to walk. The result was Pedro getting a no decision in his fourth career start,
third one this season.
The rookie himself realises that he made some errors and the opposing batters were able to cash on that.
"I made some mistakes with my pitches," Hernandez said. "I was a little high with my offspeed stuff, so they were able to get to it."
Ron Gardenhire, the manager for the Twins appeared to be content with the outcome and thought that his team had some chances which it should have grabbed. He believed that the opportunities were provided by the bullpen and the team could have done better
with the chances at hand.
"Our bullpen pitched well and gave us a great opportunity, and we had some opportunities late in the game to get one more big hit and we couldn't come up with it -- and they did," Gardenhire said. "So, it was a good ballgame with both teams going back and
forth and doing some damage. We just came up on the short end."
It was after ten innings that the Twins’ bullpen surrendered a run, a streak that goes all the way to Saturday.
The Twins were ahead by a single run at the end of the seventh with the help of a two-run home-run by Chris Parmelee but the Indians were able to score in the bottom of the eighth to take the game into extra innings as none of the teams could score in the
ninth.
This was Indians’ fifth consecutive win and they are currently at a 13-13 even record for the season.
The hitters did a decent job in the game and Justin Morneau reached a career milestone of 800 RBI’s with a sacrifice fly.
Brian Dozier, the second baseman for the Twins, believed that the pitchers had provided the team with a great chance to win but the hitters could not avail those chances.
"We let this one get away, but credit our pitching for keeping us in the ballgame," Dozier said.
The Twins so far have had a reasonable start to the season and it is important that they continue to play well and add more wins to their record. It will be crucial for them to win the close games if they intend to have a shot at the post-season.
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