Minnesota Twins stage a late comeback to defeat Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 – MLB Update
The Minnesota Twins came back from behind to overpower the Milwaukee Brewers 9-7 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Sunday, July 3.
The Brewers would have never thought of losing the game till the end of the sixth inning when they were sitting on a comfortable two-run lead with the score 7-5. The late assault by the Twins at the bottom of the seventh inning took the Brewers rather by
surprise than agony as the visitors saw the home side add four runs in a dramatic end to a well-played game.
The Twins opened the scoring with style in the second inning with Jim Thome smashing a 363-feet home-run. The Brewers were quick to reply and levelled the scoring with Mark Kotsay unleashing his arms and matching Thome’s feat. Kotsay’s hit distanced 417-feet
and recorded his first home-run this season.
The visitors then took charge in the fourth inning. Runs rained as they added five in a virtuoso display of skill. Nyjer Morgan, Prince Fielder, Mat Gamel and Yuniesky Betancourt all added a run apiece as Kotsay added his second of the game for the Brewers
to register a five run lead. Losing from here would have seemed a distant option to the Milwaukee side.
The Twins, playing at home with a capacity crowd, did not lose hope and an air of confidence in their bull-pen advocated this. Rene Tosoni began the assault for the Twins as he battered a 356-feet home-run followed by Danny Valencia and Thome adding a run
each to bring the deficit down to just two runs. Alexi Casilla’s run in the fifth inning took the score to 6-5 and the pressure now shifted to the Brewers who spilled all their hard-work with careless pitching, to say the least.
Rickie Weeks then came in as designated-hitter for the Brewers and released the pressure by notching up a 369-feet home-run to take the lead back to two-runs.
The momentum however had already shifted towards the Twins and the seventh inning extravaganza closed the curtains on the Brewers. Ben Revere, Joe Mauer, Jim Thome and Michael Cuddyer added one-run each to turn the two-run deficit into a decisive two-run
lead which was never to be matched by the Brewers again. Thome was the pick of the batters as he scored three vital runs for the home side.
The pitchers from either side had an ordinary game. The starters were inefficient and the relief pitchers could not make a difference either. Phil Dumatrait was the only notable pitcher from the Twins who managed his first win of the season with sensible
pitching. Kameron Loe lost his seventh game for the Brewers, proving his inefficiency during this season.
The Minnesota Twins won the three-game series 2-1.
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