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Box Score
SP: Joe Ryan 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (95 pitches, 62 strikes)
Home Runs: Byron Buxton 2(3), Willi Castro (4)
Top 3 WPA: Joe Ryan 0.209, Byron Buxton 0.168, José Miranda 0.096
Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)
Sausage Speaker Stands Up
Looking to get off the schneid, Minnesota needed to show up in a big way against Patrick Corbin on Tuesday night. Byron Buxton, the speaker for Sheboygan Sausage, smashed a dinger with the Cloverdale meat pastry in the dugout to make it a 1-0 game. Despite grounding into a double play, Carlos Santana brought Willi Castro home and Minnesota led 2-0.
Jose Miranda, who has struggled to hit the baseball hard, blasted one against Corbin in the 3rd inning and doubled the score for Rocco Baldelli’s lineup. With Manuel Margot on the basepaths, the third baseman sent a ball into the left field bleachers and the Twins were up 4-0.
Buck is Back
There are few things that the Twins have needed more than Buxton getting going. He had struggled out of the gate, and deciding which pitches to unload on is something of a problem. Tuesday night he found a pair of them, and the Buck Truck rounded the bases a second time, scoring Carlos Correa, and making it a 6-0 game in the 5th inning.
With the Nationals continuing to trot Corbin out to the mound, Minnesota continued to do damage. Santana doubled for the sixth time and scored Kyle Farmer in the process. Up 7-0 in the 6th inning, Santana came home on a wild pitch to make it 8-0. Dave Martinez left his starter in for 106 pitches in a blowout game, and Minnesota was set to end the streak.
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Castro Keeps It Going
In the 7th inning Willi Castro stepped in with Max Kepler on base and crushed his fourth dinger of the season. Extending the lead to 10-0, Minnesota was comfortably ahead and ready to end the losing streak. While the Guardians won again Tuesday, the Twins were going to hold serve.
Notes
Brooks Lee led off as the designated hitter for the FCL Twins today. He went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored.
Royce Lewis continues to make progress towards a return. He ran the bases for the first time on Monday and is nearing a point in which a rehab assignment becomes a reality. A return in two to three weeks may be a possibility.
With the win tonight, Rocco Baldelli grabbed his 400th managerial win for Minnesota.
What’s Next?
Simeon Woods Richardson goes Wednesday afternoon for Minnesota as they wrap up the series with Washington before an off day. Jake Irvin starts for the Washington Nationals.
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