Tribe manages just 3 hits in loss
There has been a lot of hype around Twins right-handed starter Jose
Berrios, and the 22-year-old showed why he was one of the club's most
coveted prospects in his season debut on Saturday at Progressive Field.
Berrios pitched a career-high 7 2/3 stellar innings and retired 13
batters in a row between the third and the seventh to lead the Twins to a
4-1 win over the Indians. It was the fourth win in a row for the
Twins.
Berrios was called up from Triple-A Rochester after the Twins defeated
the Indians, 1-0, on Friday behind a strong outing from Ervin Santana.
Berrios followed up Santana's start with a strong performance of his
own, allowing only one run on two hits with four strikeouts to pick up
the win.
Jose Berrios strikes out four in 7 2/3 innings of work and allows one
run on two hits and one walk in his 2017 debut against the Indians
"[It was impressive] for him to come up and just kind of blend right in
and give us the outing he did," Twins manager Paul Moitor said. "He
attacked. I thought he used his offspeed pitches efficiently, although
he threw a lot of fastballs. He had a good fastball today. He limited
the damage, and we were able to capitalize on the few opportunities we
had to score enough runs to win."
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only run the right-hander allowed came in the third, when Indians first
baseman Carlos Santana crossed home on a wild pitch. Relievers Taylor
Rogers and Brandon Kintzler recorded the final four outs of the game,
and Kintzler picked up his 10th save.
Brandon Kintzler earns the save and puts the finishing touches on a 4-1
win for the
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Twins as he gets Jason Kipnis to fly out in the 9th
"We're certainly not doing what we want to do," said Indians manager
Terry Francona, referring to his offense. "But, pretty consistently all
day, [Berrios] got past our barrel. Not necessarily striking out, but
just a lot of balls in the air, pop-ups. A couple balls we did hit
good. We better not hit it to
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center field. That kid [center fielder Byron Buxton] is impressive."
The Twins provided Berrios with plenty of run support, as they scored
three in the fourth inning off Indians starter Mike Clevinger, capped
off by an RBI single from Jorge Polanco. Max Kepler added a solo homer
in the sixth off Indians reliever Dan Otero.
Jorge Polanco extends the Twins' lead to 3-1 in the 4th as he drops a
soft liner into left field that brings in Joe Mauer
In his second start of the season, Clevinger lasted only 4 1/3 innings
and allowed three runs on three hits with five strikeouts. The
right-hander issued five walks and threw two wild pitches.
Twins score three in fourth: After Clevinger walked Robbie Grossman and
Miguel Sano to start the fourth inning, Joe Mauer laid down a bunt.
Clevinger was the first to the ball, but he made a wild throw to first
which allowed Grossman to score and Sano to advance to third. Kennys
Vargas drove in Sano with an RBI ground out to give the Twins the lead,
and Polanco drove in Mauer with an RBI single to left to make it
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3-1.
Kennys Vargas grounds out to Francisco Lindor at short, but Miguel Sano
comes home to give the Twins a 2-1 lead in the top of the 4th
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