Twins lose to Tigers, match worse start in franchise history
On his Instagram account this week Chris Paddack implored Twins fans to Keep the faith during the group s slow start On Saturday the starter did his part to help instill particular faith and yet his start went for naught on a day when the Twins offense went almost silent The Twins fell - to the Detroit Tigers collecting just four hits off rookie starter Jackson Jobe and the Detroit bullpen With the loss their third straight Minnesota fell to - matching the worst start in Twins history through the gang s first games The Twins couldn t do anything in six innings against Jobe who is among Major League Baseball s top prospects managing just two hits a day after their offense broke out for in a - loss to Detroit Prior to Carlos Correa s double with one out in the ninth inning just one Twins runner leadoff hitter Matt Wallner in the first inning had even reached second base The Tigers meanwhile played with a lead from the beginning after Zach McKinstry their leadoff hitter walked to begin the championship A rare but costly Correa throwing error allowed him to reach third and he scored on Spencer Torkelson s sacrifice fly Torkelson was in the middle of everything for the Tigers scoring their second run of the tournament and later hitting a two-run home run in the sixth off reliever Kody Funderburk Funderburk entered in the sixth after five strong innings from Paddack who had given up runs through his first two starts innings pitched He allowed two runs though the first was unearned and both scored on sacrifice flies It was a promising sign for a club desperately in need of one but on a day where the offense finished with just four hits it wasn t enough Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Chris Paddack delivers during the first inning of a baseball contest against the Detroit Tigers Saturday April in Minneapolis AP Photo Abbie Parr Related Articles Bullpen gives up six runs as Twins fall to Tigers With Pablo L pez on injured list Twins get first look at rotation depth Royals edge Twins - on Bobby Witt Jr s sacrifice fly Joe Ryan pitches seven scoreless innings as Twins snap three-game skid Twins starter Pablo L pez has strained hamstring
