PHILADELPHIA — Sonny Gray lounged in entrance of his locker earlier than the collection finale, casually tossing a baseball within the air and catching it, like a child killing time in his yard.
Gray made it look nearly that simple as soon as the sport began, permitting simply two hits whereas hanging out seven throughout six scoreless innings, and the bullpen held on, because the Twins defeated the Phillies, 3-0, on Sunday afternoon at Citizens Bank Park.
Gray was practically flawless, other than the second inning, when he loaded the bases earlier than hanging out reigning NL house run champ Kyle Schwarber. After Gray left the sport, Griffin Jax loaded the bases for a similar man.
OK, so possibly this one wasn’t as simple as enjoying catch.
Gray was at 80 pitches and had simply labored an ideal sixth inning, so it was a little bit of a shock to see Jax enter following the seventh-inning stretch. The right-hander allowed a pair of one-out singles after which hit rookie Johan Rojas. That loaded the bases for Schwarber, who has hit 76 house runs over the previous two seasons.
While the trainers checked on Rojas, supervisor Rocco Baldelli summoned lefty Caleb Thielbar. Thielbar retired Schwarber with an infield popup. He ended the menace by hanging out Alec Bohm trying on a full rely, with an inside fastball that Bohm thought was ball 4. The third baseman slammed his bat and was ejected from the sport.
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