Minnesota Twins at Colorado Rockies
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Larnach's grand slam leads Twins to 14-6 win over Rockies
Edouard Julien had three hits, including his 16th home run, and Max Kepler and Matt Wallner also went deep for AL Central Division champion Minnesota.
Elehuris Montero, Sean Bouchard and Brenton Doyle homered for the Rockies (58-103), who will not win at least 60 games for the first time in the club’s 31-season history.
The Twins sent Emilio Pagán to the mound first, less than 24 hours after he picked up the save in Friday night’s 7-6 win. He pitched one inning before Chris Paddack took over in his second appearance since having Tommy John surgery on May 18, 2022.
Pagán is the first Twins pitcher in franchise history to start a game immediately following a save in the previous game. He drew on his experience in the minors for Saturday.
“When I did it in Durham I treated it like a start,” he said. “I came to the dugout, watched the top half of the first and then went out. And so I knew that’s what I wanted to do.”
Paddack (1-0) gave up two hits and struck out four in three complete innings, his longest outing since going 5 1/3 innings on May 2, 2022, which was the last time he recorded a win.
“It’s pretty cool, especially getting into the win column and have a little bit to contribute, which was my goal in January, looking back over the last 16 months,” Paddack said.
Paddack tossed two innings Tuesday in his first game back and Saturday started to give him a feeling of normalcy.
“I thought I did a better job of handling those emotions and storing that energy as a whole,” he said.
Colorado opened with reliever Matt Koch and after one inning he gave way to Karl Kauffmann (2-5), who was roughed up for seven hits and eight runs over 4 1/3 innings.
Wallner had an RBI double in the second and scored on Christian Vázquez’s single to center to make it 2-0.
The Twins padded the lead in the third when Larnach hit a two-out grand slam just over the scoreboard in right field, his second homer in as many nights. The bases were loaded when Alex Kirilloff hit a ground-rule double, Kauffmann hit Donovan Solano, and Wallner walked.
“It was a slider down and in. I had thrown a couple of cutters and fastballs up and in to him,” Kauffmann said. “He was able to get his barrel up to it.”
Minnesota blew it open in the sixth on an RBI double by Julien, a wild pitch that brought home Michael A. Taylor and Kepler’s three-run homer, his 24th of the season.
Julien hit a two-run shot in the seventh to make it 14-0 but Montero and Bouchard homered on consecutive pitches and Doyle hit a two-run homer off Dallas Keuchel.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Twins: INF Jorge Polanco was out of the lineup with right ankle soreness that took him out in the sixth inning of Friday night’s game.
UP NEXT
Minnesota will send RHP Bailey Ober (8-6, 3.53) to the mound against Rockies RHP Chase Anderson (1-6, 5.42).
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Bouchard struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Montero grounded out to first, Jones to second. | |
9th Inning | Goodman struck out looking. | |
9th Inning | Jones singled to right. | |
9th Inning | Taylor struck out swinging. | |
9th Inning | Vázquez struck out swinging. |
Statistics
MIN | COL | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
1 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
14 | Ground Balls | 13 |
10 | Strikeouts | 11 |
13 | Runs Batted In | 5 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
12 | Hits | 11 |
0 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
5 | Walks | 5 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
14 | Runs | 6 |
0 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
39 | At Bats | 37 |
4 | Home Runs | 3 |
1 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
11 | Runners Left On Base | 22 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
3 | Doubles | 2 |
15 | Fly Balls | 13 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
174 | Pitches | 171 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
27 | Total Bases | 22 |
45 | Plate Appearances | 42 |
648.0 | Projected Home Runs | 486.0 |
7 | Extra Base Hits | 5 |
10.3 | Runs Created | 8.0 |
.308 | Batting Average | .297 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.692 | Slugging Percentage | .595 |
.513 | Secondary Average | .459 |
.400 | On Base Percentage | .381 |
1.092 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .976 |
0.9 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.0 |
10.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 8.0 |
84.0 | Batter Rating | 47.0 |
9.8 | At Bats Per Home Run | 12.3 |
0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
3.87 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 4.07 |
.385 | Isolated Power | .297 |
0.50 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.45 |
.111 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .119 |
.205 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .162 |
27.0 | Runs Produced | 11.0 |
0.9 | Runs Ratio | 0.8 |
0.8 | Patience Ratio | 0.7 |
0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
117.3 | MLB Rating | 95.3 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Denver, Colorado
Attendance: 40,264 | Capacity:
2024 American League Central Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleveland | 92 | 69 | .571 | - | L2 |
Kansas City | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6.5 | W1 |
Detroit | 86 | 76 | .531 | 6.5 | L2 |
Minnesota | 82 | 80 | .506 | 10.5 | L4 |
Chicago | 41 | 121 | .253 | 51.5 | W2 |
2024 National League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Los Angeles | 98 | 64 | .605 | - | W5 |
San Diego | 93 | 69 | .574 | 5 | L1 |
Arizona | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | W1 |
San Francisco | 80 | 82 | .494 | 18 | L1 |
Colorado | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | L3 |