Minnesota TwinsvsMilwaukee Brewers
MIN 8/MIL 6
Things to say
The Twins beat the Brewers 8-6 on the road at American Family Field.
01
opener
Twins went into Milwaukee and stole one, 8 to 6. Brewers have the best record in baseball and the road dogs just walked in and took it. Nobody had that on the card.
02
key player
The heart of that Twins order carried it — they kept putting up crooked numbers and never let Milwaukee settle in. Eight runs on the road against a team like that, that's the whole story.
03
hot take
I don't care that the Brewers are 72-44, that pitching staff gets exposed when the other side works counts. Best record don't mean much when your bullpen coughs it up.
04
deep cut
Twins are under .500 at 58-59 and still hung eight on the best team in the league. That tells you the record's lying about how dangerous these guys can be on a given night.
05
exit
Anyway, we'll see if it means anything — check back when these two run it out the rest of the series.
The recap
The Twins rolled into American Family Field and stunned the NL's best, knocking off the 72-win Brewers 8-6 to snap Milwaukee's momentum on a getaway day. Minnesota's bats did the heavy lifting, jumping on the heart of the order early and putting up enough crooked numbers to weather every Brewers push.
Milwaukee scratched back to make it a two-run game, but the Twins bullpen slammed the door when it mattered. Not bad for a club sitting a game under .500 walking into the toughest building in the league.