Twins win #93 is maybe the nuttiest

Not sure anything can be more September Baseball than Lamonte Wade Jr singling to load the bases, leading to a walkoff hit by pitch by Ronald Torreyes, to give Ryne Harper the win. In 12 innings.

What a silly game.

A 5-0 lead, spurred by a Ryan Lamarre homerun, Rosario's 100th RBI and Sano's 30th bomba. Martin Perez blowing some of that lead and not even finishing 5. Trevor May giving up back to back homeruns to tie the game. Sergio Romo pitching an inning seemingly on one leg. A 9th inning starting with a Polanco error and Rogers mistake being rescued by a risky Schoop double play. A Zach Littell Houdini act in the 10th, only to be followed by Littell giving up a homerun in the 11th. Lamonte Wade pinch running in the 11th, then making one of the baserunning plays of the year to set up a Garver sac fly. Ryne Harper shitting the bed in the 12th, yet getting the win.

Bottom 12. Cruz single. Rosario double. Ugly 3 pitch Sano K. 2 run single by Marwin. Arraez single. Wade single, with a questionable non-send of Marwin. Then the walkoff by Torreyes, who is only here because Buxton was shut down, and the Twins had a spot to add another player to the roster.

Only thing this game missed was higher stakes. A loss would not have been too damaging. But the magic number drops to 7.

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  1. MichelleSeptember 18, 2019 at 7:17 PM

    Romo pitching with one leg is better than ARodg playing football with one leg. I love me some Romo.

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