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Well whaddya know? The Twins actually finished 4-3 in games I went to this year. 

My last Twins game of the year Friday night happened to coincide with the first start of Jose Berrios at Target Field as a visitor. And the home team dealt a blow to Jose's hopes of pitching in the postseason. 

It wasn't that Berrios was bad. He just had one little slip up and got no run support. It's like he was still a Twin.

To open the 3rd inning, Simmons walked, Arraez laced one down the right field line that turned into a triple, and Byron Buxton drilled the first pitch he saw over the centerfield fence. Just like that it was 3-0. The Twins didn't mount any real serious scoring threats before or after, but they didn't need them. 

Bailey Ober was Berrios's opponent, and he was masterful. Arguably the best start of his career. You could just feel how in command he was. 4 hits, 6 Ks. The only Jay he let get past second was the last one, as Rocco yanked Ober immediately after Marcus Semien hit a solo homerun. Thought it was pretty lame to yank Ober in that spot, but whatever.

The bullpen was lights out. Toronto never got another hit, and only 1 more baserunner. Hell, even Alex Colome came on in the 9th and quickly retired the 3-5 hitters in order to secure the win.

This does little to help the Twins, other than keeping them alive in the race for 4th place. But they have been roughly a .500 team the last 2.months, playing primarily good teams. So they have at least shown some improvement and signsof hope in the last third.of this lost season. 

See you next year, Target Field. 

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