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SB Nation on MSNTwins 10, Dodgers 7: It’s never easyAfter getting through 3 innings, aided by two double plays, SWR ran into trouble in the 3rd. Back to back walks to Will Smith and Freddie Freeman preceded a game tying 3-run homer by Andy Pages. That knocked Richardson out of the game, as Danny Coulombe finished the 4th.
In an era of intense analysis, everyone wants to know: what was the skeleton key that unlocked a player? A lot of the time, the real secret is to do nothing.
After grabbing an early three-run lead Saturday, the Twins’ offense went to sleep, and the Colorado Rockies roared to life. Home runs by Ryan McMahon, Ezequiel Tovar and Hunter Goodman powered the Rockies, who clinched only their third series victory of the season in 32 tries with a 10-6 win over the Twins in front of 42,131 at Coors Field.
Coors Field finally acted like Coors Field for the Minnesota Twins on Sunday, and Royce Lewis finally acted like Royce Lewis. And Joe Ryan, well, he acted like the All-Star he already is. Lewis, frustrated and baffled by his slump-ridden season,
Royce Lewis hit two home runs — his first career multihomer game — and Joe Ryan struck out 11 in seven innings as the Minnesota Twins beat the Colorado Rockies 7-1 to prevent a three-game sweep.
The third baseman’s grounder was picked up by reliever Edgardo Hernandez, who threw the ball into right field. As it rolled all the way to the outfield wall, all three runners came around to score in the seventh inning of the Twins’ 10-7 win over the Dodgers on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.
In a season defined by inconsistency for the Twins, Joe Ryan has been the polar opposite. The anchor of the Twins’ rotation earned every bit of his first career All-Star nod as a result of that, and d