So how did Alvarez, who has long spoke of his desire for his family to see him play, respond when he learned that they'd finally be watching him after such a long wait? “We know that in order to make things happen we have to confront difficulties and that’s why we’re here today.” “It never crossed our minds that we were not going to be able to be here,” his father said. “We’ve had to go through a lot of difficulties to get here today.”ĭespite those struggles, the family never lost hope that they’d make it to see their son play in the majors. Verlander's big night moved him past Pedro Martinez (3,154) and Max Scherzer (3,157) and into 13th place on the all-time strikeout list with 3,161.“It was an extensive process to get here,” Salazar said. He is set to be the team’s designated hitter Wednesday before playing in the outfield Thursday. Twins: OF Kyle Garlick (bruised rib cage) is scheduled to begin a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A St. Sanchez, who was the starter in a combined no-hitter for the Astros in 2019 against Seattle, yielded six hits and two runs in four-plus innings after being called up from Triple-A Tuesday. “The mound visit constitutes the manager going on top of the mound and talking to the pitcher, that’s a visit. Tichenor said Baldelli should have known that he had been charged with a visit. I disagreed and I disagreed on multiple levels." “At the bare minimum I think there’s probably it’s necessary for someone to come over and let us know that a visit was given," he said. He was soon ejected by first base umpire Todd Tichenor, but that didn’t stop him from screaming and gesturing wildly for a couple more minutes before leaving the field.īaldelli said he was upset because believes he was charged with a visit to the mound when he went to try and calm down Sanchez and wasn't properly informed of it. Order was soon restored, but after Yuli Gurriel walked on four pitches, Baldelli came out of the dugout yelling at the umpires. There was some jawing between Altuve and Sanchez and benches cleared, but there wasn’t any pushing or shoving. Things got testy in the fifth when Twins starter Aaron Sanchez (0-1) plunked Jose Altuve on the left thigh. I knew I had their support, but obviously they weren’t here." And when I arrived here, I arrived by myself.
“Obviously, when I came into the United States it was not easy. “It means everything," he said in Spanish through a translator. Until their late rally, the most noise Minnesota made came when manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected during an animated argument.Īlvarez was moved to know how special it was for his parents to finally see him play after being away from them for so long. The Twins lost their fourth straight in a night of struggles at the plate that came after they placed All-Star outfielder Byron Buxton on the injured list with a hip strain. The Twins scored twice in the ninth and had the bases loaded before Bryan Abreu struck out Jake Cave to end it. “I didn’t want to get no-hit on the first game back, so I had to drop that one in there," Correa said.Īlex Bregman's homer helped the AL West-leading Astros build a 4-0 lead. Ryne Stanek relieved to begin the seventh and Correa led off with Minnesota's first hit.
He is the only active player to have thrown three no-hitters - in May, he lost a no-hit try against the Twins in the eighth inning at Target Field. The 39-year-old Verlander was pulled after 91 pitches. But not now and specifically not after Tommy John in my first season back." “Maybe 15 years ago, 10 years ago when I loved throwing 130-something. 91 pitches, you know it’s not going to be one of those nights," Verlander said.
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