KANSAS CITY, MO. – Aaron Thompson, the 28-year-old rookie, is learning how gut-wrenching losses on the major league level can be.
He didn’t do his job on Wednesday, walking Eric Hosmer, a lefthanded hitter that the lefthanded Thompson is supposed to get out. It ended up one of the checkpoints along the way to the Twins blowing a lead and losing 6-5 to the Royals. The team took the loss hard, but it was a swing game that often shows what a team is made of.
“When you lose on this level, it stinks,” Thompson said. “It’s not, ‘Oh, we have another game tomorrow.