Twins shutdown Brewers in opener, 2-0

Jesse Johnson-USA TODAY Sports It’s an interleague weekend for the Milwaukee Brewers as they take on their other interstate rivals on the road in Minnesota, and game one pitted Eric Lauer against the well-traveled veteran Andrew Albers. Milwaukee’s left-hander found himself in a hole early, getting into trouble with two outs in the first inning. Rob Refsnyder started the rally with a single, and then Josh Donaldson annihilated an 88 MPH cutter for a two-run homer to make the score 2-0.

Those wound up being the game-winning RBI as the Brewers’ offense could not get much of anything going against the 35 year old who has pitched in Japan, Korea, Venezuela, and in the CanAm and Atlantic Leagues…