Official Site of the Twins · May 31, 2018
Beltre to DH in return from DL; Rua optioned
Mauer leaves with neck injury When the Astros won their first World Series last year, the most important closers in baseball didn't turn out to be Aroldis Chapman or Craig Kimbrel or Kenley Jansen. The two most important closers turned out to be Lance McCullers Jr. in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series and Charlie Morton in Game 7 of the World Series. Neither one simply pitched the ninth inning of those games, normally a closer's office. McCullers pitched four shutout innings against the Yankees. Morton pitched four innings of one-run ball against the Dodgers.