Minneapolis — Through the first half of the 2018 season, Blake Snell and Nathan Eovaldi have been nearly un-hittable. Snell was 12-4 with a 2.09 ERA coming into last night’s game. Eovaldi, tonight’s starter, has made three starts (of eight) this season of at least six innings pitched and one hit (or fewer).
But for whatever reason, they both did not to have it on consecutive nights. Snell was chased early last night giving up three runs in three innings on 75 pitches. Then tonight, the Twins rapped four runs off Eovaldi in the first inning thanks to four singles and a triple, then four more in the third inning, capped by a 3-run big fly by Joe Mauer.