
And on Thursday, they homered for the first time since May 4. But Minnesota’s stars needed to take over for the team to go anywhere. Royce Lewis and Alex Kirilloff have reached the majors and can support Buxton and Correa in the lineup.

They traded for Sonny Gray, Joe Ryan, and Pablo López to suppress runs. Ultimately, they spent $300 on Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa to drive winning.
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He couldn’t look back at what he did before the Milwaukee series and apply it when they were playing Boston. There are things Baldelli believes he can do to bring out the best in his stars, but there isn’t a surefire answer. If you’re sending them up here, that means you believe in them to do it. But ultimately, when the guys get in the batter’s box, no one can do anything except allow them to do their jobs - and you have to trust them to do their jobs. You can have roster debates and things like that. You can play certain people and not play other people. What are actionable things? You can change the lineup. You can shake things up is what you can do. However, Baldelli felt there were a few things he could do to break the drought they were in. Baldelli’s playing days are behind him he can’t pinch-hit or take the mound in the eighth. But they had started losing again, dropping five of their next six after playing Milwaukee. They can’t overreact to a single game in a 162-game season. Rocco Baldelli said there were no actionable items after Minnesota’s 10-4 loss on Tuesday. To break their postseason losing streak, they will have to play like they belong to one of the junior circuit’s other divisions. 500 record by winning the AL Central, but they’re going to face a team that’s been battle-tested in the AL East or West. Minnesota may be able to make the playoffs with a. Boston has a similar record to the Twins and is last in the AL East. Detroit took three of four games and split the Boston Red Sox series.

But the Detroit Tigers were coming to town with a 1-11 record in their past 12 games. Were they meeting preseason expectations? No. 500 at the end of their five-game losing streak, the Twins had won four of five and were 35-33. Minnesota beat Milwaukee on June 14 to take the two-game set. They curtailed a five-game losing streak with a 10-inning win in Toronto, then took the series. It also felt like the Minnesota Twins were turning things around. At that moment, it felt like he was back. Correa had done the “My Time” celebration in the postseason, where he’s tied with David Ortiz for the most walk-off hits in playoff history. He tossed his bat to the side, looked at his teammates in the dugout, and tapped his wrist. Still, Correa instinctively knew what to do. Carlos Correa hadn’t hit a first walk-off home run in the regular season until his two-run blast off of Devin Williams beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 7-5, on June 13.
