Mike Pelfrey gave up five runs in two innings as he tries to accelerate his return from Tommy John surgery, and the Minnesota Twins lost to the Boston Red Sox 7-3 Thursday.
The Minnesota Twins rallied to tie in the ninth inning, then scored a pair of runs in the top of the 10th to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 Monday night.
Darin Mastroianni hopes to run his way onto the Minnesota Twins. The 27-year-old, who has 78 games of big league experience over the past two seasons, walked twice, stole a base and scored a run Sunday in the Twins’ 7-4 loss to a Pittsburgh Pirates’ split squad.
Cole De Vries made his second start and fourth appearance of spring training for Minnesota and gave up one run — not earned — and one hit in three innings as the Twins defeated Pittsburgh 5-4 Saturday.
Aaron Hicks hit three home runs and the Minnesota Twins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-6 victory on Thursday.. A split-squad of Twins fell to Boston 12-5.
Angel Pagan led an All-Star lineup for Puerto Rico’s national team by going 2 for 3 with an RBI in an 8-7 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday in a tuneup for the World Baseball Classic.
David Price struck out five in three shutout innings and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Sunday. Twins newcomer Mike Pelfrey gave up one hit and a walk in three shutout innings.
Justin Morneau homered in his final game with Minnesota before leaving for the World Baseball Classic, but the Twins lost to the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday.