MINNEAPOLIS — Sonny Gray received a standing ovation from the announced 23,093 fans at Target Field on Tuesday after he put up 10 strikeouts in six-plus scoreless innings en route to a 9-0 victory.
In all, the starter (7-3 with the win) gave up only one walk and three hits, with two of them coming to lead off the seventh inning. Reliever Caleb Thielbar came in with two on base and induced three consecutive outs, the final two on strikeouts.
The Twins offense successfully hit in every inning. Gio Urshela hit a leadoff single in the second, later coming home on Sandy Leon's safety squeeze bunt. Luis Arraez then delivered a RBI single to make it 2-0.
