MINNEAPOLIS — Bailey Ober owns a 2.83 ERA in his 11 starts for the Twins this season, which is really good. If Ober had enough innings to qualify for the ERA title — and he's only about 10 innings shy of it now — he would rank seventh in the American League.
But you know who has pitched even better than Ober? Pretty much every starting pitcher who has faced the Twins' right-hander this season.
Ober turned in his standard just-a-couple-of-mistakes performance on Tuesday, a couple of which carried over the fences at Target Field. But as has become a painful reality for the former 12th-round pick this season, he was outpitched yet again. Kutter Crawford and two Red Sox relievers shut down the Twins, Boston's hitters punished Minnesota's beleaguered bullpen, and the Twins lost for the fifth time in six days, 10-4 at Target Field.
