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The Minnesota Twins scored two runs off of the first eight pitches they saw in their return from the All-Star break.

MINNEAPOLIS — When Tyler Wells threw a wild pitch with a runner on third base in Saturday’s first inning against the Minnesota Twins, it marked only the 11th run against the Orioles right-hander on something other than a home run in his impressive first half of the season.

The 35-year-old left-hander was 2-9 with a 9.20 ERA in 14 starts last year with the White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers. He was released by the Rangers on Sept. 4 and had been a free agent.

He appeared in the 1981 World Series with the New York Yankees and helped the Cubs win their first division title in 1984 before becoming a world champion with the Minnesota Twins in 1987.

To understand the beauty of a Shohei Ohtani start is to anticipate something amazing will happen, even when no fancy records or flashy numbers occur. In his start against the Minnesota Twins on Sunday at Angel Stadium, Ohtani was just another ace with a quality start — yet he was…

These were some bad calls.

BOSTON — “It wasn’t a tryout,” Alex Cora said after Tanner Houck pitched a career-high seven innings in Thursday afternoon’s 11-5 series finale victory over the Minnesota Twins.

The New York Yankees had a new franchise history maker with Isiah Kiner-Falefa throwing the slowest pitch in their history, beating out 350,000 other tracked throws in the 11-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins