MINNESOTA TWINS NOTES:
THE TWINS: After completing their six-game homestand with a record of 4-2 (2-1 vs. both Houston and Chicago-AL), the Twins began their seven-game, eight-day roadtrip with consecutive victories over the Yankees in New York the last two nights…today they will play the third of four at Yankee Stadium and finish the series tomorrow afternoon…they will travel to Boston on the off-day Monday, then play the Red Sox for three games at Fenway Park from Tuesday-Thursday.
Their current four-game winning streak matches their season-high, previously done to open the season, from March 30-April 3.
Twins are looking to win 11 of their first 15 games for the third time since 1961…also in 2001 (12-3), 1972 (12-3) and 2010 (11-4).
THE CARLOS CORREA GAME: The Twins beat the Yankees last night at Yankee Stadium by a score of 4-3, scoring all four runs after the fifth inning…Louie Varland was the starter, allowing three runs on six hits in 6.0 innings pitched with eight strikeouts…he allowed three solo home runs, two coming to the first two Yankees he faced (Volpe & Judge)…Emilio Pagán (W), Jorge López (H) and Jhoan Duran (S) combined to pitch 3.0 scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts…Carlos Correa put the Twins on the board with a sixth inning home run, Kyle Garlick homered in the next inning, then Correa doubled-in two runs in the top of the eighth to take the lead…the Correa home run was measured at 331 feet, the shortest for a Twin in the Statcast Era (since 2008).
MAX HEALTH: The Twins have reinstated outfielder Max Kepler from the 10-day Injured List… Kepler, who missed the Twins’ last10 games with right patellar tendinitis, went 2-for-16, with a walk and a home run in four games prior to landing on the 10-day Injured List on April 8…to make room for Kepler on the 26-man roster, the Twins have optioned outfielder Matt Wallner to Triple-A St. Paul…Wallner played in six games for the Twins, going 0-for-8 with one walk.
STARTING STRONG: Below are Twins starting pitching ranks in all of baseball:
ERA BAA INNINGS FIP WHIP HITS K’s OPS
MIN – 2.46 MIN – .189 MIN – 84.0 TB – 2.37 MIN – 0.89 TB – 54 MIN – 104 TB – .557
TB – 2.65 TB – .209 SD – 81.1 MIN – 3.20 TB – 1.04 CHC – 55 TB – 88 MIN – .561
SF – 3.15 MIL – .222 KC – 77.2 LAD – 3.41 LAD – 1.11 MIN – 57 TEX – 85 LAD – .664
MIL – 3.38 LAA – .232 LAD – 77.2 PHI – 3.53 MIL – 1.16 NYY – 60 CWS – 85 MIL – .668
LAA – 3.48 LAD – .234 MIL – 77.1 ATL – 3.72 SF – 1.17 LAA – 60 BOS – 76 LAA – .680
ROC MILESTONES: Rocco Baldelli needs two wins to reach 300 managerial victories in his career… below are the Twins’ all-time managerial wins leaders (left) and Baldelli’s milestone victories (right):
NOTE: Since 2019, Baldelli ranks fourth in the AL in wins, trailing Kevin Cash (335), Aaron Boone (335) and Terry Francona (308).
TWINS-YANKEES: The Twins and Yankees are playing the third of seven scheduled games in 2023…after this four-game series, the Twins will host the Yankees for three games from April 24-26 at Target Field…since 2002, the Twins have gone 40-98 against the Yankees in regular season play…since the start of 2017, they are 4-16 in regular season games at Yankee Stadium.
Carlos Correa is hitting .322 (48-for-149) with nine doubles, 13 home runs, 33 RBI, 17 walks, a .389 on-base percentage, a .644 slugging percentage and a 1.034 OPS in 39 career regular season games against the Yankees…he has hit safely in eight straight against New York, homering five times in that span…additionally, he has homered in four-straight games at Yankee Stadium.
BRAND NEW (YORK) STATE OF MIND: Including the 2022 season series finale, the Twins have won three straight over the Yankees for the first time since July 13-14, 2013 (2 at NYY)-May 30, 2014 (1 at NYY)…a win today would give the Twins four-straight wins over the Yankees for the first time since September 21-22, 1993 (2 at NYY)-May 17-18, 1994 (2 at MIN).
Three straight wins in one single season in New York would mark the first time since winning three straight at old Yankee Stadium from May 2, 3 and July 6, 1992.
During the last three wins at Yankee Stadium, Correa is 5-for-11 (.455) with one double, three home runs, six RBI and a 1.864 OPS… also two go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning.
ARE YOU SERIES?: The Twins are looking to win a series over the Yankees for the first time since taking two out of three September 10-12, 2018 at Target Field…their last series victory in NY came in a three-game series May 30-June 1, 2014 (2-1)…Twins have won a four-game series over the Yankees just four times since 1961: September 2-4, 1966 in MN; July 3-5, 1967 in MN (sweep); May 23-25, 1969 in NY; and July 5-8, 1984 in MN.
C4 U.S. TOUR: In his last 33 road games, dating back to August 13, 2022, Carlos Correa is hitting .325 (41-for-126) with six doubles, six home runs, 19 RBI, 14 walks, a .392 on-base percentage and a .931 OPS…since that date, he ranks fifth in the AL in road OPS and sixth in both batting average and on-base percentage (minimum 100 plate appearances).
DAY MEN, FIGHTERS OF THE NIGHT MEN: The Twins are playing their 10th day game today…nine day games are tied with Chicago-AL, New York-NL and San Francisco for the most in baseball…they have gone 6-3 in day games, tied with New York-NL for second-most day wins in baseball, trailing Tampa Bay, who is 7-0 in such games.
Notables hitters in day games this season: Christian Vázquez is 7-for-16 (.438), Donovan Solano is 9-for-25 (.360), Ryan Jeffers is
5-for-14 (.357), Byron Buxton is 12-for-36 (.333).
JACKIE ROBINSON DAY: As has been tradition each season since 2004, MLB and Clubs are commemorating Jackie Robinson Day at ballparks throughout the league tomorrow – the anniversary of Robinson’s historic MLB debut as he broke baseball’s color barrier in 1947…yesterday morning, Byron Buxton, Nick Gordon and third base coach Tommy Watkins went on a special tour of the Jackie Robinson Museum with MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds.
Players, managers, coaches, umpires and all on-field personnel will once again wear Robinson’s iconic number.
‘42’ logo will appear on as a patch on New Era caps.
Special batting practice t-shirts, which have been designed by The Players Alliance and provided by Nike, will be worn by players pre-game.
ADDITIONALLY: Twins are 20-31 all-time on Jackie Robinson Day (since 1961)…the Twins have won four of their last five Jackie Robinson Day’s at home, dating back to 2015.
STARTING PITCHER – TYLER MAHLE 51
Making his third start and appearance of 2023 and second road start…also his 121st career appearance and 120th start.
Facing New York-AL for the first time in his career…1-0, 4.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 6 ER) with one walk and 12 strikeouts in two career starts vs. AL East opponents.
Acquired from the Cincinnati Reds via trade on August 2, 2022 in exchange for minor league infielders Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Spencer Steer, and left-handed pitcher Steve Hajjar
LAST TIME OUT: In his first start at Target Field this year, Mahle lost to the Houston Astros in the series finale on April 9, going 6.0 innings with four runs and eight hits allowed, one walk and six strikeouts…Astros outfielder Chas McCormick drove in all four runs off Mahle, hitting a two-run home run in the third inning and a two-run double in the fifth…Mahle threw 90 pitches for the first time in his last six starts dating back to August 5, 2022…right-hander Hunter Brown started for Houston and earned the win…Mahle’s only run support was an RBI double from infielder Donovan Solano in the bottom of the fourth inning…Twins lost 5-1 but won the three-game series 2-1.
TWO STARTS AGO: Mahle won his 2023 season debut, pitching 5.0 innings and allowing one run and five hits with one walk and seven strikeouts vs. the Miami Marlins April 3…opposed Marlins right-hander Johnny Cueto…Mahle retired nine of 10 batters in a stretch from the second to the fifth inning with five strikeouts…he allowed his lone run in the bottom of the fifth when former Twin Luis Arraez hit an RBI single…threw 83 pitches and left with Twins leading 8-1 after 5.0 innings…eight runs of support were tied for fourth most in his career…Minnesota won 11-1 to take the series opener.
NEW YORK NEWBIE: Tonight is Mahle’s first career start against the Yankees…New York-AL is the 27th opponent he has faced in his major league career; yet to face Cincinnati, Boston and Tampa Bay…is 9-11, 4.62 ERA (126.2 IP, 65 ER) with 57 walks and 125 strikeouts in 26 career starts when facing a team for the first time…in his last three starts facing new opponents, Mahle is 2-0, 3.57 ERA (17.2 IP, 7 ER) with three walks and 20 strikeouts…against the American League East division, Mahle is 1-0, 4.50 ERA (12.0 IP, 6 ER) with one walk and 12 strikeouts in two career starts, both in the 2022 season vs. Baltimore and Toronto.
AT HOME ON THE ROAD: Mahle has better career numbers on the road than at home, going 20-21, 3.73 ERA (321.1 IP, 133 ER) with 104 walks and 315 strikeouts in 62 career road starts…in 58 home appearances (57 starts), Mahle is 13-19, 5.02 ERA (299.2 IP, 167 ER) with 124 walks and 347 strikeouts…since 2021, Mahle is 13-5, 2.79 ERA (154.2 IP, 48 ER) with 46 walks, 170 strikeouts and a .205 opponent batting average in 28 road starts…his 2.79 ERA on the road since 2021 ranks seventh in baseball (min. 150.0 IP).
LEFT VS. RIGHT: Left-handed hitters are batting .100 (1-for-10) with three strikeouts against Mahle this season…righties are hitting .375 (12-for-32) with two doubles, one home run and 10 strikeouts… all eight hits Mahle allowed in his last start April 9 vs. Houston were to righties…is holding lefties to just 2-for-26 (.077) in his six starts with the Twins since being traded from Cincinnati last season.
Owns a .192 (125-for-652) opponent batting average against left-handed hitters since the start of 2020, second best in the majors in that span (min. 500 AB), behind only Milwaukee’s Brandon Woodruff (.186).
MAHLE’S MIX: Mahle has utilized a four-pitch arsenal this year, primarily relying on a four-seam fastball and slider…averaged 92.9 mph and topped out at 94.6 mph with his four-seam fastball on April 9 vs. Houston…recorded seven whiffs with his slider and four with his splittler in his last start… here’s a look at Mahle’s 2023 repertoire, per Baseball Savant:
PITCH (AVG. MPH) PCT. (#, vs. RHB/LHB) RESULTS
4-Seam Fastball (93.4)……… 50.9% (88 pitches, 68/20)……………………………. .353 (6-for-17), 2 2B, 5 K
Slider (84.3)……………………… 33.5% (58 pitches, 55/3)……………………………. .350 (7-for-20), 1 HR, 7 K
Split Finger (85.8)……………… 13.3% (23 pitches, 9/14)………………………………………. .000 (0-for-3), 1 K
Cutter (86.2) ……………………….. 2.3% (4 pitches, 0/4)……………………………………………….. .000 (0-for-2)
2022 NOTES:
Combined to go 6-8, 4.40 ERA (120.2 IP, 59 ER) with 43 walks and 126 strikeouts in 23 starts between Reds and Twins.
Began sixth major league season with Cincinnati and was club’s Opening Day starter for first time in career…started April 7 at Atlanta, allowing one unearned run on three hits in 5.0 innings pitched, with two walks and seven strikeouts, earning the win.
Went 3-2, 2.83 ERA (57.1 IP, 18 ER) with a .212 opponent batting average in nine starts from May 29-July 30, leading up to trade with Twins.
Acquired by Minnesota via trade with Cincinnati August 2, in exchange for infielders Christian Encarnacion-Strand and Spencer Steer, and left-handed pitcher Steve Hajjar.
Earned first win as Twin in second start with Minnesota August 12 at Los Angeles-AL, pitching 6.0 shutout innings with three hits allowed, two walks and six strikeouts.
Placed on 15-day Injured List August 20 with right shoulder inflammation; reinstated on September 3; placed back on 15-day IL the next day, ending his season.
NEW YORK YANKEES NOTES:
AT A GLANCE: The Yankees continue their season-high 10-game homestand today with the third game of a four-game series vs. Minnesota (0-2 thus far)…will also play three-game sets vs. Los Angeles-AL (4/18-20) and Toronto (4/21-23)…went 4-2 on their recent road trip, winning two-of three in Baltimore and Cleveland.
Have lost back-to-back games for the first time this season.
With an 0-2 start to their four-game series vs. the Twins, snapped their four-series winning streak to start the season…according to Elias, it was just the fifth time in franchise history the Yankees won their first four series (also won their first five series in 2010 and 1926 and also won their first four series in 1922 and 2020).
YESTERDAY’S NEWS: The Yankees fell to the Twins, 4-3, on Friday at Yankee Stadium…LHP Nestor Cortes (7.0IP, 5H, 2ER, 0BB, 7K, 2HR, 2HP) made his third start of the season and did not record a decision despite allowing just 2R over 7.0IP…SS Anthony Volpe (1-for-3, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI, 1BB) and CF Aaron Judge (1-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the game…DH Giancarlo Stanton (2-for-4, 1R, 1HR, 1RBI) hit his fourth home run of the season with a solo HR in the sixth inning…LF Oswaldo Cabrera (2-for-4, 1SB) picked up his fourth multi-hit game of the season…RHP Clay Holmes (1.0IP, 2H, 2ER, 1BB) suffered his first loss of the season after allowing a two-run double to Carlos Correa in the eighth inning…LHP Wandy Peralta (1.0IP, 1BB, 2K) tossed a scoreless ninth inning.
TWINNING: The Yankees are 98-40 (.710) vs. Minnesota since 2002, the Majors’ best record by any team vs. an opponent in its own league in that span…including the postseason, have gone 114-42 (.731) vs. the Twins since 2002.
With an 0-2 start to their four-game series vs. the Twins, snapped their seven-series winning streak vs. the Twins (since 2019) and their eight-series winning streak against the Twins at Yankee Stadium (since 2015).
Are still 13-5 in their last 18 games vs. the Twins (since 7/23/19) and 23-9 in their last 32 games vs. Minnesota (since 9/18/17).
Including the postseason, are still 19-4 in their last 23 games vs. the Twins in the Bronx since 2017 and 24-5 vs. Minnesota at Yankee Stadium since 2015.
ALL RISE: OF Aaron Judge hit his fifth home run of the season on Friday with a solo HR in the first inning…has 5HR in his 14 games this season…marks the third time in the last 10 years a Yankee has hit 5HR through the club’s first 14 games (also Judge’s 8HR in 2020 and Gary Sánchez’s 6HR in 2019).
His 5HR are tied for the third-most in the AL and tied for the fifth-most in the Majors.
Has reached base in 13 of 14 games this season.
Has reached base in 46 of his last 47 games (since 8/29/22).
STANTON ISLAND: OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton hit his fourth
home run of the season on Friday with a solo HR in the sixth
inning…has reached base in 11 of 12 games this season.
Is hitting .313 (10-for-32) with 4R, 2 doubles, 2HR and 5RBI in his last eight games (since 4/4).
MAGIC WANDY: LHP Wandy Peralta has not allowed a run in six relief appearances this season (5.2IP, 2H, 3BB, 9K)…has held opponents to a .105 BA (2-for-19)…has not allowed a hit to his last 12BF.
BRONX BOMBERS: Yankees batters have homered in 13-of14 games this season…their 23HR are tied with San Francisco (23HR in 13G) for the third-most in the Majors, trailing only Tampa Bay (34HR in 14G) and Los Angeles-NL (26HR in 14G).
IN THE BIG INNING: INF Anthony Volpe and OF Aaron Judge hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the game on Friday vs. Minnesota…it marked the 12th time in franchise history the Yankees have accomplished the feat and the first since DJ LeMahieu and Judge did so on 6/25/19 vs. Toronto.
Marked the first time the Yankees hit back-to-back home runs this season.
NEW YORK GIANTS: OF Aaron Judge and DH/OF Giancarlo Stanton both homered on Friday vs. Minnesota…marked the 28th time during the regular season the pair has both homered in the same game with the Yankees…marked just the third time the Yankees lost one of those games (are 25-3 in those games)…the duo has also homered in four Yankees postseason games, with the Yankees winning each of those games.
Friday marked the second time this season the duo has homered in the same game (also 4/2 vs. San Francisco).
NASTY NESTOR: LHP Nestor Cortes made his third start of the season on Friday and did not record a decision despite allowing just 2R over 7.0IP…is 2-0 with a 2.60 ERA (17.1IP, 5ER) in three starts this season.
Has allowed 2R-or-fewer in nine consecutive starts since 8/21/22, going 5-0 with a 1.78 ERA (50.2IP, 10ER)…his nine-start streak of allowing 2R-or-fewer matches the longest such streak by a Yankees starting pitcher in franchise history (excludes Chad Green’s 12-start streak as an opener from 6/11/17-8/12/19-G2)…in addition to Cortes’ other nine-start streak from 9/25/21-5/15/22, Luis Severino (9/12/18-4/20/22), Michael Pineda (4/5-9/5/14) and Art Ditmar (7/26-9/9/59) have all recorded nine-start streaks.
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in each of his last 15 starts (since 7/14/22), tied with Ron Guidry (15GS from 4/8- 6/22/78) and Bob Shawkey (15GS from 6/15-9/7/1917- G2) for the fourth-longest such streak in franchise history…trails only Russ Ford (20GS from 8/9/1910-G2- 5/27/1911-G2), his own 19-start streak (8/15/21-6/2/22- G1) and Luis Severino (16GS from 4/16-7/7/18).
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in 41-of-45 starts since the beginning of 2021 and 2R-or-fewer in 35 of those starts… in 53 appearances (45 starts) since the beginning of 2021, has gone 16-7 with a 2.61 ERA (268.2IP, 78ER), 281K and a .203 (199-for-981) opponents’ BA.
Has allowed 3R-or-fewer in each of his last 24 starts at home (since 7/4/21-G2), the longest such streak by a Yankees starting pitcher in franchise history (next: Domingo Germán – 16GS from 4/1/19-6/6/21)…is the longest streak in the Majors (excluding openers) since Lance McCullers Jr. recorded a 27-start streak from 5/18/15-6/30/17 (Ryne Stanek had a 30-start streak as an opener from 5/26/18- 7/3/19)…has gone 8-2 with a 2.32 ERA (135.2IP, 35ER) in that span…has allowed 2R-or-fewer in 20 of those 24 starts.
CLOSE CALLS: Five of the Yankees’ six losses this season have been by 3R-or-fewer…four of their six losses have been by 2R-or-fewer and three of their losses have been by one run.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER: RHP DOMINGO GERMÁN (0-1, 5.87 ERA)
RHP Domingo Germán will make his third start of the season today vs. Minnesota…the 30-year-old will start on regular four days’ rest…did not record a decision in his last start on Monday at Cleveland after allowing 2R/1ER and a career high-tying 5BB in 3.0IP (2H, 0K)…made his season debut on 4/4 vs. Philadelphia and took the loss, allowing 4ER over 4.2IP (4H, 0BB, 8K, 2HR)…his 8K were his most in a game since recording 10K on 7/25/21 at Boston…in 2022, went 2-5 with a 3.61 ERA (72.1IP, 65H, 31R/29ER, 19BB, 58K, 11HR) in 15 games (14 starts) with the Yankees…allowed 3R-or-fewer in a career-high 12 consecutive starts from 7/27-9/30/22…missed the first 93 games of the season with right shoulder impingement syndrome…in six seasons with the Yankees, is 26-22 with a 4.40 ERA (421.1IP, 206ER) and 437K in 94 career games (72 starts)…was signed by the Yankees as a minor league free agent on 12/11/15…was originally acquired by the Yankees from the Miami Marlins along with RHP Nathan Eovaldi and INF Garrett Jones in exchange for RHP David Phelps and INF Martín Prado on 12/19/14.
LAST TIME OUT: Made his second start of the season on Monday at Cleveland and did not record a decision after allowing 2R/1ER over 3.0IP (2H, 5BB, 0K)…his 5BB allowed tied a career high (also 5BB on 4/1/19 vs. Detroit)…also marked his first career start with 0K.
VS. MINNESOTA: Is 1-0 with a 5.48 ERA (21.1IP, 13ER) and 23K in five career games (three starts) vs. Minnesota.
Made his last start against the Twins on 9/7/22-G1 at Yankee Stadium (ND, 6.0IP, 7H, 3ER, 1BB, 6K, 1HR).
Allowed a career-high 8ER over 3.2IP (9H, 2BB, 3K, 3HR, 2HP) on 7/23/19 at Minnesota.
Is 1-0 with a 2.55 ERA (17.2IP, 5ER) and 20K in four career appearances (two starts) vs. the Twins at Yankee Stadium.
Is 5-4 with a 4.92 ERA (75.0IP, 41ER) and 84K in 17 career appearances (12 starts) against AL Central teams…is 3-1 with a 1.96 ERA (36.2IP, ER) and 49K in eight career appearances (five starts) at home vs. AL Central teams.
DOMINGO’S DEBUT: Made his season debut on 4/4 vs. Philadelphia and took the loss, allowing 4ER over 4.2IP (4H, 0BB, 8K, 2HR)…marked his fourth
career start with at least 8K and 0BB allowed (9K, 0BB on 4/18/19 vs. Kansas City; 9K, 0BB on 6/19/18 vs. Seattle; 9K, 0BB on 6/9/18 at New York-NL)…his 8K were his most in a game since recording 10K on 7/25/21 at Boston…allowed 1BB-or-fewer for the ninth time in his last 12 starts (since 8/6/22 at St. Louis)…allowed 4ER for a second straight start (4ER on 10/5/22 at Texas, his final regular season start in 2022)…marks the fourth time in his career he’s allowed 4ER-or-more in consecutive starts.
HOME SWEET HOME: Has gone 12-9 with a 3.93 ERA (199.0IP, 155H, 92R/87ER, 70BB, 222K, 40HR) in 45 career games (34 starts) at Yankee Stadium… has allowed 3ER-or-fewer in 30 of his 34 home starts…went 2-1 with a 3.78 ERA (33.1IP, 14ER) and 28K in seven starts at Yankee Stadium in 2022.
Has held opponents to a .209 BA (155-for-740) at Yankee Stadium in his career, compared to a .253 BA (222-for-878) on the road.
His 10 wins at Yankee Stadium since 2019 are tied with Nestor Cortes for the fourth-most wins by any pitcher during that span, trailing only Gerrit Cole (17), Jameson Taillon (12) and Masahiro Tanaka (11).
2022: Went 2-5 with a 3.61 ERA (72.1IP, 65H, 31R/29ER, 19BB, 58K, 11HR) in 15 games (14 starts) with the Yankees…opponents hit .236 (65-for-275, 11HR); LH .230 (31-for-135, 5HR); RH .243 (34-for-140, 6HR).
Surrendered 3R-or-fewer in 12 of his 14 starts, including 2R-or-fewer in eight starts and 1R-orfewer in four starts.
Allowed 1BB-or-fewer in nine of his 14 starts in 2022.
Missed the first 93 games of the season with right shoulder impingement syndrome (4/8-7/21-G1).
Surrendered 3R-or-fewer in a career-high 12 straight starts from 7/27-9/30 (previous: nine straight starts from 4/22-6/6/21)…also allowed 2R-or-fewer in four straight starts from 7/27-8/12, tying the longest streak of his career (also four straight starts from 5/9-27/21).
Allowed 1R-or-fewer in back-to-back starts from 8/6-12…marked the fourth time in his career he has accomplished the feat (also from 5/15-20/21, 7/3-12/19 and 9/29/18-4/1/19).
Tossed at least 6.0 innings in four consecutive starts from 8/22-9/7-G1…matched the second-longest such stretch of his career, trailing only a five-start stretch from 4/7-5/5/19…also did so in four straight starts from 6/7-7/18/19 and 6/4-19/18.
Did not record a decision on 8/27 at Oakland despite tossing a career-high 7.2 scoreless innings (3H, 0BB, 5K, 0HR, 1HP)…did not allow a hit over his first 5.1IP and retired 16 of his first 17BF (1HP) before allowing an infield single to Nick Allen in the sixth inning.
Made his only relief appearance of the season on 9/16 at Milwaukee, tossing 1.2 scoreless innings (1H, 1BB, 2K)…marked his first relief outing since 10/1/21 vs. Tampa Bay…was his longest relief appearance since 7/11/21 at Houston (2.0IP).
Made just one postseason appearance — his first career postseason appearance — in ALCS Game 3 vs. Houston, tossing a scoreless inning of relief (2BB, 1K).
