Gio Urshela has announced his retirement after 10 Major League seasons spent with the Guardians, Blue Jays, Yankees, Twins, Angels, Tigers, Braves and A's.
Happy birthday to Twins Hall of Famer, 2006 AL MVP and Silver Slugger and current @twinstv broadcaster, Justin Morneau!
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Francisco Liriano pitched the fifth no-hitter in #MNTwins history on a chilly 42-degree night in Chicago on this date in 2011, beating the White Sox 1-0. The Twins’ only run came on a Jason “Klutch” Kubel homer in the fourth inning.
Liriano was far from perfect, issuing six walks—the same as St. Paul native Jack Morris when he pitched his no-hitter on a similarly chilly day in Chicago in April 1984. (Nolan Ryan walked eight when he no-hit the Twins in Anaheim in 1974.)
Liriano was 1-4 with a 9.13 ERA coming into his no-hitter. Interesting to note that Scott Erickson was 1-3 with a 7.48 ERA before pitching his no-hitter in April 1994, and coming off a 1993 season in which he led the majors with 19 losses and the most hits allowed.
Liriano only struck out two batters in his no-hitter, despite averaging 7.5 K’s per nine innings that season and 9.2 per nine over the course of his career. He threw 123 pitches—only 66 for strikes.
He finished the season with a 9-10 record, 5.09 ERA, and 1.489 WHIP. The no-hitter was Liriano’s only complete game as a Twin. (He pitched two complete games with the Pirates in 2013.)
This was the second Twins no-hitter in which six runners reached base. The first was the Twins’ first no-hitter, thrown by Dean Chance in the second game of a doubleheader in Cleveland on August 25, 1967. Chance completed the no-hitter despite giving up an earned run. He walked the first two batters of the game and then the bases were loaded on an error by third baseman César Tovar. Chance then threw a wild pitch, giving Cleveland an early 1-0 lead. The Twins went on to win 2-1 as Chance walked five and struck out eight. Cleveland hit into two double plays. (Liriano induced three double plays in his no-hitter.)
"I've been blessed to wear this jersey my whole career"
An emotional moment in the clubhouse this morning as we celebrated Buck reaching 10 years in the big leagues
22 years ago today, Joe Mauer made his MLB debut!
To celebrate his Hall of Fame career, we're giving away a signed Mauer replica statue!
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No cap... In honor of Royce hitting the team's first home run of the season, we're giving away a signed Royce Lewis hat 🧢
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