{"id":15076,"date":"2025-05-10T04:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/15076\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T04:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T04:30:24","slug":"twins-3-giants-1-chris-paddack-dominates-to-extend-win-streak-to-six-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/15076\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins 3, Giants 1: Chris Paddack Dominates to Extend Win Streak to Six – Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBox Score <\/a>
Chris Paddack<\/a>:\u00a07 \u2153 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Home Runs:\u00a0None
Top 3 WPA:\u00a0Chris Paddack (.305), Byron Buxton<\/a> (.143), Carlos Correa<\/a> (.095)
Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tAfter a tepid start to the season, fortune seems to have found the Twins. Yet another uninspiring outing last Friday begat a five-game winning streak. The typical pitfalls\u2014untimely hitting; poor defense; inconsistent relief pitching\u2014turned, with the club appearing before us bearing a different nature than the one lamented and consternated over just a week ago. Would that success continue? We shall see.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMinnesota wasted little time starting the game\u2019s action. Byron Buxton locked onto one of Jordan Hicks<\/a>\u2019 signature sinkers and cracked the offering deep into the right-center gap; he dashed around the bases to showcase one of the game\u2019s most gorgeous plays: a Buxton triple. Trevor Larnach<\/a> singled him home two pitches later.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThat early run was likely appreciated by Chris Paddack, who entered May 9th winless, with a 5.57 ERA stretched across 32 \u2153 innings. For whatever reason, the usually competent righty hadn\u2019t found 2025 friendly; hitters had crushed his fastball, and the changeup that seemed to always coax critical outs more often landed safely in green grass. The world seemingly had no more room for sheriffs.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tYet, May 9th nearly became a historic day for Paddack. He dodged a 1st-inning homer scare\u2014Willy Adames<\/a>\u2019 deep fly ball to left appeared a homer so convincing that the umpires allowed him to jog the bases before erasing the score\u2014and fell into a deep groove. The heater had life. Breakers nicked the zone. Every offering looked like the exact one the batter least expected. Paddack was almost impossibly good. Even the best hurlers rarely dice through major league batters with such efficiency; he sat at just 73 pitches after seven innings.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd he came awfully close to throwing a perfect game. Closer than most will ever get. That\u2019s the funny thing about such an accomplishment: it doesn\u2019t suddenly appear, rather, a perfect game builds over a few hours, evolving from a \u201cman, he looks good\u201d type of feeling, to a few \u201cthis is legitimately possible\u201d thoughts, before concluding with anxious intensity. Paddack didn\u2019t reach that final stage, but he did pitch until the sixth before surrendering his first base runner. And it wasn\u2019t until the seventh that the Giants finally scored a run off him. In the end, he\u2019ll settle for a garden-variety excellent start. I\u2019m sure that\u2019s still a terribly comforting feeling.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tFor their part, Minnesota continued to support their starter throughout the game. Carlos Correa singled home Ty France<\/a> in the fourth, thanks in large part to a clever decision to dart to 2nd to coax a cutoff that otherwise may have nabbed the lethargic France. Then, Buxton added a third run the following frame by poking an RBI single into left field.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tAt 3-1 heading into the 8th, Paddack remained on the mound. He certainly earned the privilege. Heliot Ramos<\/a> solidly stroked a single into center and LaMonte Wade Jr.<\/a> flew out. That was enough. Rocco Baldelli<\/a> pulled his starter, who exited the game to a heroes\u2019 chorus of cheers and admiration.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThere remained just one problem: the bullpen. Rather,\u00a0who\u00a0of Minnesota’s relievers would finish the game, given that Griffin Jax<\/a> and Jhoan\u00a0Dur\u00e1n had pitched on back-to-back days. Louis Varland<\/a> entered first, and cleanly worked out of the eighth. The ninth coaxed… Danny Coulombe<\/a>? Sure. The lefty hadn’t allowed a run since, like, the Nixon administration. And the decision worked out: Coulombe erased three San Francisco hitters with just nine pitches. Eight for strikes. The final out landed softly in Harrison Bader<\/a>‘s glove, and it officially added a sixth win to the Twins’ winning streak.\n<\/p>\n

\n\t\u00a0Notes:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPost-Game Interview:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat\u2019s Next?
The Twins and Giants face off again on Saturday, with Joe Ryan<\/a> set to battle against Logan Webb<\/a>. First pitch is at 6:15 PM.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tBullpen Usage Spreadsheet\n<\/p>\n

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