{"id":809102,"date":"2026-09-19T16:27:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/809102\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T16:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T16:27:17","slug":"twins-3-angels-0-connor-prielipp-dominates-in-shutout-win-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/809102\/","title":{"rendered":"Twins 3, Angels 0: Connor Prielipp Dominates in Shutout Win – Twins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBox Score<\/a>
Connor Prielipp<\/a>:\u00a07 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
Home Runs:\u00a0Walker Jenkins<\/a> (3)
Top 3 WPA:\u00a0Connor Prielipp (.410), Walker Jenkins (.110), Brooks Lee<\/a> (.090)
Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tAn aimless wandering; an exploration of parts unknown; the playing out of a season whose finality is understood and sealed. Though postseason hopes are stale and dead, the games ahead are an important test, allowing youngsters to prove that they can be a part of future solutions needed to fix current problems. How will that play out? We shall see.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMatters started with the predictable: a Luke Keaschall<\/a> hit by pitch, his 22nd of the year, a new Twins single-season record. A Brooks Lee single advanced our well-bludgeoned protagonist to third, and he was soon cut down at home on a Kody Clemens<\/a> fielder\u2019s choice. So it goes. The play sent Lee to third and Clemens to second, turning a well-struck Ryan Jeffers<\/a> liner into a sacrifice fly, with Lee racing home. A Josh Bell<\/a> single clanked off Mike Trout<\/a>\u2019s glove coaxed in a second run.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe runs put Connor Prielipp in a great position to start, and he responded with vigor, punching out the side in order to start the game.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tIndeed, this was a game for pitchers. Bats entered with caution. Angels starter Grayson Rodriguez<\/a> found a deep, dominating groove, only once allowing a runner to reach second until the seventh, as run-scoring attempts fell meagerly and rallies were squashed before they could begin.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPrielipp was up for the battle, though, as he had tricks of his own against an impotent Angels lineup. Scattered baserunners in the second, third, and fourth portended nothing; he punched out two in a 1-2-3 fifth to right his efficiency ways. Zach Neto<\/a> nearly lifted one of the lefty\u2019s signature breaking balls out to left for a solo homer, but Emmanuel Rodriguez<\/a> saw the sky-scraping shot the entire way, and cleanly robbed the shortstop of a home run. Thank god for short walls.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe robbing perhaps ignited something in a stale Twins offense, as Walker Jenkins blasted a solo homer in the next half-inning. The shot was his sixth straight hit, and the second long ball in that span.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tPrielipp re-took the mound in the seventh with a regal elegance\u2014and with a career benchmark on the line. The lefty had previously never crossed the six-inning threshold as a starter. It stood like the mighty walls of Jericho, blocking all attempts to pass. And here Prielipp stood, armed with metaphoric instruments and a mandate to go beyond the standard he had previously set for himself. Denzer Guzman<\/a> flew out at the warning track. Oswald Peraza<\/a>, struck out swinging. Then Travis d\u2019Arnaud stared at three straight strikes to conclude the evening for Prielipp, the new owner of a career-high in innings pitched in a single game.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTommy Nance<\/a> loaded the bases in the eighth but escaped unscathed. Travis Adams<\/a> traveled a simpler route in the ninth, earning three quick outs to earn his third save of the season, and to end a firmly successful day for the Twins.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNotes:\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLuke Keaschall’s hit by pitch gave him 22 on the season, a Twins record.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tConnor Prielipp’s seven innings pitched are a single-game MLB career-high.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSix of Walker Jenkins’ seven hits in September have come Thursday and Friday. His slugging percentage rose from .200 to .396.\n<\/p>\n

\n\tJosh Bell has 89 RBIs on the season, the third-most in a single year for the veteran. His career-high is 116 set in 2019 with Pittsburgh.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhat\u2019s Next?
The Twins and Angels continue their late-night show excursions on Saturday, with first pitch coming at 8:38 PM. Joe Ryan<\/a> is set to start against Reid Detmers<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

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