CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Indians lost to the Twins again on Wednesday night, but at least they didn’t have a perfect game thrown against them by a rookie making his second big-league start.
If you think that’s being overdramatic, you haven’t been paying attention this season.
Amed Rosario ended rookie right-hander Joe Ryan’s bid for a perfect game with a one-out single in the seventh inning as the Twins beat the Indians, 3-0, at Progressive Field. Until Rosario’s single, the Indians had to have that creeping feeling going up their spine that it was going to happen again.
They’ve been no-hit three times this season. Two of the no-hitters received MLB’s stamp of approval. The third did not, but if a team plays all the innings it’s required to play and ends up with no hits, well, you be the judge.
Ryan (1-1, 2.25) went seven scoreless innings for his first big-league win. He struck out four on 85 pitches. The Twins acquired Ryan from Tampa Bay on July 22 as part of the Nelson Cruz trade.
Triston McKenzie (4-6, 4.44) was a hard-luck loser. McKenzie allowed one run on three hits in six innings as his three game winning streak ened. He struck out seven and walked one, but the offense was shut out for the second straight night. They have scored two runs in 27 innings in this series.
It’s the first time the Indians have been shut out in consecutive games since June 28 and June 29, 2019 against Baltimore. The last time they were held scoreless in consecutive games against the Twins was in a doubleheader on July 24, 1963.
“His fastball was kind of sneaky,” said acting manager DeMarlo Hale. “He had a lower three-quarter arm slot and the fastball had a little sneaky life on the end. We didn’t square many balls up against him for sure.
“I thought he pitched the ball very well. You take a no-hitter/perfect game into the seventh that’s saying something. We helped them as well. It was another low-scoring game where we needed a big hit, a big blow.”
Ryan, making his second big-league start, retired 19 straight before his bid for a perfecto came to an end. Rosario, one of the hottest hitters in the big leagues since the All-Star break, sent a clean single through the left side of the infield with one out in the seventh.
As Ryan knifed through the Indians lineup, Rosario said it didn’t feel like the pressure was mounting on him and his teammates.
“It’s not so much pressure,” said Rosario, though translator Agustin Rivero. “Those are just things that happen in the game. Sometimes you have to give the pitcher credit, right? It was his day today. He had a great game today.”
As for saving the Indians from being no-hit, Rosario said, “It felt good. In reality, I wasn’t trying to do (break up the no-hitter). I was just trying to make my adjustment and get a base hit.”
The Indians were no-hit by White Sox left-hander Carlos Rodon on April 14 at Guaranteed Rate Field and Cincinnati left-hander Wade Miley on May 7 at Progressive Field. Five Tampa Bay pitchers no-hit the Indians on July 7 in the second game of a seven-inning no-hitter at Tropicana.
When the seven-inning no-hitter was introduced in 2020 as part of the COVID health and safety measures, MLB said it would not recognize a seven-inning no-no. Rather it would be a classified as a “special achievement.”
Minnesota took a 1-0 lead in the fifth on Nick Gordon’s double. Rob Refsnyder draw a two-out walk against McKenzie. He promptly stole second -- his first of the year -- and scored on Gordon’s double to right. It was just the third run McKenzie has allowed in his last 26 innings.
“Triston was good again,” said Hale. “You’re talking about him mixing his pitches. Curveball, fastball, sliders. . .he was good again.”
The Twins, 10-5 against the Indians this year, made it 2-0 in the seventh on Miguel Sano’s two-out homer off Nick Wittgren. Sano drove Wittgren’s 2-1 pitch 449 feet over the center field wall.
Minnesota added an insurance run in the eighth when Ryan Jeffers doubled and came around to score on a ground out against Bryan Shaw.
The Twins threatened in the second when Josh Donaldson doubled off the left field wall to start the inning. It appeared Harold Ramirez made a nice leaping catch and Donaldson was called out. The Twins challenged and after a review of 1:30, the out call was overturned.
It was determined that the ball bounced off the wall before Ramirez caught it.
Relievers Caleb Thielbar and Tyler Duffey combined with Ryan on the one-hitter.
Besides Rosario’s single, the Indians had one thing thing to be happy about -- the game was over quickly. The 2 hour and 23 minute contest was the Indians fastest since they played the Tigers at Progressive Field on July 16, 2019, posting the exact same time of 2 hours and 23 minutes.
Next: Minnesota’s Randy Dobnak (1-7, 7.64) vs. RHP Cal Quantrill (4-3, 3.15) Thursday at 6:10 p.m. Bally Sports Great Lakes, WTAM, WMMS and the Indians radio network will carry the game.
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