STATiSTICALLY SPEAKING
If Fernando Romero, who starts Sunday against the Angels, can pitch six scoreless innings, he will eclipse Andrew Albers as the Twins rookie who preserved a 0.00 ERA the longest. Twins starters with the most scoreless innings at the start of a career:
PitcherYearInnings
Andrew Albers201317⅓
Fernando Romero201811⅔
Anthony Swarzak200911
Eric Milton19988
In his sixth big-league season, Kyle Gibson has suddenly become a strikeout pitcher, doubling his strikeout output even with no increase in workload. His first seven starts.
