Oswaldo Arcia didn't stop to watch his home run Thursday night, and he wasted no time hustling around the bases. No one could accuse him of grandstanding over his grand slam.
Good thing, too, because that moment of triumph didn't last much longer than his trot.
Arcia homered for the second night in a row, but Kevin Correia and the Twins bullpen couldn't hold the lead, and Milwaukee claimed a split of the four-game, two-city series with an 8-5 victory at Target Field.
Even worse: Like the lead he provided, Arcia didn't last. The young outfielder limped off the field in the sixth inning after spraining his right ankle during a rundown. The Venezuelan was removed from the game; afterward, the Twins said the sprain was minor, and Arcia day-to-day.
"He was a little sore walking out," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "They tell me it's not that bad."
No, but plenty of other stuff was. Arcia was one of two Twins runners thrown out at second base. An error by third baseman Eduardo Nunez resulted in an unearned run. Trevor Plouffe made a spontaneous decision to bunt that Gardenhire questioned. And Correia gave up four runs or more for the seventh time in 12 starts.
The veteran righthander's ERA ballooned to 6.11, and the Twins dropped to 3-9 when Correia starts. Considering four starting pitchers at Class AAA Rochester have ERAs below 3.00, might the Twins be tempted to try someone else?
"Kevin's one of our starters. [He's] paid good money to do that, and he's still going to get paid no matter what, so he's one of our starters," Gardenhire said. "We need him to be a little more consistent, but he's one of our starters right now. The guys in Triple-A have had their ups and downs, too. They've had some good starts and bad starts, and believe me, we know where they're at."
