Alex Meyer walked 11 batters over his first 8.2 innings of work this season, as he has struggled with his mechanics.
On Tuesday, he finally had the type of outing that a top pitching prospect should have.
He threw six shutout innings against Syracuse in the first game of a doubleheader. He gave up two hits while walking three and striking out 11. He threw 96 pitches, 55 of them strikes.
Twins Assistant General Manger Rob Antony said Meyer's walks came late in his outing, so he had a pretty clean run.
``It sounds like he threw the ball well," Antony said.
Meyer couldn't get the win. A.J. Achter came on in the seventh and gave up a first pitch walkoff home run. At least Meyer picked the right time to have a good outing, as Twins GM Terry Ryan was in attendance.
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