Wednesday's Twins-Kansas City game recap

Pablo López struck out a career-high 12 batters in a complete-game shutout

July 6, 2023 at 2:20AM
Twins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez, right, earned a dousing with water by Joe Ryan on Wednesday after pitching a complete-game shutout to defeat the Kansas City Royals 5-0. (Abbie Parr, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Pablo López, Twins

The righthander struck out a career-high 12 batters in 100 pitches and tossed the first complete game of his career.

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1 Royals batter reached base against López after the third inning. He retired 19 of his last 20.

2011 The last season the Twins had multiple pitchers throw a complete game (Brian Duensing, Francisco Liriano and Carl Pavano).

18 Stolen bases by Willi Castro this season, the most by a Twins player before the All-Star break since Eduardo Núñez in 2016.

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Bobby Nightengale

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Bobby Nightengale joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in May, 2023, after covering the Reds for the Cincinnati Enquirer for five years. He's a graduate of Bradley University.

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