The outfield has been shockingly bad.
So the Twins have to scratch their starting pitcher, go with a bullpen day, and the Indians get two hits. In 8 of 9 innings they failed to get a hit and they had chances against 5-6 different pitchers. They've scored two runs in 20 innings against the Twins' bullpen.
It looked like the Twins were sitting on Civale's breaking stuff. Both Kepler's doubles were off breaking balls and so was the Garver home run. Civale adjusted and started throwing more heat, which did the trick. I was impressed in the sixth when he had to face the heart of the Twins order for the third time, which statistically is when hitters have the most success. He retired them 1-2-3.
If you told me before the series the Twins would score 10 runs in four games I would be thrilled, considering the quality of their hitters.
The Twins relievers have pitched (by my count) 37 innings in 8 games which equates to 4.6 innings per game and 750 innings over a full season. Their starters only pitched more than five innings one time. This would be a huge problem for them over a full season as the bullpen would be fried by the All-Star break, but in a 60-game season with an expanded roster it shouldn't be a big problem. The Twins got lucky.
Karinchak finally gave up a couple of hits but no runs and no walks. Nine career appearances and he still hasn't gotten into trouble by walking hitters. I'm encouraged. It was fun watching him strike out Buxton, Kepler, and Cruz.
The Twins are now 7-2.