Reds 2, Twins 1: Bats are cold on cold night (that’s no excuse!)
The force is not with Luke, but it is with a Minnesota-born pitcher who had four walks and only two Ks and won anyways.
One of these guys had a good night and the other didn’t. (Photo by Matt Krohn/Getty Images) | Getty Images Joe Ryan was good enough to win, but the Twins were 0-for-everything with RISP and you don’t win too many games that way. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: Joe Ryan’s Express sends the Reds down on 11 pitches.
Brandon Williamson does the same with 14. Von Ryan’s Express was a late-60s Frank Sinatra movie involving Toughness and Action to prove Sinatra was still a big star. It did make money.
This was around the same time Sinatra was hanging around the set of Rosemary’s Baby to make sure his wife Mia Farrow didn’t have any sexy scenes with co-star John Cassavetes. Sinatra was a talented dude but he definitely had… issues. 2: Rookie star Sal Stewart leads off with a single, but doesn’t score, leaving him Only The Lonely at 2B.
Radio Guy Kris Atteberry says that “none other than Pat Reusse told me” Williamson making the majors is the biggest news to hit Sherburn, MN, since some other sports thing that happened in Sherburn. To which my thought was “wait Pat Reusse is still around? ” To be fair, when he writes Twins history he generally does a good job.
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