The Mets picked up another win on Monday night, taking down the Twins to begin their series in Minnesota after taking a series against the A’s out west.
While the Mets did plenty of hitting to back up an efficient Clay Holmes, Minnesota did itself no favors with a comedy of throwing errors, highlighted by a bizarre throw from the outfield that hit Mark Vientos on the backside as he was standing on second base.
Vientos drove what was the game-winning single into the gap in right center in the sixth inning, and as Pete Alonso came around to score, the relay throw from the outfield by Willi Castro was spiked into the ground, and bounced up to hit Vientos square on his rear end.
Vientos then came around to score after a throwing error by pitcher Justin Topa, as a tapper back to the mound off the bat of Luis Torrens was airmailed down the right field line. Yet another throwing error by the pitcher later in the game made it two errors on the night for the Twins.
It has been a start to forget so far for the Twins, who fell to 5-12 on the year. Meanwhile, the Mets are rolling off to an 11-5 start.