d never looked back."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Twinkie Town Farm ReportSatire Chase Utley Jersey , Irreverence, & Other HumorGame RecapsGame RecapsTwins 9, Indians 3: The Astudillo gameNew,51commentsThe Twins offense got a jump start by Willians Astudillo and never looked back. EDTShareTweetShareShareTwins 9, Indians 3: The Astudillo gameAstudouble. David Berding-USA TODAY SportsAfter being held to just 3 runs in the first two games of the series, the Twins offense was itching to break out of their funk. In the 2nd inning, Twins MVP Willians Astudillo hit a double to left-center, scoring C.J. Cron from first to give them their first run. Two innings later, Astudillo hit another double, setting up Byron Buxton’s two-run double. Nelson Cruz broke the game open in the 5th inning against Carrasco, blasting a 2-run homerun to left. It sure is nice to see Cruz doing this for the Twins http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , instead of against them. Later, Jonathan Schoop hit an RBI double, making the score 6-0. Astudillo capped the inning off with a sacrifice fly, scoring 2 runs thanks to an error by Carlos Santana. As for the pitching, Michael Pineda was about as good as you could’ve asked for. He only threw four innings but struck out 5, giving up just one hit and a walk. His fastball sat in the low 90’s, and had good control of his off-speed pitches. I believe the Twins limited Pineda to 4 innings with his injury history, and also to give Martin Perez some innings. Innings 5 through 8 were mostly handled by Perez, with the only blemish being a 3-run double by Carlos Santana in the 8th inning. Trevor Hildenberger finished up the 8th inning in relief. Ryne Harper finished up the 9th inning, sealing the series victory for the Twins. Studs:Willians Astudillo: 2-2, 2 R Maury Wills Jersey , 2 RBI, 2 2B Nelson Cruz: 3-5, HR, 2 RBI C.J. Cron: 2-3, 2 R Duds: No duds Twins win!!Robot Roll Call: #Commenter# Comments Astudillo is still weird, more Cruz takes, and much much more"Today is the day the current year grows too old and prepares to pass the reigns to a new year, arbitrarily based upon the time it takes for some rock to orbit some hot ball. Seeing as I still write here, apparently, here’s some links!Fangraphs is re-upping the best pieces from 2018, which of course means it is time to remember just how one-of-a-kind special teen-heartthrob Willians Astudillo is! With Joe Fernando Valenzuela Jersey , Dozier, and our beloved Eduardo gone, I guess he’s the face of the franchise now?According to MLB.com, a website I’m told is about baseball, the Twins had one of the most improved farm systems in 2018.Hopefully some of these whippersnappers actually work out in the bigs.The Runner Sports also has a Nelson Cruz take, in case you aren’t sick of those. I for one am never sick of actual links to link in these things and take up space. Yay!If you are in the market to do some dreaming, MLBTR has a list of the top 20 remaining free agents for your perusal. Will the Twins sign any of them? Maybe! Will the Twins sign all of them?! Technically a possibility! Exciting! If anyone has any good ideas for another video thing for me to do, hit me up. I’m having trouble coming up with ideas lately and appear to have forgotten how to pick low hanging fruit be clever. I hope you guys have the happiest of new years, and remember to spend all of your free time next year on Twinkietown. (Also here’s video game music.)