Twins Jose Berrios Earns 2nd MLB Win, Despite Early Struggles

Jose Berrios starts a game earlier in the season for Triple-A Rochester Red Wings. Photo by Gabe Rodriguez/Legends On Deck

The Minnesota Twins top pitching prospect Jose Berrios started just his fifth major league game, but after Monday’s Twins victory over the Cleveland Indians, he walked away with his second career MLB victory.

In the first inning, the Twins gave Berrios an early 2-0 lead after Max Kepler his a two-run shot over the right center field fence for his 12th dinger on the season.

But in the bottom of the inning, Berrios struggled after recording the first two outs.  He then allowed a single from Francisco Lindor, hit Mike Napoli on a 3-2 count, then allowed an RBI single to Jose Ramirez and a two RBI-double from Lonnie Chisenhall.

Then the rookie pitcher went on a roll and retired the next 16 batters before Napoli reached base on a fielding error by center fielder Eddie Rosario in the bottom of the sixth inning.

For the night, Berrios tossed six innings putting himself in position for the win, allowing three runs on four hits, with no walks and five strikeouts.

The Twins offense took off, scoring one in the second, five in the third, two in the sixth and eight en-route to a 12-5 thumping of the first place Indians.

David Conde

David is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Legends On Deck®, as well as a Co-Host on Legends On Deck Podcast. David was a Senior Editor for MetsMerizedOnline.com, MetsMinors.net and Contributor for Hardballchat.com that spanned from 2010 to 2014. David made his MLB Debut as a writer in June 2014, while covering the NY Mets at Citi Field, for MetsmerizedOnline.com. David also coaches baseball for ages 13-15, a Babe Ruth League team in his local community. David's passion is coaching the game he loves to the future Legends of Tomorrow as well as making available a website that people can have fun sharing and reading. David is also passionate about his career as a Mortgage Loan Officer which allows him to help many families reach their dreams of owning a home. Connect with David via his Social Media pages as he loves to chat all about baseball.

David Conde

David is the Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Legends On Deck®, as well as a Co-Host on Legends On Deck Podcast. David was a Senior Editor for MetsMerizedOnline.com, MetsMinors.net and Contributor for Hardballchat.com that spanned from 2010 to 2014. David made his MLB Debut as a writer in June 2014, while covering the NY Mets at Citi Field, for MetsmerizedOnline.com. David also coaches baseball for ages 13-15, a Babe Ruth League team in his local community. David's passion is coaching the game he loves to the future Legends of Tomorrow as well as making available a website that people can have fun sharing and reading. David is also passionate about his career as a Mortgage Loan Officer which allows him to help many families reach their dreams of owning a home. Connect with David via his Social Media pages as he loves to chat all about baseball.